This web site sets out to showcase Herne Bay, its residents and companies to the rest of the World. Since around 1995 the site has had over 20,000 hits from all around the world but especially Canada and Australia from ex-residents, visitors or people just browsing along with local people surprised to find Herne Bay on the Internet. Please email me with any suggestions of anything you think others will find useful and I will endeavour to add it to the pages. Herne Bay and hernebayonline.co.uk has been featured in the media on a number of occasions. First a little about where we are :

Herne Bay is located on the North Kent Coast just 8 miles north of the historic City of Canterbury. The town looks out on the North Sea and on clear days the Isle of Sheppy and Southend can be seen on the horizon. Also on the horizon are the now abandoned Army and Navy Sea Defences built to defend London from sea attack during the war. More about the history of the town can be found in the History section. I hope you find the site useful and informative - please let me know what you think.

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Getting Here :
By Train : Herne Bay is on the main line railway network on the London to Margate route run by Southeastern Railways departing from Victoria or Cannon Street up to 4 times an hour with a journey time of around 1hr30. Details on train times can be found at the Network Rail Website, the Southeastern Website, or by calling 08457 48 49 50. Southeastern run various tickets and promotions including Group Save and Day Trips.
By Coach: National Express run services to Herne Bay from Victoria Coach station from around £8 with a journey time of around 2hr. Alternatively a more frequent service runs to Canterbury with frequent bus connections.
By Road : The town is also served by the improved A299 (Thanet Way) from Junction 7 of the M2. The new road is now fully open and has dramatically reduced journey times from the Whitstable junction. Simply follow signs to Margate/Ramsgate until you reach the town. Journey time from central london is abour 1hr40 (1hr from Dartford Crossing).

Click here for a smaller scale map (Includes London and French Coast)