Westbrook, Kent

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Westbrook
Location within Kent
Population4,126 (2011) [1]
District
Shire county
Region
Country England
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town Margate
Postcode district CT9
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51°23′02″N1°21′18″E / 51.384°N 1.355°E / 51.384; 1.355 Coordinates: 51°23′02″N1°21′18″E / 51.384°N 1.355°E / 51.384; 1.355

Westbrook is a Victorian seaside resort on the Thanet peninsula in the southeast corner of England. It is the westernmost part of Margate and is part of the ribbon development of the north Kent coast. Westgate-on-Sea lies to the west.

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Running through it is the main Canterbury Road where the Royal Sea Bathing Hospital stands, although the building is currently redeveloped into apartments. The row of shops opposite the hospital entrance includes Clarke and Crittenden. The Dog & Duck pub has been turned into offices for the Hospital Building site. Although a church still stands in the grounds, it is redundant and currently unused.[ when? ]

History

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All Saints Church in Westbrook, Kent

Westbrook's parish church is All Saints Church, a Victorian era church standing on All Saints Avenue. The church was built in 1894 out of ragstone by a local architect, T. Andrews. The building uses lancet windows and Geometrical Tracery. The nave is clerestoried, with Lean-to aisles and a lower chancel The two-story southeast vestries were added in 1897 by E. S. Prior, and the southwest tower was added in 1909 by W. D. Caröe.

The ground story of the tower is ashlar dressed, while the top stage mixes Decorated and Perpendicular Gothic styles. Architectural historian John Newman observes the interplay between the smooth and textured surfaces of the tower as being "typical" of Caröe. The tower ends in a recessed tiled pyramid roof. In the east of the chancel, there is stained glass of the Nativity, and in the west of the nave, a stained glass representation of Te Deum, installed in 1910 by G. J. Hunt. Further glass was installed in the aisle windows from 1905 onwards, and signed by G. J. Hunt in the south as well as Percy Bacon in the north. [2] [3] [4]

Demography

Westbrook compared
2001 UK CensusWestbrook wardThanet boroughEngland
Population4,319126,70249,138,831
Foreign born6.7%5.1%9.2%
White97.8%97.7%90.9%
Asian0.9%0.9%4.6%
Black0.3%0.3%2.3%
Christian72.9%73.6%71.7%
Muslim0.3%0.5%3.1%
Hindu0.3%0.2%1.1%
No religion12.9%15.9%14.6%
Unemployed3.5%4.4%3.3%
Retired14.1%17.5%13.5%

At the 2001 UK census, the Westbrook electoral ward had a population of 4,319. The ethnicity was 97.8% white, 1% mixed race, 0.9% Asian, 0.3% black and 0% other. The place of birth of residents was 93.3% United Kingdom, 1.4% Republic of Ireland, 1.6% other Western European countries, and 3.7% elsewhere. Religion was recorded as 72.9% Christian, 0.2% Buddhist, 0.3% Hindu, 0% Sikh, 0.2% Jewish, and 0.3% Muslim. 12.9% were recorded as having no religion, 0.4% had an alternative religion and 12.8% did not state their religion. [5]

The economic activity of residents aged 16–74 was 37.4% in full-time employment, 11.9% in part-time employment, 11.1% self-employed, 3.5% unemployed, 2.5% students with jobs, 3.4% students without jobs, 14.1% retired, 6% looking after home or family, 6.8% permanently sick or disabled and 3.5% economically inactive for other reasons. The industry of employment of residents was 16% retail, 11% manufacturing, 7.4% construction, 8.8% real estate, 21.6% health and social work, 8.9% education, 5.8% transport and communications, 5.3% public administration, 4.9% hotels and restaurants, 2.9% finance, 1.1% agriculture and 6.3% other. Compared with national figures, the ward had a relatively high proportion of workers in health and social work, and a relatively low proportion in agriculture, finance, and real estate. Of the ward's residents aged 16–74, 16.7% had a higher education qualification or the equivalent, compared with 19.9% nationwide. [5]

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  1. ↑ "Margate Ward population 2011". Archived from the original on 7 October 2015. Retrieved 3 October 2015.
  2. ↑ Newman 2013 , pp. 440
  3. ↑ "All Saints, Westbrook, Kent". Archived from the original on 19 December 2018. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  4. ↑ Historic England. "Church of All Saints, Thanet (Grade II) (1281623)". National Heritage List for England . Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  5. 1 2 "Neighbourhood Statistics". Statistics.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 25 May 2011. Retrieved 26 February 2008.
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