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Botany Bay, Kent

Bay in Kent, England

Botany Bay, Kent
Summary

Bay in Kent, England

Looking southeast across the bay. The [[Thanet Wind Farm]] can be seen on the horizon.
Looking northwest across the bay.
Detail of Chalk Stack, Botany Bay
Detail of chalk stack, across the eastern side of the beach.

Botany Bay is a bay in Broadstairs facing the north sea, Kent, England. Botany Bay is the northernmost of seven bays in Broadstairs. The bay features chalk cliffs, formerly a sea stack and is a popular tourist location. Bathing is reportedly safe for swimming, surfing, and kayaking, and lifeguards are on duty from May 25 to September 1 (2024 dates).

Use

Botany Bay is a popular film location, having been used by productions such as BBC's D- Day: The Last Heroes, Tamil action drama Thaandavam, Sky Atlantic comedy Hunderby, BBC drama True Love as well as music videos for Bat For Lashes, Bebe Black, Shawn Mendes' song "There's Nothing Holdin' Me Back", and commercials for Land Rover, Sainsburys and Natwest and photoshoots for many fashion editorials. "Dress Code" an episode from the web series, The Mute Series, was also shot there. In the 2020s, Botany Bay became popular with day-trippers from London. This led to an increase in rubbish being left on the beach, which local councillors attributed to Londoners. In 2024, the sea stack collapsed due to natural costal erosion.

Naturists

The Foreness area at the western end of the beach is popular with naturists, although the area does not have official designation as a naturist beach despite media outlets claiming it does. Thanet District Council has considered putting signs to inform or warn non-naturists of the possibility of encountering naturists, although at present there is no signage.

References

References

  1. "Broadstairs - A Personal Perspective". Stella Maris.
  2. "Broadstairs UK".
  3. (29 August 2023). "Botany Bay Beach Lifeguarding".
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  5. Kent Film Office. "Kent Film Office D- Day: The Last Heroes Film Focus".
  6. Kent Film Office. (17 September 2012). "Kent Film Office Thaandavam Film Focus".
  7. Kent Film Office. "Kent Film Office Hunderby Film Focus".
  8. Kent Film Office. (11 June 2012). "Kent Film Office True Love Film Focus".
  9. "Dress Code — from The Mute Series".
  10. Dex, Robert. (14 August 2024). "Huge crowds of Londoners blamed for leaving mountains of rubbish on Broadstairs beach".
  11. (29 November 2024). "Iconic sea stack loved by selfie-takers collapses".
  12. Young, Lyndsey. (2022-06-24). "Five Kent beaches where you can get naked this summer".
  13. Club, Saturday Walkers. "Botany Bay - near Margate - Kent - Naturist Beach - SWC".
  14. Delahaye, Julie. (2024-02-28). "UK's 'most photographed' beach is a sandy paradise with crystal-clear waters".
  15. MacDougall, Lauren. (29 August 2021). "Kent's little known nudist beaches where you can sunbathe in the buff".
  16. Bailes, Kathy. (2023-06-15). "Thanet council considering nude bathing warning signs for area of Botany Bay".
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