Spitend is a Area in the county of Kent.

Retail in Spitend

There are great places to visit near Spitend including some great towns, historic buildings, beaches, parks, museums, castles, shopping centres, cities, ruins, country parks, lakes, coastal parks and airports.

The area around Spitend features a number of interesting towns including Faversham, Broadstairs, St Peter's, Ramsgate, Chatham, Margate, and Dover.

There are a number of historic buildings near Spitend including Nuckell's Alsmshouses, The Old Curiosity Shop, The Palace Cinema, Clock Tower Broadstairs, The Look Out House, Bleak House, and Home for Smack Boys.

Don't miss Viking Bay, and Dumpton Gap's beaches if visiting the area around Spitend.

The area around Spitend's best parks can be found at Victoria Gardens.

Don't miss Ramsgate Maritime Museum's museums if visiting the area around Spitend.

Dover Castle, Rochester Castle, Leeds Castle, and Tonbridge Castle are great places to visit near Spitend if you like castles.

The area around Spitend boasts some of the best shopping centres including Royal Victoria Place, and Bluewater Shopping Centre.

There are a number of cities near to Spitend including Canterbury.

Tonbridge Castle is one of Spitend's best, nearby ruins to visit in Spitend.

Spitend's best nearby country parks can be found at Haysden Country Park, and Barton's Point Coastal Park.

The area around Spitend's best lakes can be found at Barden Lake.

Barton's Point Coastal Park is a great place to visit close to Spitend if you like coastal parks.

The area around Spitend's best airports can be found at Lydd Airport.

Spitend History

There are some historic monuments around Spitend:

• Sheerness defences
• World War II Heavy Anti-aircraft gunsite (TS2), 300m east of Chetney Cottages
• Queenborough Lines
• Sheerness Defences: C19 gun emplacements and magazines and early-C20 gun towers, fire-control building and pillbox on the Centre Bastion
• Murston Old Church, Sittingbourne
• A Romano-British mausoleum, an associated Romano-British building and a parish church at Stone-by-Faversham
• The Maison Dieu, a 16th century house incorporating part of a medieval hospital
• Oare gunpowder works
• Nunnery at Minster Abbey
• Shurland House: early 16th century Great House and associated remains
• Medieval moated site at Sayes Court
• Queenborough Castle
• Chart gunpowder mills
• The site of St Saviour's Abbey, including the remains of an Iron Age farmstead and Faversham Roman villa
• 'Castle Rough' Medieval moated site