+44 (0)1843 869171
info@hilderstonecollege.com

Tag: Dickens Week

Jun 16

IT’S DICKENS WEEK!

Samantha GrantLeave a Comment on IT’S DICKENS WEEK!Posted in Activities, BROADSTAIRS, BROADSTAIRS, Events, LOCAL AREA, Local information and excursions, Social Programme, The College

This weekend is a special one in Broadstairs – it’s Dickens Week! With the many connections between Broadstairs and the famous writer, Charles Dickens, the festival is one of our biggest annual events, and attracts visitors from all over the country (and even abroad!) Throughout the town, both outside and in local venues, there is […]

Jan 09

Charles Dickens’ Broadstairs

Samantha GrantLeave a Comment on Charles Dickens’ BroadstairsPosted in BROADSTAIRS, BROADSTAIRS

Broadstairs inspired the novelist Charles Dickens.  He visited regularly between 1837 – 1859.  Charles Dickens had a summer residence in Broadstairs, now known as Bleak House.  The house is currently a bed-and- breakfast and a wedding venue, but you can visit the room where he sat at his desk overlooking Viking Bay, which inspired him […]