Our two holiday apartments are situated on the most romantic and unique sandy beach near London called Kingsgate Bay. They are part of a 250-year old Georgian Mansion.
SPEND TIME PLAYING TENNIS, GOLF, CYCLING, SUNBATHING, SWIMMING, SURFING, HAVING A CAMPFIRE OR SIMPLY SNOOZING WITH NOTHING TO RUSH YOU EXCEPT THE RISE AND FALL OF THE TIDE.
SMUGGLER TUNNELS
There was a lot of smuggling going on in Thanet. Discover the mystery of the Shell Grotto. Ramsgate’s Tunnels explorer tours take you underground to unlock the story of a hidden underground city which evolved from the largest and only known Civilian Deep Shelter Air Raid Precaution scheme authorised by Central Government
GOLF
Play golf all around the holiday apartment on the North Foreland Golf Course.
CAPTAIN DIGBY
Captain Digby is possibly one of the oldest eating & drinking houses in Thanet. Build to serve as an entertainment for Lord Holland’s guests. It is recorded that when Lord Holland died he left a sum of money so that Captain Digby’s health could be drunk every year by the customers.
KINGSGATE CASTLE
Kingsgate Bay is overlooked by Kingsgate Castle – and home to smuggler’s caves – the beach is a popular spot not only for those looking for some sun, but also film crews exploiting stunning backdrops.
Captain Digby Inn and Kingsgate Castle, both of which owe their existence to the whimsical craze for the creation of “follies” indulged in by the 1st Baron Holland of Foxley some two centuries ago.
Holland House was once approached from the beach through a stone arched gate. Kingsgate was once named Barthelmas Gate and renamed Kings Gate after the forced landing of King Charles I on ‘Kingsgate’ Bay due to a storm. This gate has been reconstructed in the grounds of Lord Holland’s ‘convent’ beside the golf course
Not satisfied with a simple outlook onto the sea from his luxurious villa, Lord Holland, who lived her in 1762, created numerous stone follies which still provide a unique atmosphere and appearance to the surroundings. These include coastal lookouts, a castle, an ancient tumulus (burial ground), a battle site called ‘Hack ’em Down‘, a convent and an inn which is now known as the Captain Digby Pub. Holland House was once approached from the beach through a stone arched gate. Read more…
EVERY ROOM HAS SPECTACULAR VIEWS EITHER OUT TO SEA AND THE CHALK CLIFFS OR TOWARDS THE VICTORIAN GARDEN AT THE BACK OF THE HOUSE. THERE IS AN EVER-CHANGING SEASCAPE WITH THE TIDES, FASCINATING SEABIRDS AND SHIPS TO WATCH EITHER FROM THE WINDOWS OR DIRECTLY ON THE BEACH.