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 miles29.3 km
- Ashford 24.2 miles38.9 km
- Margate 4.1 miles6.6 km
- Canterbury 12 miles19.3 km
- Dover 12.8 miles20.6 km
- Ramsgate 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Herne Bay 10.6 miles17.1 km
- Deal 6.9 miles11.2 km
- Whitstable 14.5 miles23.3 km
- Broadstairs 4.3 miles6.9 km
- Broadstairs and St. Peters 4.4 miles7 km
- Faversham 20.4 miles32.8 km
Neighbouring places
- Cliffsend Parish 1.2 miles1.9 km
- Cliffsend and Pegwell Ward 1.5 miles2.5 km
- Nethercourt Ward 2.1 miles3.3 km
- Minster Built-up area 2.2 miles3.5 km
- Newington Ward 2.4 miles3.9 km
- Central Harbour Ward 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Ramsgate Built-up area 2.8 miles4.5 km
- Sandwich Built-up area 2.8 miles4.6 km
- Northwood Ward 2.9 miles4.7 km
- Thanet Villages Ward 3 miles4.8 km
- Eastcliff Ward 3 miles4.9 km
- Manston Parish 3 miles4.9 km
Example postcodes in Cliffs End
CT12 5JD, CT12 5HQ, CT12 5DJ, CT12 5JP, CT12 5JH, CT13 9QL, CT13 9ST, CT12 5HH, CT12 5JF … See all
Transport links
- London Southend Airport 33.7 miles54.2 km
- London City Airport 57.8 miles93 km
- Minster Railway Station 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Ramsgate Railway Station 2.7 miles4.3 km
Hotels near Cliffs End Ad
- The Falstaff Hotel & Restaurant Ramsgate 2.6 miles4.1 km
- Holiday Inn Express Ramsgate - Minster 3 2.7 miles4.3 km
- The Beetroot 5.2 miles8.4 km
- Royal Temple Yacht Club 2.7 miles4.4 km
- Fort Road Hotel 5.3 miles8.5 km
- Yarrow Hotel 4 4.2 miles6.8 km
- The George & Heart House 5.2 miles8.4 km
- The Powell 4.7 miles7.5 km
- Canterbury Bell, Margate by Marston's Inns 3 3.4 miles5.5 km
- The Bell Hotel 3 2.9 miles4.6 km
Local points of interest
- Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum Museum 2.6 miles4.3 km
- RAF Manston History Museum Museum 2.8 miles4.4 km
- Canterbury Christ Church University - Broadstairs University 3.6 miles5.8 km
- Thanet College College 4.2 miles6.8 km
- Hilderstone College College 4.4 miles7 km
- Hadlow College - Canterbury College 11.8 miles18.9 km
- Canterbury Christ Church University University 12 miles19.3 km
- University for the Creative Arts - Canterbury University 12 miles19.3 km
- Canterbury College College 12.1 miles19.5 km
- IFS School of Finance College 12.2 miles19.7 km
- Broome Park Estate 12.4 miles19.9 km
- Dane John Gardens Gardens 12.4 miles20 km