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Whitstable Harbour, WHITSTABLE, CT5 1AB

A pair of workboats that look as if they are used for the servicing of the wind farm that can be seen off of the coast near here.

Looking at various fishing vessels at Whitstable.

A busy day at the harbour as a number of small and medium sized vessels unload their shellfish.

Planning permission was granted by Canterbury City Council under application number CA//18/01438 for “change of use of warehouse to mixed use retail, restaurants and cafe, museums, exhibition space, educational use and assembly space, together with single-storey extensions to front and rear with terraces above, external alterations and siting of shipping containers”. The notice affixed to the wall of the building and entitled South Quay Shed reads “the former old fishing and aggregate store, known as the South Quay Shed, is in the business of being transformed. The Whitstable Harbour Board is creating 850 sqm of mixed retail space including restaurants and cafes, a community museum, exhibition space and educational areas. The plans include a large multipurpose internal courtyard surrounded by converted shipping containers in keeping with the harbour’s seafaring history on the ground and first floors. These will be complemented by a mezzanine deck. Fully-glazed walls will help create a facility with unique views of the working harbour that can be used all year round. The building will also take advantage of solar panels to generate its own power and high levels of insulation will help to keep the place warm in winter. This adds to the harbour board’s sustainability credentials”.

Sailing Barge 'Greta' - originally built in 1892 in Brightlingsea, and first employed as a barge to carry grain, brewing malt and aggregates. She was re-fitted after the 1945 war, having carried munitions from a depot at Rochester to ships in the Thames estuary, and assisted with the evacuations at Dunkirk in 1940, which makes her the oldest remaining Dunkirk Little Ship. Nearly broken up for scrap in the 1960s, it was realised that she was in good enough condition to warrant a restoration in the 1980s and now operates pleasure trips around the Thames estuary from Whitstable harbour.

A selection of fishing and oyster boats in the harbour.

A gratuitously bizarre picture from much photographed Whitstable Harbour featuring some of the exotic merchandise available from the flea market stalls along the dock side. There's no arm in it.....