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Whitstable's oyster trade goes back to Roman times, and it's still a working industry, not a marketing story. Here's where locals and regulars actually eat them, from an eight-seat counter to a Michelin star in a marsh-side pub.
Read guideA flat, roughly 2.5km walk east from the beach at Island Wall to Tankerton Slopes strings together most of what makes Whitstable worth visiting, finishing at a shingle spit that only exists at low tide.
Read guideWhitstable is an easy day trip from London by direct train, small enough to see properly in a day, and genuinely rewards a bit of planning around tides, table bookings and where The Sportsman actually is.
Read guideWhitstable's weatherboard beach huts, its exposed coastline, and the tidal spit at Tankerton all mean the same thing: check conditions before you plan around them, rather than assuming a generic English seaside day.
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