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Ramsgate Day 2025
🎉 Ramsgate Day – Saturday 5th July | 10am–5pm 🎉 Join us for Ramsgate Day, a vibrant celebration of everything we love about our town—our community, history and…
Ramsgate Day Saturday 5 July
Love Ramsgate. Love your town. We all need a little bit of love, don’t we? Ramsgate Day is asking people to come out on Saturday 5 July and…
Active Ramsgate Week 2025
***REGISTRATIONS FOR ACTIVE RAMSGATE WEEK 2025 HAVE NOW CLOSED*** We will be contacting successful participants in the next week to confirm places. Thank you. What’s happening? The…
Operation Dynamo
Dunkirk Little Ships Set Sail for Ramsgate: A Historic Spectacle this May! This May, Ramsgate’s Royal Harbour is preparing to welcome an unforgettable sight — the largest gathering…
Magic Tenner
Ramsgate is taking part in the Totally Locally Magic Tenner Campaign that starts on Saturday 1st March and runs until 16th! Our independent businesses love doing these campaigns…
Christmas in Ramsgate 2024
Ramsgate just got even brighter this Christmas! In its debut year, Ramsgate Lumiere is bringing all our festivities together and adding even more winter magic, with additions such…
Ramsgate birds – Autumn & Winter wildlife
As the days get colder Autumn turns to Winter and a new set of challenges await our wildlife. Pegwell Bay begins to see the arrival of winter ducks…
Heritage Harbour status for Ramsgate
RAMSGATE’S ROYAL HARBOUR CELEBRATES HERITAGE HARBOUR STATUS JUST IN TIME FOR HERITAGE OPEN DAYS! We are very excited to announce that in July 2024, Ramsgate’s Royal Harbour became…
D-DAY 80th Anniversary
80th Anniversary of D-Day Ringing out for Peace in Ramsgate 6th June 1944 – 2024 On the 6th June 2024, D-Day 80 events across the world will mark…
Active Ramsgate Week
Active Ramsgate Week is back! Get ready for the return of Active Ramsgate Week this May half-term – Sunday 26 May to Sunday 2 June. This is your…
10th Anniversary of The Micro Museum
Easter 2024 marks the tenth anniversary of The Micro Museum in Ramsgate. In 2014, The Micro Museum opened to the public as the first museum in Kent dedicated…
Christmas in Ramsgate
Ramsgate is gearing up for another spectacular Christmas, starting with our Christmas Lights Switch On which takes place on 26th November and includes Santa’s Grotto and workshops, facepainting,…
Rammy the Raven Route
Rammy the Raven will be coming to town in all sorts of guises over the coming months! His first visit will be in miniature form where you will…
Ramsgate Day
We are really excited to announce that Ramsgate Day is finally happening after it was first thought about just before lockdown! The idea for the event was about…
Magic Tenner 2023
Ramsgate has gone all Totally Locally Magic Tenner* crazy starting from tomorrow, 7th October with 2 weeks of fab £10 deals across town! To help you find your…
Thanet wildlife on BBC Springwatch
Thanet wildlife will feature in a short film on BBC Springwatch when the series returns on Monday 29th May and runs for 3 weeks. Wildlife cameraman Richard Taylor-Jones,…
The King’s Coronation
The Coronation of King Charles III is almost up on us, and Ramsgate is doing it with bells on! We have strung the bunting through the town centre…
RAMSGATE DAY 2023
Ramsgate Day 21st Oct 2023 For the latest info on Ramsgate Day click here. Event Organiser required, immediate start (April 2023) We are looking for an experienced event…
Thanet Ten-Tastic Blog with map links
Thanet Ten-Tastic will run from 24th March for ten days, ending on 2nd April and with lots of independent businesses taking part across the Isle, this is a…
Birdwatching in Ramsgate
I love these lighter winter days in Ramsgate for many reasons, not least because we are closer to Spring! The sky’s light this time of year is an…
Wonderful Winter in Ramsgate
We are fast approaching one of my favourite times of the year in Ramsgate when so many people come together to create a truly magical build up to…
Ramsgate birds – Autumn & Winter wildlife
As the days get colder Autumn turns to Winter and a new set of challenges await our wildlife. Pegwell Bay begins to see the arrival of winter ducks…
Ghost Trail
Here in Ramsgate, we love an excuse to have a trail and Halloween is as good a reason as any! We’ve had the ‘Elf ‘n’ Safety Trail, Easter…
Fantastic Fiver Fest Fortnight is back for October!
For those of us that love a good deal, especially from one of our lovely independent shops, make sure you pop into town over the next two weeks…
Public Art Trail
Introducing (one of) our new art trails! Here in Ramsgate, we love a walk or three and responsible tourism is what we are all about! Combine that with…
Ramsgate Festival of Sound 2022
The Festival of Sound comes to Ramsgate once again, August 27th – September 4th. After two years of complying with Covid guidelines, the festival team is thrilled to…
Triathlon comes to Ramsgate with launch of new GO TRI taster experience
This month Active Ramsgate is thrilled to announce the launch of a new outdoor activity in Ramsgate – with triathlon taster experiences available for the very first time….
Why the water is the hottest thing this summer in Ramsgate
Did you know that Ramsgate is one of the hottest destinations in the UK for water-based activities? With airport disruptions in the news, many are still looking at…
Ramsgate Film & TV Festival is Back!
After a 2-year hiatus when the organisers produced trailblazing online/digital events instead, we are delighted that the Ramsgate International Film & TV Festival (RITVF) is back in town…
Celebrating the Queen’s Platinum Jubilee in Ramsgate
I think it is safe to say, Ramsgate is pulling out all the stops to make this truly momentous occasion one that we can all look back on…
Ian Visits Ramsgate
Ramsgate is a seaside town on the far edge of Kent that boasts a lovely seafront to wander along, an amazing tunnel network to visit, a Pugin chapel, and just outside town, Hornby railways.
All this is just over an hour from central London.
Paddleboarding comes to Ramsgate Main Sands
PADDLEBOARDING COMES TO RAMSGATE MAIN SANDS WITH LAUNCH OF NEW BEACH CONCESSION, LESSONS AND SAFARI EXPERIENCES Active Ramsgate is thrilled to announce the launch of a new paddleboarding…
Introducing the new Ramsgate Quiz Trail!
Ahead of the release of the new Ramsgate Trail, we asked the Quiz Trail team to tell us a bit about themselves and find out more about their…
Why Ramsgate is the perfect cycling destination
One of our most popular Active Ramsgate activities is cycling – and it’s easy to see why. First and foremost, we have some amazing trails on our doorstep,…
Fiver Fest is back!
Fiver Fest is back and it’s just got bigger in Ramsgate! Our independent businesses have embraced this initiative once again and there are some lovely offers stretched across…
Birdwatching at Sandwich and Pegwell Bay
Sandwich and Pegwell Bay National Nature Reserve is of international importance for its bird populations and is also home to a diverse range of rare plants, animals, and…
New Year Fireworks
Ramsgate Town Council is putting on a New Year’s Eve Fireworks Display to see the New Year in with a bang! The fireworks will be visible from both…
A December to Remember in Ramsgate
It is officially the Countdown to Christmas, our favourite month in Ramsgate! The boats and our lovely businesses are starting to twinkle with thousands of colourful lights, reassuring…
Ramsgate Christmas Fun Day
Christmas in Ramsgate starts on Sunday 28th November with a Family Fun Day in the town centre, from midday to 5pm. The event will see the return of…
Ramsgate birds – Autumn & Winter wildlife
As the days get colder Autumn turns to Winter and a new set of challenges await our wildlife. Pegwell Bay begins to see the arrival of winter ducks…
Sunset & Sunrise Paddleboarding launch
ACTIVE RAMSGATE LAUNCHES SUNSET AND SUNRISE PADDLEBOARDING EXPERIENCES LINKED TO LOCAL HOSPITALITY The chance to experience the Ramsgate coastline from a new perspective is available for thrill seekers…
Putting Ramsgate on the Map
I’ve been asked a few times now about how I got into creating my Google Maps. I first started using Google Maps to enhance my foodblog www.noexpert.co.uk a few…
Love the Town you Live in! (and spend a fiver while you’re at it!)
In true Ramsgate style, our independent businesses are embracing the Fiver Fest Fortnight with passion for the town and their customers! Starting on 9th October and running for…
Our world class walking country is great for locals too!
St Augustine’s in Ramsgate is the destination for a week-long walking pilgrimage called the Augustine Camino and it is attracting people from all over the world. Pilgrims from the US, Australia, New Zealand, Switzerland, Spain and Malta have all walked from Rochester Cathedral to Ramsgate to visit the Shrine of St Augustine and National Pugin Centre.
Walking tips for beginners
Walking is one of the best forms of exercise you can do. We’re encouraged to exercise for 150 minutes every week, and this can be for as little…
Tasty Heritage Open Days for 2021
Ramsgate and the rest of Thanet is geared up for a host of Heritage venue choices that are taking part in this year’s national Heritage Open Days ten-day…
The Vincent van Gogh Trail in Ramsgate
I am excited to announce the launch of our newest leaflet trail, based on extracts from letters Vincent van Gogh sent to his brother, Theo in 1876 during…
First ever British Freestyle Wing Foiling Championships takes place in Ramsgate
Last weekend saw Ramsgate host the 2021 British Freestyle Kitesurfing Championships on Ramsgate Main Sands, with a new Championship event taking place for the first time ever in…
British Kitesurfing Championships
Ramsgate will play host to the British Kitesurf Freestyle Championships this year.
Following the postponement of the Championships last year due to COVID-19, the British Kitesports Association (BKSA) will once again be bringing the event back to Ramsgate – but with a significant difference – the addition of new events designed to test even the most experienced kitesurfer.
Ramsgate Pier – a history
Did you know that Ramsgate once had a traditional pier? Although there is currently a concrete part of the Harbour called the East Pier, there was a time…