Manston is a small village and civil parish on the higher ground of the Isle of Thanet in the district of Thanet, Kent, England. Sitting on a chalk plateau a few miles inland from the east coast, it has agricultural surroundings and open views across the low-lying coastal strip towards Ramsgate and Margate.
The area is best known for its long aviation history: a former RAF base that later became a civilian airfield has left a visible imprint in local life, with aviation heritage celebrated in a small museum and regular reference in community identity. Proposals to use the airfield for freight and other commercial activity have shaped recent economic and political debate, yet Manston retains a distinctly rural, village character centred on farming, small businesses and a tight-knit local community in east Kent.
Postcode districts covering Manston
Most populated places nearby
- Folkestone 20.9 miles33.6 km
- Margate 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Canterbury 13 miles20.9 km
- Dover 15.8 miles25.4 km
- Ramsgate 2.2 miles3.6 km
- Herne Bay 10.1 miles16.2 km
- Deal 9.9 miles16 km
- Whitstable 14.3 miles23 km
- Broadstairs 2.5 miles4 km
- Broadstairs and St. Peters 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Faversham 20.6 miles33.2 km
- Hythe 23.4 miles37.6 km
Neighbouring places
- Margate Built-up area 1.1 miles1.7 km
- Garlinge Ward 1.3 miles2.2 km
- Salmestone Ward 1.4 miles2.3 km
- Minster Built-up area 1.5 miles2.4 km
- Westbrook Ward 1.7 miles2.7 km
- Northwood Ward 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Newington Ward 1.7 miles2.8 km
- Westgate-on-Sea Parish 1.8 miles2.9 km
- Acol Parish 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Cliffsend Parish 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Cliffsend and Pegwell Ward 2.1 miles3.4 km
- Margate Central Ward 2.1 miles3.4 km
Example postcodes in Manston
CT9 4LJ, CT9 4NF, CT7 0HE, CT9 4HD, CT9 4LF, CT9 4GS, CT7 0HD, CT12 5BY, CT7 0GG … See all
Transport links
- London Southend Airport 32.2 miles51.8 km
- London City Airport 57.2 miles92 km
- Westgate-on-Sea Railway Station 1.8 miles3 km
- Margate Railway Station 1.9 miles3 km
Hotels near Manston Ad
- The Beetroot 2.3 miles3.6 km
- Fort Road Hotel 2.4 miles3.8 km
- The George & Heart House 2.3 miles3.7 km
- Holiday Inn Express Ramsgate - Minster 3 2.3 miles3.6 km
- The Powell 2.6 miles4.2 km
- Yarrow Hotel 4 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Burlington 2 miles3.2 km
- Canterbury Bell, Margate by Marston's Inns 3 1.5 miles2.4 km
- The Falstaff Hotel & Restaurant Ramsgate 3 miles4.8 km
- Walpole Bay Hotel 3 2.9 miles4.7 km
Local points of interest
- RAF Manston History Museum Museum 0.5 miles0.8 km
- Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum Museum 0.7 miles1.1 km
- Canterbury Christ Church University - Broadstairs University 1.9 miles3.1 km
- Hilderstone College College 3 miles4.8 km
- Thanet College College 3.2 miles5.1 km
- Hadlow College - Canterbury College 12.8 miles20.6 km
- Canterbury Christ Church University University 13 miles20.9 km
- University for the Creative Arts - Canterbury University 13 miles21 km
- Canterbury College College 13.2 miles21.2 km
- IFS School of Finance College 13.2 miles21.3 km
- Dane John Gardens Gardens 13.4 miles21.6 km
- University of Kent University 13.6 miles21.9 km