Ebbsfleet, Thanet

Ebbsfleet is a hamlet near Ramsgate, Kent, at the head of Pegwell Bay. Historically it was a peninsula on the southern coast of the Isle of Thanet, marking the eastern end of the Wantsum Channel that separated Thanet from the Kentish mainland. It is in the civil parish of Minster-in-Thanet.

Not to be confused with Ebbsfleet Valley in northwest Kent.

Ebbsfleet
Farmland at Ebbsfleet, with Richborough Power Station in the distance (prior to the demolition of the cooling towers in 2012)
Ebbsfleet
Location within Kent
OS grid referenceTR333631
Civil parish
  • Minster
District
  • Thanet
Shire county
Region
  • South East
CountryEngland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townRAMSGATE
Postcode districtCT12
PoliceKent
FireKent
AmbulanceSouth East Coast
UK Parliament
  • South Thanet

Pegwell Bay is a natural harbour on the part of the coast nearest to the Continent, and consequently, Ebbsfleet is associated with two important arrivals in English history: Hengist and Horsa in 449 AD, said to have led the Anglo-Saxons in their conquest of Britain; and Augustine of Canterbury in 597 AD, who converted much of England to Christianity.

Ebbsfleet is the titular see of the Bishop of Ebbsfleet, an episcopal visitor for the Province of Canterbury.

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