Thanet

Thanet is located at the eastern end of Kent and includes the costal towns of Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate and has a population of around 128,000.

• Thanet is home to Kent International Airport, owned by Infratil, which is investing around £9 million in improving its excellent facilities.
• Thanet has been chose as the prime location for the £2.3 billion London Array project, an off-shore wind farm building and developing 270 turbines over 152 sq m creating superb opportunities for ports.
• The Port of Ramsgate is a busy cross-Channel port for freight as well as passenger ferries to Belgium and is well positioned to deal with the predicted rise in port traffic in the next ten years.
• The opening of Ebbsfleet International has given Thanet faster links to London. High Speed 1 ‘HS1'domestic services will be operational in 2009, reducing travel times - Ramsgate to London in 84 minutes and Margate to London in 98 minutes. 
• Availability of skilled and relatively low cost workforce, together with low land costs are attractive to new business and will lead to the creation of jobs. 
• Manston Business Park has Kent International Airport on its doorstep,benefiting from a £5.3 million investment and has planning permission for both industrial and commercial use. 
• EuroKent Business Park has unveiled plans for a £25 million leisure development, including a 10 screen multiplex cinema, health and fitness club, crèche and restaurant. 
• Margate is one of the UK's top 20 creative towns, where £17.5 million Turner Contemporary Centre is due to open in 2010 and will be an international centre for the visual arts.

Click here for factsheet with information on Thanet. 

For more information visit Thanet Council - www.thanet.gov.uk