Cliffsend

Coordinates: 51°19′44″N 1°21′57″E / 51.328970°N 1.365910°E / 51.328970; 1.365910

Cliffsend is a village (sometimes written, correctly, as Cliffs End) and civil parish situated almost 2 miles (3 km) west of Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom, in the Thanet local government district.

Hengist and Horsa landed near here in 410AD, and St Augustine in 597.

Pegwell Bay Country Park is located here. Also on permanent display on the cliff top at Pegwell Bay is a replica of the Viking longship Hugin , which sailed from Denmark to Thanet in 1949 to celebrate the 1500th anniversary of the invasion of Britain, the traditional landing of the two men, and the betrothal of Hengist's daughter, Rowena, to King Vortigen of Kent. The Hugin was offered as a gift to Ramsgate and Broadstairs by the Daily Mail for preservation.

Amenities

The village has a petrol station and convenience store on the former A256. There is another convenience store in the centre of the south-side of the village - which contains a post-office. This post-office is strongly supported by local residents, and was the only post office to be saved from closure nationally during the closure scheme in 2008.