This Kent resort has a revitalised pier, quirky shops and great walks along the coastis slowly transforming. Gardens, a pier, a bandstand, beach huts, a range of historic seafront houses and amusements are among its classic assets, and it is much less busy than Passenger steamers served Herne Bay’s first, wooden pier, which was dismantled and rebuilt in 1873. That too was rebuilt after a storm in 1978 and renovated in 2015.
Along it you’ll find rides, a helter-skelter and food and drink huts (look out for Afro-Caribbean cuisine and local ales). With DFLs (“Down From London-ers”) increasingly attracted to the town’s more affordable housing market compared with neighbouring towns, there is a growing number of galleries, cafés and boutiques.is renowned for its work to reintroduce bison into the local woodland (remarkably, Leonardo DiCaprio posted about it on social media), and for rescuing bears and many other animal