Ramsgate Historic Quarter

Events 2025

On Saturday September 13th we opened some of the sea captains cottages to the public as part of the national Heritage Open Day festival 2025.

There were tours, an exhibition of old maps and illustrations and historic artefacts. Later there were sea shanties, sea biscuits and grog

This event was free

Our first Heritage Building Skills Workshop took place on Friday 26th and Saturday 27th of September 2025.

‘Bricks & Mortar of the Georgian and Victorian eras’ was led by the UK’s leading authority Dr Gerard Lynch.

Day One was at the Customs House Ramsgate followed by a tour to assess brick condition, causes and remedies.

Day Two was a hands on day with brick and mortar conservation on an 18th century sea captain’s cottage on Paradise.

Participants were also invited to observe a Pre-cleaning survey and Doff test on Thursday 25th.