The Most Popular Blue Plaques In Ramsgate

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’.

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.

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

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

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.

Vincent Van Gogh 1853-1890 painter lived here 1876.

Ramsgate's first zeppelin raid. 1:48am, 17th May 1915, 20 bombs were dropped on the town in one of the country’s first air raids.

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

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

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.

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.

Will Hay 1888-1949 comic actor and astronomer lived here.

John Le Mesurier 1912-1983 BAFTA Award winning actor lived here 1970-1983.

The original town centre of Ramsgate, this street has been the focal point for shopping, eating, and celebrating throughout its history.

Viscount Arthur Wellesley KG KP GCH PC FRS 1769-1852 1st Duke of Wellington and Prime Minister 1834 stayed here during the Napoleonic Wars 1803-1815.

Alfred Luck 1808-1864 co-owner of AWN Pugin's lugger The Caroline lived here.

Wilkie Collins 1824-1889 novelist stayed here during the 1870s.

Charles Darwin 1809-1882 naturalist stayed here in 1850.