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Granville Theatre, Ramsgate. Constructed in a sunken garden in 1947 as a live theatre, films were added to the mix later. In 1988 it was split into two auditoria the rear stalls becoming a permanent cinema, while the front stalls and original stage became a dual purpose cinema and theatre with a new small balcony added. The there is a low fly-tower.
Ramsgate Kent, Granville Theatre, Victoria Parade
January 2016
Ramsgate, Kent
The view from beside Pugin's Grange. That is the headland at Deal in the distance. Another shot with a mobile phone.
The lighthouse pn the west pier of Ramsgate Harbour in Kent.
The inscription is 'PERFUGIUM : MISERIS', which roughly translates to 'Refuge for the unfortunate'.
The London end of Ramsgate Town Station and Carriage shed, the units include 7185, 7208, 7169 and 7154 which were all allocated to Ramsgate at the time, 20/2/77
Ramsgate railway station serves the town of Ramsgate in Thanet in Kent, England, and is located about 10 minutes away on foot from the town centre. The station lies on the Chatham Main Line 127 km (79¼ miles) east of London Victoria, the Kent Coast Line, and the Ashford to Ramsgate (via Canterbury West) line. Train services are currently provided by Southeastern.
Ramsgate railway station is "possibly the finest New Classical railway station in southern England". It was built between 1924 and 1926 by Edwin Maxwell Fry and is a Grade II listed building.
Trains first reached Ramsgate in April 1846 when the South Eastern Railway (SER) opened a line from Canterbury. It terminated at Ramsgate SER, later to be called Ramsgate Town, which, unlike the present-day station, was in the town centre. Later the same year the line opened across Thanet to Margate, to Margate SER, (later Margate Sands). Trains from Canterbury for Margate had to reverse at Ramsgate Town; a chord was built bypassing the station, but not often used. St Lawrence station was opened in 1864 just before this chord but closed in 1916.
The London Chatham and Dover Railway (LCDR) reached Margate from Herne Bay in 1863. This called at Margate C&D (later Margate West), East Margate (later Margate East), Broadstairs and via a 1630 yd tunnel terminated at Ramsgate C&D (later Ramsgate Harbour), located near the harbour and beach.
This arrangement was inherited by Southern Railway on grouping in 1923. To simplify the arrangement in 1926 a new line was opened connecting the SER line from east of Ramsgate Town to the LCDR line just south of Broadstairs. The current Ramsgate station and a new station at Dumpton Park were built on this new line. The Ramsgate Harbour station, line through the tunnel, and the Ramsgate Town station and old SER line across to Margate Sands were all closed in July 1926. This change made for operational convenience, but has the disadvantage that the town centre is no longer served.
The SER opened a motive power depot near Ramsgate Station in April 1846. This was closed by the Southern Railway in 1926 and replaced by a larger facility in 1930. This closed to steam locomotives in 1959 and was converted for use servicing electric multiple units. It remains in use today.
Ramsgate station, Kent, 4 September 2020. Ramsgate Town station was opened by the SER in 1846 and Ramsgate Harbour station was opened in 1863 by the Kent Coast Railway (later part of the LCDR); both were termini and unconnected with each other. Surprisingly, when the SER and LCDR formed the SECR in 1899, which planned to improve this situation, it was left to its successor, the Southern Railway, to build a new link line between the SER and LCDR routes on which they built a new Ramsgate station in 1926, the two earlier stations being closed. The architects of the new station were James Robb Scott and Edwin Maxwell Fry, modernist architects who built the station in New Classical style with an Egyptian theme. Discoveries in the Valley of the Kings had been made recently. Pictured is the light and airy booking hall; it has a vaulted ceiling with modernist mouldings whilst the end walls have an Egyptian style. Each side of the hall has large, round-topped windows with barley twist mouldings on the brick surrounds.
Ramsgate is a seaside town on the Isle of Thanet in east Kent, England. It was one of the great English seaside towns of the 19th century and is a member of the ancient confederation of Cinque ports. It has a population of around 40,000. Ramsgate's main attraction is its coastline and its main industries are tourism and fishing. The town has one of the largest marinas on the English south coast and Port of Ramsgate has provided cross channel ferries for many years.