Standing at the mouth of the River Swale, Whitstable is both a curiosity and a delightful seaside town, the destination for numerous yachtsmen, surfers, sun-seekers and lovers of fresh seafood.

Famous for its oysters – the town stages an Oyster Festival each year – it holds three records: its working harbour built in 1832 served the world’s first-ever passenger-carrying railway (the ‘Crab and Winkle Line’ closed in the 1950s and is now a walkway), its golf clubhouse is reputed to be the oldest anywhere and it was here that the diving helmet was invented.

 
Wheelers Oyster Bar - Kent Tourism Alliance