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Kingsdown - Rising Sun
Kingsdown. Photo: Colin Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

Kingsdown

Surf town · UK

Score a trip to Kingsdown

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Beds: 10 places

10 places to stay within 2 km, 2 of them campsites.

Prices are our estimate of the country's average double room of each kind that month: not this town's price, and not a quote.

Room photos are examples, not these hotels (credits).

All 10 places to stay · Booking.com

Spots near here: 9 surf spots

Surf · this week

All 9 surf spots
  • Undercliff · about 30 min by car · stays in Ramsgate · Not for intermediates

    –, no score

Each score is the next week's out of 100, the mean of its best days, as on its own page. Green clears the bar. Distances are from the middle of Kingsdown.

Places to eat

1 near Kingsdown

Places to eat near Kingsdown

  • Castle Fish BarFish and chips · 1.8 km from the centreFood hygiene 5 of 5, Jul 2025

Within 2 km of the town centre, listed by how complete the listing is (website, opening hours, cuisine) and whether two sources name it. Not a judgement of the food: we have no reviews. Listings © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Overture Maps Foundation; food hygiene ratings from the Food Standards Agency (Open Government Licence). Credits

Map

the town and every place near it

Each place is ringed by its best day this week, a surf spot for intermediates: green good, amber fair, pale red poor, as the key says. The dashed circle is 20 km from Kingsdown.

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Photos of Kingsdown

The Rising Sun, Kingsdown
Photo: Chris Whippet, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Terraced cottages at Kingsdown
Photo: Bill Boaden, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wellington Parade, Kingsdown
Photo: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Kingsdown

where it is, what is near

Kingsdown is a town in Kent, United Kingdom.

From Kingsdown you can reach 9 surf spots.

The nearest is Kingsdown, a surf spot 0.4 km from the centre.

Overture lists 10 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites.

The nearest airport is London Southend Airport (SEN), 65 km away.

In Kent · England · United Kingdom

  • 10 places to stay within 2 km of the centre, 2 of them campsites (Overture places)
  • Nearest airports: London Southend Airport (SEN), 65 km, London City Airport (LCY), 100 km, Ostend-Bruges International Airport (OST), 103 km

Forecast updated . Forecast data: ECMWF, DWD, Météo-France and NOAA, served by Open-Meteo.com (CC BY 4.0). Changed by us. Generated using E.U. Copernicus Marine Service Information.

Scores are the conditions only: the journey, the price and the partners never change them (how we score, how we earn).