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Broadstairs is a coastal town on the Isle of Thanet in the Thanet district of east Kent, England, about 80 miles east of London. It is part of the civil parish of Broadstairs and St Peter's, which inc
Viking Bay, Broadstairs
St Mary's chapel was built on the site of the shrine.
Joss Bay in July 2008
Modern stairs to the beach at Viking Bay
The Shrine of Our Ladye Star of the Sea was an old chapel on the cliffs at Broadstairs. Dating back at least to the 1350s, the two towers of the chapel were a major landmark for sailors in the area. G
Broadstairs
…Stella Maris ("Star of the Sea"). The name derives from a former flight of steps in the chalk cliff, which led from the sands up to the 11th-century shrine of St Mary on the cliff's summit. The town spreads from Haine Road in the west to Kingsgate (named after the landing of King Charles II in 1683), a hamlet in St…
Holy Trinity Church. Broadstairs
The Catholic Church of Our Lady Star of the Sea is named after the shrine