Cliffs End (often written Cliffsend) is a small village on the Isle of Thanet in Thanet, Kent, England. It sits just inland from Pegwell Bay and the former Manston airfield, roughly between Ramsgate and Sandwich, and its name reflects the village’s close relationship with the low-lying coastline and marshes that fringe the isle. The immediate landscape is a mix of farmland, roadside housing and salt‑marshes, with easy access to the coastal paths and the tourism draw of neighbouring seaside towns such as Broadstairs and Ramsgate.
Locally there are echoes of deep history - the neighbouring bays are linked with early medieval landing legends and a long record of archaeological finds - while more recent decades have been shaped by the presence and changing fortunes of the Manston airfield and related employment. Today Cliffs End feels like a quiet commuter and farming community that benefits from coastal leisure traffic and the amenities of the larger Thanet towns nearby.
Postcode districts covering Cliffs End
Most populated places nearby
- Folkestone 18.2 miles
- Ashford 24.2 miles
- Margate 4.1 miles
- Canterbury 12 miles
- Dover 12.8 miles
- Ramsgate 2.8 miles
- Herne Bay 10.6 miles
- Deal 6.9 miles
- Whitstable 14.5 miles
- Broadstairs 4.3 miles
- Broadstairs and St. Peters 4.4 miles
- Faversham 20.4 miles
Neighbouring places
- Cliffsend Parish 1.2 miles
- Cliffsend and Pegwell Ward 1.5 miles
- Nethercourt Ward 2.1 miles
- Minster Built-up area 2.2 miles
- Newington Ward 2.4 miles
- Central Harbour Ward 2.6 miles
- Ramsgate Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Sandwich Built-up area 2.8 miles
- Northwood Ward 2.9 miles
- Thanet Villages Ward 3 miles
- Eastcliff Ward 3 miles
- Manston Parish 3 miles
Example postcodes in Cliffs End
CT12 5NU, CT12 5GQ, CT12 5JH, CT12 5LG, CT12 5HA, CT12 5JW, CT13 9NW, CT12 5JG, CT12 5JE … See all
Transport links
- London Southend Airport 33.7 miles
- London City Airport 57.8 miles
- Minster Railway Station 2.1 miles
- Ramsgate Railway Station 2.7 miles
Hotels near Cliffs End Ad
- The Falstaff Ramsgate 2.6 miles
- Albion House 4 3 miles
- Holiday Inn Express Ramsgate – Minster 3 2.7 miles
- The Pegwell Bay Hotel 3 1.6 miles
- The Royal Oak Hotel 2 2.9 miles
- Canterbury Bell, Margate by Marston's Inns 3 3.4 miles
- Blue Pigeons 4 4.1 miles
- Yarrow Hotel 4 4.2 miles
- The Bell Hotel 3 2.8 miles
- The Royal Oak Hotel 2.9 miles
Local points of interest
- Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum Museum 2.6 miles
- RAF Manston History Museum Museum 2.8 miles
- Canterbury Christ Church University - Broadstairs University 3.6 miles
- Thanet College College 4.2 miles
- Hilderstone College College 4.4 miles
- Hadlow College - Canterbury College 11.8 miles
- Canterbury Christ Church University University 12 miles
- University for the Creative Arts - Canterbury University 12 miles
- Canterbury College College 12.1 miles
- IFS School of Finance College 12.2 miles
- Broome Park Estate 12.4 miles
- Dane John Gardens Gardens 12.4 miles