Lockdown diary – Seasalter in Kent

Seasalter is a small village near Whitstable in the Canterbury District of Kent, England. Located close to the sea on the north coast of Kent, it faces the Isle of Sheppey across the estuary of the River Swale.

It contains mixed housing, from social to million pound beach developments. The mainline to London passes through it but there is no station. The buses run a little less frequently than Whitstable. There are a few convenience shops, a fish and chip shop, Chinese takeaway and two churches (the old and the new St Alphege Seasalter).

The Seasalter Flats are protected marshland, cut off by the A299 Thanet Way. The beach largely pebble-stone based. Seasalter Sailing Club has a clubhouse near the caravan park. Residents (not of the caravan park) include Gregg Wallace, Harry Hill and Janet Street-Porter (they live separately).

Three claims to fame. First, it came to prominence as a centre for salt production in the Iron Age and the resulting prosperity resulted in Viking raids on the area. Second, the church was dedicated to a martyred Archbishop of Canterbury, Alphege (Ælfheah). Third, in 1976, a free rock festival was held there after a forced move away from the chosen site in Tangmere.

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