Clubs and societies in Thanet

ActiveThanet is a directory of clubs & societies in Thanet. From sports & hobbies to dance & drama. In Ramsgate, Margate, Broadstairs, Sandwich and neighbouring villages.

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Sports clubs

Football

• AFC Thanet [1]
• Belmonte Thanet Sunday Football League (~60 teams) [2]
• Broadstairs Football Club [3]
• Hugin Vikings Football Club [4]
• Margate Football Club [5]
• Minster Football Club [6]
• Port & Anchor Football Club [7]
• Preston Hellings F.C. [8]
• Ramsgate Football Club [9]
• Ramsgate FC Ladies Team [10]
• St.Nicholas Football Club [11]
• Thanet & District Football League (~10 teams) [12]
• Thanet Indoor Five a Side Football League [13]
• Thanet Galaxy (Cosmos) PDFC [14]

See also: Kent County Football Association, Kent League, Kent League Premier Division. Kent Girls & Ladies Football League, South East Counties Women's Football League

Youth clubs

• Margate Youth Football Club [15]
• Monkton Youth Football Club [16]
• Ramsgate Youth Football Club [17]
• Red Arrows Youth Football Club
• St. Nicholas-at-Wade Youth Football Club [18]
• Thanet Colts [19]
• Thanet District FC under 12
• Thanet Galaxy (Meteors & Comets) PDFC [20]

See also: Molten East Kent Youth League, Kent Youth League

Rugby

• Broadstairs Beach Rugby [21]
• Broadstairs Bulldogs Amateur Rugby League Football Club [22]
• Thanet Wanderers Rugby Club [23]
• Thanet Wanderers Junior Club [24]
• Thanet Wanderers Womens' Club [25]

See also: Kent County Rugby Football Union

Cricket

• Broadstairs Cricket Club [26]
• Margate Cricket Club [27]
• Newington Cricket Club [28]
• Old Hartsdonians Cricket Club [29]
• Ramsgate Corinthian Cricket Club [30]
• Sandwich Town Cricket Club [31]
• Thanet District Development Group [32]
• Thanet Indoor Cricket League [33]
• Thanet Youth Cricket League [34]
• Westgate-on-Sea Cricket Club [35]

See also: Kent Cricket Board (Thanet District)

Hockey

• Cliftonville Hockey Club [36]
• Monkton Hockey Club
• Thanet Nomads Hockey Club

See also: Kent Hockey Association

Athletics and running

• Jelly Legs [37]
• Thanet Athletics Clubs [38]
• Thanet Road Runners Club [39]

See also: Kent County Athletic Association, South East Triathlon

Tennis, squash and table tennis

• Broadstairs & St. Peters Lawn Tennis Club [40]
• Cliftonville Women's Running Network [41]
• Isle of Thanet Table Tennis Association [42]
• Margate Lawn Tennis Club [43]
• Pfizer Tennis Club [44]
• Sandwich Lawn Tennis Club [45]
• Thanet Squash Rackets Club [46]

See also: Kent Tennis (LTA), Kent Squash and Racketball

Badminton

• Alpha Badminton Club (Westwood)
• Club 88 Thanet Badminton [47]
• Hartsdown Juniors Badminton Club
• Hartsdown Park Badminton Club
• Minster Badminton Club
• Pfizer Badminton Club
• Pfizer Juniors Badminton Club
• Phoenix Badminton Club (Ramsgate)
• Westgate Badminton Club

See also: North Foreland Regional Badminton Association, Kent Badminton

Basketball and netball

• Broadstairs Netball Team [48]
• Pfizer Lions
• Thanet Rhinos [49]
• Thanet & District Netball League (~40 teams) [50]

See also: East Kent Basketball Association, Kent Netball, England Basketball

Boxing

• Broadstairs & St Peters Amateur Boxing
• Grange Amateur Boxing Club [51]
• Margate Amateur Boxing Club [52]
• Minster Amateur Boxing Club
• Ramsgate Amateur Boxing Club [53]
• Sandwich Boxing Club

See also: Amateur Boxing Association of England

Golf

• Broadstairs Golf Society [54]
• Greensole Golf Practice Centre
• Kent Minigolf Club [55]
• Lillyputt Minigolf [56]
• Manston Golf [57]
• North Foreland Golf Club [58]
• St. Augustine's Golf Club [59]
• Stonelees Golf Centre [60]
• Strokes Adventure Golf [61]
• Westgate and Birchington Golf Club [62]

See also: Kent County Golf Union, Kent County Ladies Golf Association

Cycling

• East Kent Cycling Club [63]
• East Kent District Association, Cyclists Touring Club [64]
• East Kent Ladies Cycling Club [65]
• Ramsgate Ladies Cycle Group [66]
• SPOKES East Kent Cycling Campaign [67]
• Thanet BMXers [68]
• Thanet Road Club [69]
• Thanet RC Go Ride [70]

See also: Kent Cycling Association, East Kent BMX, East Kent Mountain Biking, Cycling Time Trials South-East District, Forty Plus Cycling Club, British Cycling

Martial arts

• Birchington Karate Club (Shotokan)
• Bujinkan Dojo Takuma [71]
• Cinque Ports Savate [72]
• Gardner Tae Kwon Do [73]
• International Karate (Margate) [74]
• International Karate (Sandwich) [75]
• Karate East Kent (Margate) [76]
• Kent Karate Schools (Broadstairs, Margate, Ramsgate) [77]
• Kent Laido (Broadstairs) [78]
• Kyokushin Academy [79]
• Margate Karate Club [80]
• Ramsgate Judo
• Ramsgate Olympic Taekwondo Club [81]
• Showazakai Karate Club (shotokan) [82]
• Sledgehammer MMA [83]
• Tai Chi (Broadstairs) [84]
• Thanet Judokwai Club (Aikido) [85]
• Thanet Wing Chun Club [86]
• Thanet Martial Arts Centre [87]
• Thanet Shotokan Karate Club [88]
• Traditional Shotokan Karate Association (TSKA) Thanet [89]
• Wolf's Taekwon-Do Academy (Thanet) [90]
• Wugong Academy Kick-boxing, Kung Fu and Tai Chi (Margate & Ramsgate) [91]

Bowls

• Birchington Bowls Club [92]
• Broadstairs and St. Peter's Bowls Club [93]
• Cliftonville Bowling Club [94]
• Dane Park Bowling Club [95]
• Margate Indoor Bowls Club [96]
• Margate Bowling Club [97]
• Minster Bowls Club [98]
• Pfizer Bowling Club [99]
• Ramsgate Bowling Club [100]
• St.Lawrence Bowls Club [101]
• Sandwich Bowling and Social Club [102]
• Thanet Indoor Bowls Club [103]
• Walpole Bay Bowls Club [104]
• Westbrook Bowls Club [105]

See also: East Kent Short Mat Bowls Association, Kent County Bowling Association, Kent County Women's Bowling Association

Horse-riding

• Manston Riding Centre [106]
• Nelson Park Riding Centre [107]
• Plum Pudding Stables [108]
• Queensdown Equestrian Centre [109]
• Stour Valley Harness Club [110]
• Thanet Riding Club
• West Street Pony Club [111]

See also: British Equestrian Federation

Swimming

• Broadstairs Lifeguard and Swimming Club [112]
• Margate Swimming Club [113]
• Thanet Lifeguard Club [114]
• Thanet Swim Club [115]
• Thanet Vikings Swimming Club [116]

See also: East Invicta Amateur Swimming Association, Kent County Amateur Swimming Association, Swimming clubs in Kent, Swim South East

Sailing and boating

• Broadstairs Sailing Club [117]
• Grove Ferry Boat Club [118]
• Margate Yacht Club [119]
• Minnis Bay Sailing Club [120]
• Ramsgate Small Boat Owners' Club [121]
• Royal Temple Yacht Club [122]
• Sandwich Bay Sailing Club [123]
• Sandwich Sailing and Motor Boat Club [124]

See also Royal Yachting Association (South East)

Water sports

• The Big Chill Surf Club [125]
• Foreness Water-ski Club [126]
• Invicta Sub Aqua Club (Birchington) [127]
• Jet-ski world [128]
• Joss Bay Surf School [129]
• Joss Bay Youth Surf Club [130]
• Kent Scuba Diving Club (Margate) [131]
• Kent Surf School and Surf Club [132]
• Minnis Bay Windsurfing Club [133]
• Ride Kite surfing [134]
• Sandwich Bay Water-ski Club [135]
• Spitfire Boat Club [136]
• Thanet Sub Aqua Club - BSAC Thanet 106 [137]
• Thanet Diving and Watersports [138]

See also: Canoe England

Walking

• Dover and Thanet Rights of Way Society [139]
• Kent Ramblers, White Cliffs Group [140]

See also: Kent Ramblers

Gymnastics, climbing and parkour

• East Kent Acro Gym Club [141]
• Revolution Climbing Club [142]
• Thanet Gymnastics Club [143]
• Thanet Parkour
• United Kent Movement [144]

See also: Kent gymnastics, Kent Freerunning

Fencing and archery

• Invicta Fencing Club [145]
• Thanet Archery Club [146]
• Thanet Blades Fencing Club [147]

See also: Kent Archery Association, Kent County Amateur Fencing Union, Kent Fencing Clubs

Shooting, paintball and airsoft

• Airsoft Team Ronin [148]
• Deal and Sandwich Shooting School [149]
• Paintballing at Quex [150]
• Ramsgate (1957) & Dover(1900) Rifle Club [151]

See also: Clay Pigeon Shooting Association (Kent)

Ten-pin bowling

• Bugsy's Ten Pin Bowling [152]
• Cliftonville YBC Bowling Club [153]

See also: Kent Ten-pin Bowling Association

Other sports

• British Wheel of Yoga - Kent (Margate) [154]
• Broadstairs Longboarding Team [155]
• Club Sandwich Korfball Club [156]
• East Kent Bat and Trap [157]
• Hartsdown Flyers Trampoline Club
• Invicta Tug of War [158]
• Kent Land Yacht Club (Margate) [159]
• Pfizer Volleyball Club [160]
• Ramsgate Croquet Club [161]
• Thanet Bombardiers Australian Rules Football Club [162]
• Thanet Flying Club [163]
• Thanet Skate Park [164]
• Thanet Snowboard and Ski Community [165]
• Thanet Ultimate Frisbee [166]
• Vale Tavern Petanque [167]

See also: Kent Sport, South East Orienteering Association, Kent Petanque Association

Hobbies

Arts and crafts

• Acol Art Group [168]
• Birchington Guild of Winemakers
• Broadstairs and St Peter's Arts Group
• Busy B's Sewing Group [169]
• East Kent Lacemakers' Guild
• Festival Club [170]
• Isle of Thanet Photographic Society [171]
• Margate Creatives [172]
• St George's Visually Impaired Artisan Group
• Sandwich Decorative and Fine Arts Society [173]
• Stitch n' Bitch [174]
• Thanet Cross Stitch Club
• Thanet Decorative and Fine Arts Society [175]
• Thanet Machine Knitting Club [176]
• Thanet Photography Association [177]
• Thanet Quilters [178]
• Westgate Art Group

Aviation and aircraft spotting

• Kent Aviation Enthusiasts (Manston) [179]
• Thanet Aviation Society

Board games and cards

• Birchington Bridge Club
• Broadstairs Bridge Club [180]
• Forresters Bridge Club [181]
• Thanet Bridge Club [182]
• Thanet Chess Club (Birchington, Broadstairs, Margate, Ramsgate, Sandwich) [183]
• Thanet Poker Club [184]
• Westgate Bridge Club [185]
• Woodnesborough Chess Club

See also: Kent Contract Bridge Association, Kent County Chess Association, Kent Junior Chess Association

Collecting

• Isle of Thanet Philatelic Society [186]

See also: Kent Federation of Philatelic Societies

Computing, science and technology

• Hilderstone Radio and Electronics Club [187]
• South East Kent Astronomical Society [188]
• Thanet Linux User Group [189]
• Thanet Raynet (Amateur Radio) [190]

See also: Kent Linux User Group, Kent Mac User Group, Radio Society of Great Britain, Canterbury HackSpace,Barcamp Canterbury, British Computer Society Kent Branch

Fishing

• Birchington Sea Angling Society
• Broadstairs & St Peter's Sea Angling Society [191]
• Margate Fishermans Association
• Nayland Boat Sea Angling Society [192]
• Sandwich and District Angling Association [193]
• Thanet Beachcasters [194]
• Wantsum Angling Association [195]
• Windmill Angling Club [196]

See also: The Angling Trust

Gardening

• Island Floral Group [197]
• Island Greenfingers Club
• Manston & District Garden Club
• Margate Flower Club [198]
• Margate Horticultural Association
• Minster and Monkton Horticultural Society
• Ramsgate and District Leisure Gardeners' Society
• St Peter's and Broadstairs Horticultural Society
• Thanet Floral Society [199]
• Thanet Fuchsia Club

Genealogy

• Isle-of-Thanet Genealogy Mailing List [200]

See also: Kent Family History Society

Model making and radio control

• Crampton Tower Scalextric Club [201]
• Isle of Thanet Railway Society [202]
• North Kent Model Railway Group (Broadstairs)
• Ramsgate and District Model Engineering Club [203]
• Ramsgate 'Vikings' Model Boat Club
• Thanet Model Flying Club [204]
• Thanet 'O' Gauge Group
• Timaru Model Car Club [205]

See also: East Kent Radio Controlled Motorsports

Motoring

• Club Vdub (Broadstairs) [206]
• East Kent Advanced Motorcyclists [207]
• East Kent Group of Advanced Motorists [208]*East Kent Club of Advanced Motorists [209]
• East Kent Morris Minor Club [210]
• Ford Capri Owners South East Kent [211]
• Isle of Thanet MG Owners Club [212]
• RattlersUK Hotrod Club (Thanet) [213]
• South Coast Pirates Scooter Club [214]
• Thanet Classics (Classic Car Club) [215]
• Thanet Scooterists [216]
• V.A.Ging it! [217]

Public speaking

• Ambassadors Speakers Club [218]
• Thanet Speakers Club [219]

Other hobbies

• Isle of Thanet Hobby Horse Club
• Kent Kite Flyers (Margate) [220]
• Quex Park Society of Change Ringers [221]
• Thanet Film Society [222]
• Thanet Ghostwatch (Paranormal investigation) [223]
• Thanet and Wantsum Metal Detecting Club [224]

Music, dance and drama

• Thanet District Council Arts Development [225]
• Ramsgate Arts [226]

Dance

• Beat Route Dance
• Burlesque and belly dancing [227]
• Cliftonville Sequence Dance Club [228]
• DanceDomain [229]
• Dance Factory [230]
• Danceway [231]
• Isle of Thanet Scottish Country Dancers [232]
• Kent Salsa (Ramsgate) [233]
• Line dancers of Thanet [234]
• Manston Country Music Club [235]
• Minster Mayhems, Morris & Maypole [236]
• Page-Mason Schools of Dance and Drama [237]
• Reach School of Dance [238]
• Roller-disco (Margate, Ramsgate, Sandwich) [239]
• Salsa South Connection (Broadstairs) [240]
• The Super Troupers (line-dancing) [241]
• Thanet Folk Dance Club
• Thanet School of Dance [242]
• The Dance Centre [243]
• The Granville Theatre Arts Theatre School [244]
• The Kim Academy of Dance [245]
• Zumba Dance Fitness [246]

See also: Dancing in the UK

Drama

• Act 1 Theatre Group [247]
• Artwise Youth Arts Centre
• Barnstormers Theatre Company
• Birchington Guild of Players [248]
• Broadstairs Dickens Players
• Chalkfoot Theatre Arts [249]
• Channel Theatre Company [250]
• The Chucklewit Players
• East Kent English Folk Dance and Song Society
• Enterprises Theatre Group
• Everyman Theatre Group
• The Georgians Dramatic Society
• Margate Operatic Society [251]
• Masque Theatre School [252]
• Minster Playhouse [253]
• Ramsgate Operatic Society [254]
• Stage Door Youth Theatre [255]
• Thanet Dramatic Society
• Thanet Hospitals Drama Group
• Thanet Music and Drama Festival [256]
• Thanet Stage School [257]
• Theatre of the Small (puppetry) [258]
• Theatre Royal Margate [259]
• Theatregoers

Music

Bands and orchestras

• Birchington Silver Band [260]
• Broadstairs and St Peter's Concert Band [261]
• Broadstairs Music Recital Society (BMRS) [262]
• Chatham House Jazz Band
• Churchill Tavern Jazz Club
• Impromptu Ensemble [263]
• Kent Coastal Concert Band [264]
• Sandwich Concert Band [265]
• Thanet Concert Band [266]
• Thanet Light Orchestra [267]

Choirs

• Kent Show Choir (Broadstairs) [268]
• Manwood Singers [269]
• Sandwich and District Choral Society [270]
• Serenaders Ladies Choir
• Thanet Festival Choir [271]
• Thanet Male Voice Choir [272]
• Thanet Seventy Chamber Choir [273]

Other

• Broadstairs Recorded Music Society
• Margate Recorded Music Society
• Pie Factory Music (Thanet Youth Music Action Zone) [274]
• St Laurence-in-Thanet Change Ringers [275]
• St Nicholas Music
• Thanet Electronic Organ Club [276]

See also: Thanet Music

Writing and poetry

• Broadstairs Writers' Circle/Thanet Writers Bloc
• Castle Trust Poetry Group
• Dickens Fellowship (Broadstairs) [277]
• East Kent Live Lit [278]

Service clubs

• Bradstow Lodge [279]
• Birchington Lodge [280]
• Freemasons of Birchington [281]
• Freemasons of Broadstairs [282]
• Freemasons of Margate [283]
• Freemasons of Ramsgate [284]
• Freemasons of Sandwich [285]
• Freemasons of Westgate [286]
• Inner Wheel, District 12 clubs [287]
• Lions Club of Thanet [288]
• Probus Club of Birchington and District
• Probus Club of Margate
• Probus Club of Ramsgate and District
• Rotary Club of Broadstairs [289]
• Rotary Club of the Isle of Thanet Sunrise [290]
• Rotary Club of Margate [291]
• Rotary Club of Ramsgate [292]
• Rotary Club of Sandwich [293]
• Rotary Club of Thanet [294]
• Rotary Club of Westgate and Birchington [295]
• Round Table of Margate [296]
• Round Table of Ramsgate [297]
• St Johns Thanet Lodge [298]

Languages and cultures

• Thanet French Club [299]
• Thanet German Club [300]
• Thanet Italian Club [301]
• Thanet Spanish Club [302]

Historic and civic

• Birchington Heritage Trust [303]
• Bringing Alive Sandwich Heritage [304]
• The Broadstairs Society [305]
• Bygone Days Historical Group [306]
• Crampton Tower Museum Society [307]
• The Isle of Thanet Archaeological Society [308]
• Isle of Thanet Geographical Association [309]
• Kent Family History Society [310]
• Margate Civic Society [311]
• Margate Historical Society [312]
• The Pugin Society [313]
• Ramsgate Historical Society
• The Ramsgate Society [314]
• The Sandwich Society [315]
• Thanet Countryside Trust [316]
• The Trust for Thanet Archaeology [317]
• Westgate Heritage Centre [318]

Online social networks

• Birchington Group (Facebook) [319]
• Broadstairs Group (Facebook) [320]
• Margate Group (Facebook) [321]
• Planet Thanet Group (Facebook) [322]
• Ramsgate Group (Facebook) [323]

Scouts, Cadets, Cubs and Girl Guides

• 1st Thanet (Newington Free Church) Baden-Powell Scout Group
• 1st Birchington Air Scout Group [324]
• The 1st Margate (St Johns) Scout Group
• 1st Westgate on Sea Scouts
• 2nd Garlinge Scout Group (Scouts)
• 2nd Garlinge Scout Group (Cubs)
• 2nd Garlinge Scout Group (Beavers)
• 4th Broadstairs Scouts [325]
• 11th Ramsgate West Rainbows, Brownies and Guides
• 12th Ramsgate West Brownies and Guides [326]
• 17th Ramsgate Scout Group [327]
• Ramsgate West (Vikings) Rangers
• Broadstairs Explorers Scout Unit
• Broadstairs Army Cadets [328]
• Margate Army Cadets
• Margate Boys Brigade
• Margate Sea Cadets [329]
• Minster Cubs (1st)
• Ramillies Explorer Sea Scouts [330]
• Ramsgate Air Cadets 2433 Sqn Air Training Corps [331]
• Ramsgate and Broadstairs Sea Cadets [332]
• Ramsgate Sea Cadets [333]
• Royal Harbour Ramsgate (6th Ramsgate) Sea Scouts [334]
• Thanet District Scouts [335]
• Thanet Explorer Scouts [336]
• Thanet Squadron Air Training Corps [337]

See also: Kent Scouts, Kent Army Cadets

Youth clubs

• Birchington Youth Club [338]
• Fegans ‘160’ Family Resource Centre [339]
• SPRATS (St Peter’s Rascals, Adults and Toddlers)
• Streetwise Out of School Club (Minster) [340]
• Thanet Leos
• Thanet Youth Council [341]
• Youthie The Phoenix Centre (Sandwich) [342]

Pets and animals

Pets

• Isle of Thanet Canine Society
• Thanet Dog Owners Association
• Thanet Huskies [343]
• Thanet Obedience Group [344]
• The Isle of Thanet Bird Club [345]

Wildlife and birdwatching

• Thanet Beekeepers Association
• Sandwich Bay Bird Observatory Trust [346]

See also Kent Bee-keepers' Association

Other

• Thanet Sheepdog Society [347]
• Isle of Thanet Geographical Society

Miscellaneous

• Friends of Ellington Park [348]
• Friends of Ramsgate Library [349]
• Ramsgate Royal Naval Association [350]
• Royal Air Forces Association, Ramsgate and Broadstairs Branch [351]
• Royal Engineers Association Thanet Branch [352]
• Submariners Association East Kent Branch (Margate) [353]
• Thanet Community Transport Association (Dial A Ride Service) [354]
• Thanet and District Caledonian Society [355]
• Thanet Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) [356]

Directories for neighbouring districts

If you can't find what you are looking for in Thanet, here are directories for neighbouring districts:

• Activities in the Canterbury district [357]
• Clubs and societies in the Dover district [358]
• Sports clubs in the Dover district [359]

Help setting up and running a club

Starting up a club

See the Frequently Asked Questions

Administrative and legal support

Support for setting up a group, finding a funder, charity or company registration, liaison with professional bodies, training and workshops.

• CASE Kent (Thanet) [360]
• Guidelines on setting up a sports club [361]

See also: RunningSports, ClubMark

Financial support

Sources of financial support to maintain or develop new organisations:

• Funding Central [362]
• Kent4Community [363] (free registration required)
• Kent Sport funding [364]
• Thanet Community Development Trust [365]
• Safer stronger communities fund [366]
• Awards for All [367]
• O2 Community fund [368]

Spreading the word

Cost-free promotion of local clubs and societies:

• Academy FM Thanet Radio [369]

Club graveyard

If your club comes back to life please update this section.

• Ramsgate Army Cadets [370]
• Thanet Referees Association [371]
• The Walkers Friend [372]
• Isle of Thanet Amateur Boxing Club [373]
• Margate Museum [374]
• Thanet Blog List [375]
• Phoenix Rangers [376]
• Thanet Cat Club [377]

• Dumpton Youth Project [378]
• Trinity Cheerleaders [379]

References

• Citizens Handbook: advice on how to set-up and maintain a grass-roots organisation [380]