Museum · Broadstairs · Kent

Dickens House Museum

Dickens House Museum is a house in Broadstairs and St. Peters, Thanet, Kent. It is on the official list as a Grade II listed building. Around it, within 15 km, lie 37 more places, Cervia (3.3 km) first on our list.

Photo: Dickens House Museum, Acabashi (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where

In Broadstairs

inside the built-up area

How well known

Top 35%

#2,958 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum in Broadstairs

Inside Broadstairs

Dickens House Museum is inside Broadstairs’ built-up area, with 15 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.

When to go

May to September are the warmest in Broadstairs, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C.

Jan8° / 3°52 mm

Feb9° / 3°42 mm

Mar11° / 4°36 mm

Apr14° / 5°37 mm

May17° / 9°44 mm

Jun20° / 11°52 mm

Jul23° / 14°50 mm

Aug23° / 14°52 mm

Sep20° / 12°47 mm

Oct16° / 9°77 mm

Nov12° / 6°73 mm

Dec9° / 3°64 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Broadstairs, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Broadstairs. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Broadstairs’ full climate →

About

Dickens House Museum

2 Wikipedia editions have an article on it.

Broadstairs’ listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Museum
Listed: Grade II listed building
Wikipedias: Covered in 2 languages
Town: in Broadstairs
Official site: thanet.gov.uk/info-pages/dickens-house-museum

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Know before you go

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Locating Dickens House Museum

On this map, Dickens House Museum is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Which towns are near Dickens House Museum

Home to 63,315 people, Margate is the largest of these 4. Pick a base: each town is a page of its own, with what else there is to see.

1 · It’s in town

Broadstairs

25,780 people · 25 places to visit

2 · 1.6 km southwest of it

Ramsgate

42,031 people · 26 places to visit

3 · 2.7 km northwest of it

Margate

63,315 people · 28 places to visit

4 · 4.7 km west of it

Minster (Thanet)

4,739 people · 30 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Dickens House Museum is	People	Places to visit
Broadstairs	It’s in town	25,780	25
Ramsgate	1.6 km southwest of it	42,031	26
Margate	2.7 km northwest of it	63,315	28
Minster (Thanet)	4.7 km west of it	4,739	30

Make a day of it

Places to add to Dickens House Museum

A visit can add 5 museums, a theme park and a castle, from 37 places within 15 km.

MuseumCervia3.3 km away 2

Theme parkDreamland Margate5.4 km away 3

MuseumSundowner3.3 km away 4

MuseumRamsgate Maritime Museum3.3 km away 5

CastleSandown Castle14 km away 6

AttractionThe Scenic Railway5.4 km away 7MuseumMuseumCrab Museum5.5 km away 8

MuseumCrampton Tower Museum700 m away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Dickens House Museum, answered

Where is Dickens House Museum?

Dickens House Museum is in Broadstairs, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Dickens House Museum?

House in Broadstairs and St. Peters, Thanet, Kent, England, UK.

When is the best time to visit Dickens House Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Broadstairs, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Dickens House Museum a listed building?

Yes: Grade II listed building.

What else is there to see near Dickens House Museum?

Within 15 km: Cervia (3.3 km), Dreamland Margate (5.4 km), Sundowner (3.3 km) and Ramsgate Maritime Museum (3.3 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)

Dickens House Museum: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cervia: stavros1, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dreamland Margate: Ruth Johnston from United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, 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
Crampton Tower Museum: Josh Tilley, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

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