The Most Popular Blue Plaques In Thanet

Eric Morecambe 1926-1984 comic held his wedding reception here.

Actors Hattie Jacques and John Le Mesurier lived here in the 1960s.

J. M. W. Turner 1775-1851 artist Attended Coleman's School on this site.

Sir Edward Richard George Heath KG MBE 1916-2005 born here 9th July 1916 Prime Minister 1970-1974.

Shrine of St Augustine. Constructed between 1845 and 1852, St Augustine’s church was designed by Augustus Pugin, architect of the Houses of Parliament and ‘Big Ben’.

Thomas Stearns Eliot, poet, 1888-1965 wrote part of the poem The Waste Land whilst sitting in the Nayland Rock Shelter October and November 1921.

Jenny Marx 1844-1883 Socialist activist eldest daughter of Karl Marx lived here.

Royal Harbour and Little Ships. The UK’s only Royal Harbour, given this title by King George IV in 1821.

On this site once stood the old Town Hall, built in 1839.

On this site stood Arklow House Elizabeth Fry 1780-1845 Prison reformer and Quaker philanthropist lived here.

The Duke of Cumberland brother of George III 1745-1796 lived here.

Built between 1827-1836 in the Regency style, the residential area was named after former Prime Minister (1812-1827), Richard Jenkinson, 2nd Earl of Liverpool.

Oliver Postgate 1925-2008 animator and author lived here.

HRH Princess Victoria stayed here from September 1835 to January 1836.

Karl Marx 1818-1883 stayed here 1866.

Vincent Van Gogh 1853-1890 painter lived here 1876.

Mary Townley 1753-1839 architect built this house in 1780. The Duchess of Kent and Princess Victoria stayed here in the 1820s.

This ‘Little Ship’ was owned by Commander Charles Herbert Lightoller DSC*, RD, RNR (1874-1952), second officer and most senior surviving crew member of RMS Titanic, survivor of two sinking ships and two world wars.

Frank Muir 1920-1998 comedy writer, radio and television personality born and spent his childhood here.

Designed by E. Pugin in the gothic style, once The Granville Hotel, this grand building was the place to stay for the well-to-do looking for a seaside break.