Pegwell Bay is a common sandy bay backed by substantial chalk cliffs and close to a lively and exciting harbour.  Children’s amusements nearby make this a great household beach to get a day out in Kent.  

The beach is ideal to get a variety of activities such as Swimming, Sailing, Jet ski-ing, Windsurfing, Electrical power boating and Fishing.   The coastal cycle route can also be utilised by pedestrians.  

The bay is a part of Kent’s greatest National Nature Reserve.   Rock pools,  kelp beds and chalk caves give habitats for a diverse variety of species.
The Beach receives typical awards and is Marine Conservation Society Recommended.  It’s been named as among the ten top rated beaches inside the UK. 
Facilities include parking, toilets, caf?/restaurant along with a picnic location.

Fossil hunting

The chalk cliffs at the back with the beach region are intriguing from a geological point of view.  Fossils are found within the platform which has been cut out by wave action and inside the fallen blocks which have come away in the cliff. They may be also in the cliff-face itself but hammering into it must be averted for clear security reasons.  There is evidence of echinoid (or sea urchin because they are better recognized) fossils, however the majority are broken and are already eroded by the weather and the sea.   However, if you’re patient it truly is doable to find full examples.   Sponges and little fossils this kind of as the plates from starfish are common.

Did you realize?  

. On the cliff leading at Pegwell Bay is really a replica of the Viking ship ‘Hugin’.  This was sailed from Denmark in 1949 by 53 Danes to commemorate the 1500th arrival of the legendary Hengist and his brother Horsa, two Saxon chieftains, who landed at nearby Ebbsfleet.  The ‘Hugin’ initial landed at Viking Bay, Broadstairs, Kent just before being placed on long term show just off the main road to the west of Pegwell Bay.  There exists small evidence of Viking ships in the 5th century and ‘Hugin’ is based mostly on a later Viking design and style of a longship. 

. On the foreshore, 20th century invaders would have arrived in giant SRN4 Hovercraft in the International  Hoverport which was officially opened in 1969. In its later versions the SRN4 Hovercraft could carry more than 400 passengers and 55 automobiles at about 60mph, routinely crossing the Channel in 40 minutes.  Regrettably, in 1982 the service from Pegwell Bay stopped operating when the two rivals Seaspeed and Hoverlloyd merged. 

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