Crampton Tower Museum
Museums & Science Centres · Broadstairs, Kent
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Closed — opens Friday at 2pm
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Crampton Tower Museum is a small museum housed partly in a flint tower that once formed part of Broadstairs' first public water supply. It tells the story of Thomas Russell Crampton, the locally born Victorian engineer known for locomotive and railway design and for early submarine telegraph cable work. Exhibits cover the railway's impact on the town, local maritime history and the growth of Broadstairs as a seaside resort. The visit is compact, so it suits a rainy afternoon or a short stop between the beach and the high street, and children with an interest in trains and engineering tend to enjoy it. The museum also runs themed family events, including a Christmas visit with a small gauge railway, and its small shop sells pre-loved models and second-hand books. Opening is limited to certain afternoons in the summer and autumn, so check before travelling.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
- Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
- Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
- Wet wipes
- Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.
- Colouring book and pencils
- Loose changeLockers and old-fashioned car parks.
- Travel sickness bands
- Spare socksThe single most reliably useful thing on this list.
- Boiled sweets for the carEars on hills, boredom on motorways.
- Lunch boxes
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