For further information about Herne Bay: Herne Bay Information

The area of Herne Bay started as the haunt of smugglers and eventually became a fashionable Victorian resort. Although the present town was founded about 150 years ago nearby Reculver was the site of a Roman fort and Saxon church mentioned in the doomsday book. The historic ruins of the church are a popular local visitor attraction.

The nearby village of Herne is home to a picturesque church and traditional Kentish smock windmill (built in the late 18th century and now a popular attraction).

Today Herne Bay is a hospitable seaside town, with miles of safe beaches and good fishing and water sport waters. The town has seen major improvements over the last 10 years. There has been major investment in pedestrianisation of the central shopping area, new harbour and sea defences, new Victorian style sea front gardens and promenade, refurbishment of the Bandstand and a  swimming pool and cinema complex. The town can now look forward to a bright future as a major day trip and short break resort once again.

Improvements have also begun to reap rewords with the town wining the prestigious Seaside award for 1999 & 2000 and this year having been awarded a blue flag for the quality of bathing water at the central beach area.

Herne Bay is within commuting distance of London via either train, into London Victoria, express coach or car. It is approximately 67 miles east of London on the North Kent Coast at the outer edge of the Thames estuary. The town can be reached either by train (90mins approximately) or via the A2, M2 and A299 from London (75 to 90 mins approximately).

The Cathedral and University City of Canterbury is 8 miles to the south, the ferry port and cruise terminal at Dover is 25 miles (30 mins) away, the vehicle terminal for the channel tunnel at Cheriton Folkestone is 29 miles (36 mins), the channel tunnel passenger terminal is 24 miles (37 mins) away at the market town of Ashford.

The town is within easy access of the south east airports with the new London Manston International airport 13 miles (17 mins) to the east and London Gatwick 71 miles (75 mins) to the southwest. London's other airports Heathrow (95 miles, 105 mins), City (64 miles 75mins), Stansted (85 miles, 105 mins) and Luton (105 miles, 120 mins) are all within reach via the M2 & M25.

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General Information Mileage from Herne Bay (inc. approx. journey times) Public Transport Council Tax 2002-2003 Statutory Authorities Schools Primary Schools Junior Schools

Secondary Schools Higher Education Independant or Private Schools Shopping Health Leisure Sport Local Press Radio & Television

General Information (back to quick links)

Mileage's from Herne Bay (with approximate journey times) (back to quick links)

Ashford	24 miles	37 mins
Broadstairs	17 miles	27 mins
Canterbury	8 miles	19 mins
Chatham	35 miles	45 mins
Dover (centre)	25 miles	41 mins
Dover (eastern docks)	25 miles	40 mins
Dover (western docks, cruise terminal)	26 miles	43 mins
Folkestone (centre)	26 miles	43 mins
Folkestone (Cheriton Vehicle Terminal)	29 miles	36 mins
London (central)	67 miles	90 mins
London Manston International Airport	13 miles	17 mins
London City Airport	64 miles	75 mins
London Gatwick Airport	71 miles	75 mins
London Heathrow Airport	95 miles	105 mins
London Luton Airport	105 miles	120 mins
London Stansted Airport	85 miles	105 mins
Maidstone	33 miles	45 mins
Margate	14 miles	17 mins
Ramsgate	15 miles	24 mins
Rochester	35 miles	46 mins

Public Transport (back to quick links)
For information regarding public transport contact:

Connex South Eastern         phone: 0870 603 0405 web: www.southeasternrailway.co.uk	Stagecoach East Kent Bus Garage 74 High Street Herne Bay CT6 5LE phone: 08702433711 web:  www.stagecoachplc.com
National Express Coaches         phone: 08705 808080 web: www.gobycoach.com

Council Tax 2008-2009 (back to quick links)

Council  Tax Band	Herne Bay (excluding Herne & Broomfield)	Herne & Broomfield	Chestfield	Chislet
A	£907.20	£926.34	£930.90	£921.78
B	£1,058.40	£1,080.73	£1,086.05	£1,075.41
C	£1,209.60	£1,235.12	£1,241.20	£1,229.04
D	£1,360.80	£1,389.51	£1,396.35	£1,382.67
E	£1,663.20	£1,698.29	£1,706.65	£1,689.93
F	£1,965.60	£2,007.07	£2,016.95	£1,997.19
G	£2,268.00	£2,315.85	£2,327.25	£2,304.45
H	£2,721.60	£2,779.02	£2,792.70	£2,765.34

The above figures are the full amounts for the year, before any discounts or benefits etc.
Herne & Broomfield, Chestfield, & Chislet have parish councils. The parish council has a budget for the services they provide. This amount is divided by the number of households in the parish. Canterbury City Council collects this additional amount for them, so the sum is added to the bill for those households.
You can get details of how your parish council spends the money direct from them.

Statutory Authorities (back to quick links)

For information about the local authority and crime clear up rates: Up My Street web: www.upmystreet.com

Kent County Council County Hall Maidstone ME14 1XQ phone: 08458 247247 web: www.kent.gov.uk	Canterbury City Council Military Road Canterbury CT1 1YW phone: 01227 862000 web: www.canterbury.gov.uk
Water supplies: Mid Kent Water Snodland         phone: 08458506060 web: www.midkentwater.co.uk	Waste water removal: Southern Water Southern House PO Box 41 Worthing West Sussex BN13 3NZ phone: 0845 2720845 web: www.southernwater.co.uk
Electricity supply: EDF ENERGY 329 Portland Road Hove East Sussex BN3 5SU phone: 0800 7838866 web: www.seeboard.com	Gas supply: British Gas PO Box 17 80 St. Mary's Road Southampton   phone: 0845 600 5001 web: www.house.co.uk
Telephone provider: British Telecom Tunbridge Wells South ATE 17 St Johns Road Tunbridge Wells TN4 9TN phone: 0800 800150 web: www.bt.com

Schools(back to quick links)
For further information about schools in the Herne Bay area:

General Information

Up My Street www.upmystreet.com

Kent Schools www.kented.org.uk

Primary(back to quick links)

Briary Primary School Greenhill Road Greenhill Herne Bay phone: 01227 373095 web: www.briary.kent.sch.uk	Herne C of E Infant School Palmer Close Herne Herne Bay phone: 01227 740793 web: www.herne-infants.kent.sch.uk
Herne Bay junior School Stanley Road Herne Bay phone: 01227 372245 web: www.hernebay-jun.kent.sch.uk	Reculver C of E Primary School Hillborough Herne Bay phone: 01227 375907 web: www.reculver.kent.sch.uk

Junior(back to quick links)

Herne C of E Junior School School Lane Herne Herne Bay phone: 01227 374069 web: www.herne-infants.kent.sch.uk	Herne Bay Junior School Kings Road Herne Bay phone: 01227 374608 web: www.hernebay-jun.kent.sch.uk/
Briary Primary School Greenhill Road Greenhill Herne Bay phone: 01227 742946 web: www.briary.kent.sch.uk	Hampton Primary School Fitzgerald Avenue Herne Bay phone: 01227 372159 web: http://www.millenniumschools.co.uk/
St. Philip Howard Catholic School 41 Avenue Road Herne Bay phone: 01227 362334 web: www.stphiliphoward.ik.org

Secondary(back to quick links)

Herne Bay High School Bullockstone Road Greenhill Herne Bay phone: 01227 361221 web: www.hernebayhigh.kent.sch.uk	Canterbury High School Knight Avenue Canterbury phone: 01227 463971 web: www.canterbury.kent.sch.uk
The Archbishops School St. Stephens Hill Canterbury phone: 01227 765805 web: www.archbishops-school.co.uk	Barton Court Grammar School Longport Canterbury phone: 01227 464600 web: www.bartoncourt.org
Chatham House Grammar School Chatham Street Ramsgate phone: 01843 591075 web: www.chathamhouse.kent.sch.uk	Chaucer Technology School Spring Lane Canterbury phone: 01227 763636 web: www.chaucer.ac.uk
Montgomery School Bredlands Lane Sturry Canterbury phone: 01227 710392 web:	St. Anselms Catholic School Old Dover Road Canterbury phone: 01227 826200 web: www.st-anselms.org.uk
Simon Langton Girls School Old Dover Road Canterbury phone: 01227 463711 web: ww.rmplc.co.uk/eduweb/sites/langton/index.html	Simon Langton Grammar School For Boys Nackington Road Canterbury phone: 01227 463567 web: www.thelangton.org.uk
Sir Roger Manwood's Grammar School Manwood Road Sandwich phone: 01304 613286 web: www.srms.kent.sch.uk

Higher Education (back to quick links)

Canterbury College New Dover Road Canterbury phone: 01227 811188 web: www.cant-col.ac.uk	Thanet College Ramsgate Road Broadstairs phone: 01843 605040 web: www.thanet.ac.uk
Canterbury Christ Church University College North Holmes Road Canterbury phone: 01227 767700 web: www.cant.ac.uk	University of Kent at Canterbury Giles Lane Canterbury phone: 01227 764000  web: www.ukc.ac.uk
The Open University St. James's House 150 London Road East Grinstead RH19 1HG phone: 01342 327821 web: www.open.ac.uk

Independent or Private (back to quick links)

For further information about private schools in the London & south east England area contact ISIS (Independent Schools Information Service). phone: 0207 798 1560 web: www.isis.org.uk

Kent College Whitstable Road Canterbury phone: 01227 762436 web: www.kentcollege.com	St. Lawrence College College Road Ramsgate phone: 01843 587666 web: www.st-lawrence-college.com
St. Christopher's Primary School New Dover Road Canterbury phone: 01227 462960 web:	The King's School 25 The Precincts Canterbury phone: 01227 595500 web: www.kings-school.co.uk

Shopping(back to quick links)
The pedestrianised town centre has many small business outlets, as well as Boots the Chemists, Currys, Woolworths, New Look and Safeway. All the major banks and building societies are represented in the town centre.

The towns market is held every Saturday and Bank Holiday Monday at the Kings Road car park site.

Car parking is available in the pay and display sites at William Street, Kings Road, Beach Street, Market Street and Neptune car park on the sea front. Many of the side roads offer 1 hour free parking.

For further information about Herne Bay: Herne Bay Information

Health Trust, Hospital & Doctors (back to quick links)

Kent & Canterbury Hospital Ethelbert Road Canterbury phone: 01227 766877 web:	East Kent Community NHS Trust Littlebourne Road Canterbury phone: 01227 459371 web:
Queen Victoria Memorial Hospital King Edward Avenue Herne Bay phone: 01227 594700 web:	Queen Elizabeth Queen Mother Hospital St. Peters Road Margate phone: 01227 225544 web:
Herne & Broomfield Surgery 38 Broomfield Road Herne Herne Bay phone: 01227 749662 web:	The Park Surgery 116 Kings Road Herne Bay   phone: 01227 742200 web:
William Street Surgery 67 William Street Herne Bay phone: 01227 740000 web:	Coach House Surgery 27 Canterbury Road Herne Bay phone: 01227 374040 web:
Beltinge Surgery 90 Osborne Gardens Beltinge Herne Bay phone: 01227 374902 web:	St. Annes Surgery 161 Station Road Herne Bay   phone: 01227 742226 web:

Leisure(back to quick links)

Kavanagh Cinema William Street Herne Bay phone: 01227 362228 web: www.reeltime-cinemas.co.uk/	Marlowe Theatre The Friars Canterbury phone: 01227 787787 web: www.marlowetheatre.com
Gulbenkian Theatre Box Office The University Canterbury phone: 01227 769075 web: www.ukc.ac.uk/gulbenkian	The Little Theatre Bullers Avenue Herne Bay phone: 01227 361255 web: www.hblt.co.uk/
The Kings Hall The Downs East Cliff Herne Bay   phone: 01227 374188 web: www.thekingshall.com	The Theatre In The Park Strode Park Canterbury Road Herne Herne Bay phone: 01227 742805 web: www.strodepark.org.uk/
Herne Bay Museum William Street Herne Bay   phone: 01227 367368 web: www.aboutbritain.com/HerneBayMuseum.htm	Herne Mill Mill Lane Herne Herne Bay phone: 01227 361326 web: www.hamble.demon.co.uk/hernemill.html

Sport(back to quick links)
There is a variety of sports facilities and / or clubs in the area and these include:

Pier Pavilion Sports Centre Central Park