10°CBleak House
Built in 1801, Bleak House (originally known as Fort House) is a prominent house on the cliff overlooking the North Foreland and Viking Bay in Broadstairs.
About Bleak House
Bleak House (originally known as Fort House) was the site of the North Cliff Battery and was used as a coastal station for observing maritime activity.
Charles Dickens holidayed at Fort House in the 1850s and 1860s, and wrote David Copperfield during his time there. He wrote the short story Our English Watering Place
, published in August 1852, while at Bleak House. He is also said to have penned out Bleak House whilst in residence, hence the change of name in the early 1900s.
Houses a Smugglers Museum.
Nearest Transport
Broadstairs Harbour Car Parkless than a hundred meters away
Eastern Esplanade On-Street Parkinga couple of hundred meters away
InstaVolt Charging Stationjust over a mile away
Broadstairs Stationunder a mile away
LOOP - Baptist Churchless than half a mile away
Nearest Facilities
Broadstairs Harbour Public Toiletsless than a hundred meters away
Viking Bay Public Toiletsa few hundred meters away
Viking Bay Lifta few hundred meters away
Defibrillator; Albion Street Car Parka couple of hundred meters away
Broadstairs Harbour Carpark Lifebuoyless than fifty meters away
Broadstairs Harbour Arm Lifebuoyless than a hundred meters away
