Crampton Tower Museum
Crampton Tower Museum is a museum in Broadstairs and St. Peters, Thanet, Kent. On the official register, it is a Grade II listed building. There are 37 more places to see within 15 km, beginning with Dickens House Museum (700 m).
Museum in Broadstairs
Inside Broadstairs
Crampton Tower Museum is inside Broadstairs’ built-up area, with 21 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Grade II listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Broadstairs has 129 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Picking your season
If warmth matters, go May to September: Broadstairs reaches 17–23°C.
Crampton Tower Museum
Museum in Broadstairs and St. Peters, Thanet, Kent, England, UK.
In Broadstairs, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Listed
- Grade II listed building
- Town
- in Broadstairs
- Official site
- cramptontower.co.uk
Getting your bearings
Orange is Crampton Tower Museum; numbered in green, the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Broadstairs’ built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns close to Crampton Tower Museum
Of the 5, Margate is the largest, at 63,315 people. The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.
Broadstairs
Ramsgate
Margate
Minster (Thanet)
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Crampton Tower Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Broadstairs | It’s in town | 25,780 | 25 |
| Ramsgate | 1.4 km southwest of it | 42,031 | 26 |
| Margate | 2.2 km northwest of it | 63,315 | 28 |
| Minster (Thanet) | 4.1 km west of it | 4,739 | 30 |
| Cliffs End | 5 km southwest of it | 1,284 | 22 |
Places to add to Crampton Tower Museum
A visit can add 5 museums, a theme park and a castle, from 37 places within 15 km.
MuseumDickens House Museum700 m away2
Theme parkDreamland Margate4.8 km away3
MuseumCervia3.3 km away4
MuseumSundowner3.2 km away5
MuseumRamsgate Maritime Museum3.3 km away6
CastleSandown Castle14 km away7
AttractionThe Scenic Railway4.8 km away8MuseumMuseumCrab Museum4.9 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Know before you visit Crampton Tower Museum
Where is Crampton Tower Museum?
Crampton Tower Museum is in Broadstairs, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Crampton Tower Museum?
Museum in Broadstairs and St. Peters, Thanet, Kent, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Crampton Tower Museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Broadstairs, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Crampton Tower Museum a listed building?
Yes: Grade II listed building.
What else is there to see near Crampton Tower Museum?
Within 15 km: Dickens House Museum (700 m), Dreamland Margate (4.8 km), Cervia (3.3 km) and Sundowner (3.2 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Crampton Tower Museum: Josh Tilley, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dickens House Museum: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dreamland Margate: Ruth Johnston from United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cervia: stavros1, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sundowner: Stavros1, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ramsgate Maritime Museum: Rodw, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Sandown Castle: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Scenic Railway: Peet13, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
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