Beacon Road is an electoral ward on the Isle of Thanet in Kent, England. It covers a predominantly residential patch made up of Victorian terraces and later 20th‑century housing, with local shopping parades, schools and public‑transport links that give easy access to the district’s coastal towns such as Margate, Ramsgate and Broadstairs.
The ward has a mixed social and economic profile - long‑standing communities sit alongside pockets of social housing and modest regeneration projects aimed at improving homes and high streets. Its character is still shaped by Thanet’s history of coastal tourism and maritime trades, and residents benefit from a neighbourhood feel, active community groups, small independent shops and close proximity to beaches and seafront leisure opportunities.
Postcode districts covering Beacon Road
Most populated places nearby
- Folkestone 23 miles
- Margate 3 miles
- Canterbury 15.9 miles
- Dover 17.3 miles
- Ramsgate 2.1 miles
- Herne Bay 12.8 miles
- Deal 10.8 miles
- Whitstable 17.1 miles
- Broadstairs 0.5 miles
- Broadstairs and St. Peters 0.4 miles
- Faversham 23.5 miles
Neighbouring places
- Broadstairs and St. Peters Parish 0.4 miles
- Broadstairs Built-up area 0.5 miles
- Kingsgate Ward 0.7 miles
- Bradstowe Ward 0.7 miles
- St. Peters Ward 0.8 miles
- Dane Valley Ward 1.1 miles
- Cliftonville East Ward 1.1 miles
- Viking Ward 1.3 miles
- Cliftonville West Ward 1.8 miles
- Salmestone Ward 1.8 miles
- Northwood Ward 1.8 miles
- Sir Moses Montefiore Ward 1.9 miles
Example postcodes in Beacon Road
CT10 3BL, CT10 3BZ, CT10 3DQ, CT10 3EP, CT10 3JL, CT10 3HU, CT10 3HZ, CT10 3AU, CT10 3AD … See all
Transport links
- London Southend Airport 34.3 miles
- London City Airport 59.7 miles
- Broadstairs Railway Station 0.8 miles
- Dumpton Park Railway Station 1.8 miles
Hotels near Beacon Road Ad
- The Beetroot 2.3 miles
- Fort Road Hotel 2.3 miles
- Yarrow Hotel 4 1.2 miles
- The George & Heart House 2.2 miles
- Royal Albion Hotel 3 1.1 miles
- The Botany Bay Hotel 3 1.3 miles
- Walpole Bay Hotel 3 1.7 miles
- The Falstaff Hotel & Restaurant Ramsgate 2.8 miles
- Canterbury Bell, Margate by Marston's Inns 3 1.5 miles
- Royal Temple Yacht Club 2.8 miles
Schools in Beacon Road
- Callis Grange Nursery and Infant School Primary
- St Peter-in-Thanet C of E Junior School Primary
Local points of interest
- Hilderstone College College 0.7 miles
- Canterbury Christ Church University - Broadstairs University 1.2 miles
- Thanet College College 1.2 miles
- RAF Manston History Museum Museum 3.4 miles
- Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum Museum 3.5 miles
- Hadlow College - Canterbury College 15.7 miles
- Canterbury Christ Church University University 15.8 miles
- University for the Creative Arts - Canterbury University 15.9 miles
- Canterbury College College 16 miles
- IFS School of Finance College 16.1 miles
- Dane John Gardens Gardens 16.3 miles
- University of Kent University 16.5 miles