Guidebook for Whitstable
Food Scene
Best kept local secret! Homemade, high quality breakfast and lunch. Off the beaten track, but close to the beach.
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Windy Corner Stores & Cafe
110 Nelson RdBest kept local secret! Homemade, high quality breakfast and lunch. Off the beaten track, but close to the beach.
Just a shack on the beach, but open year round in all weather, great for breakfast, beachside fish'n chips, coffee, tea, and apparently the best fresh doughnuts on the Kent coast. And of course, fresh oysters. Get there early, mid morning or after 2pm, and you'll beat the rush, the queues get long around lunch time!
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The Forge
1 Sea WallJust a shack on the beach, but open year round in all weather, great for breakfast, beachside fish'n chips, coffee, tea, and apparently the best fresh doughnuts on the Kent coast. And of course, fresh oysters. Get there early, mid morning or after 2pm, and you'll beat the rush, the queues get long around lunch time!
Famous and award winning for it's excellent sea food tapas. It's a lovely 20 minutes walk along Tankerton beach and past the iconic Tankerton beach huts to get there. Booking essential!
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Jojos
2 Herne Bay RdFamous and award winning for it's excellent sea food tapas. It's a lovely 20 minutes walk along Tankerton beach and past the iconic Tankerton beach huts to get there. Booking essential!
Destination Gastro pub with a Michelin star. It has been voted 'Best gastro pub in the country" - so worth a visit, but book a table well in advance!
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Sportsman
Faversham RoadDestination Gastro pub with a Michelin star. It has been voted 'Best gastro pub in the country" - so worth a visit, but book a table well in advance!
The Lobster Shack
EAST QUAYBrilliant location on the beach, high quality food.
Great for brunch, lunch and dinner. Always high quality food and great, friendly service.
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Samphire
4 High StGreat for brunch, lunch and dinner. Always high quality food and great, friendly service.
Harbour Street Tapas at the end of our street - authentic, high quality tapas.
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Harbour Street Tapas
48 Harbour StHarbour Street Tapas at the end of our street - authentic, high quality tapas.
Best Fish'n chips in town! Whitstable has many great fis'n'chips shops, but this is the oldest and apparently the best in town. on Harbour street, literall at the end of our street!
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V C Jones
25 Harbour StBest Fish'n chips in town! Whitstable has many great fis'n'chips shops, but this is the oldest and apparently the best in town. on Harbour street, literall at the end of our street!
Farm & Harper
25 High StGreat Breakfast and lunch place. great with kids
This hidden gem is a must to visit. You'd want to buy everything there - out of this world sourdough loaves (my fave is the multiseed) - cinnamon buns, cakes and other pastries and cakes, all freshly baked in-house. Coffee here is top-notch too
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Grain & Hearth Bakery
52 Oxford StThis hidden gem is a must to visit. You'd want to buy everything there - out of this world sourdough loaves (my fave is the multiseed) - cinnamon buns, cakes and other pastries and cakes, all freshly baked in-house. Coffee here is top-notch too
The Harbour is a must-visit, only 5-10 min walk from the house and in the weekends it is bustling with pop-up food and local stalls.
Harbour Market Whitstable
The Harbour is a must-visit, only 5-10 min walk from the house and in the weekends it is bustling with pop-up food and local stalls.
Essentials
Sainsbury's Local
44 - 48 High St5 minutes from the house
Getting Around
Victoria Street Car Park
1 Victoria St This car park is located at the end of our street
Gorrell Tank Car Park
10 Westgate TerraceKent Cycle Hire
Sea StreetSightseeing
This pub is literally on the beach, and an iconic Whitstable landmark . Great spot to sit and watch the sunset, and probably the best pub-garden view in the country!
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Old Neptune
Island WallThis pub is literally on the beach, and an iconic Whitstable landmark . Great spot to sit and watch the sunset, and probably the best pub-garden view in the country!
Parks & Nature
the iconic, colourful Tankerton beach huts are here, great for long walks and cycling and at low tide you'll be able to see and walk out on to "The Street" - a shingle strip exposed at low tide, extending 750 metres out into the sea from Tankerton beach.
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Tankerton Beach
Marine Paradethe iconic, colourful Tankerton beach huts are here, great for long walks and cycling and at low tide you'll be able to see and walk out on to "The Street" - a shingle strip exposed at low tide, extending 750 metres out into the sea from Tankerton beach.
Whitstable Castle
Beautiful gardens - there's also a small cafe there.
Shopping
Valentines
21 Oxford StAnchors Aweigh Vintage
63 Harbour StreetPre-loved, colour coded, beautifully curated vintage shop. Great finds, great prices.
Mable of Whitstable
64 Oxford StPre-loved, colour coded, beautifully curated vintage shop. Great finds, great prices.