Clubs and societies in Thanet

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Sports clubs

Football

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

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 [13]
• Ramsgate Youth Football Club [14]
• Red Arrows Youth Football Club
• St. Nicholas-at-Wade Youth Football Club [15]
• Thanet Colts [16]
• Thanet District FC under 12
• Thanet Galaxy (Meteors & Comets) PDFC [17]

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

Rugby

• Ash Rugby Club [18]
• Broadstairs Beach Rugby [19]
• Broadstairs Bulldogs Amateur Rugby League Football Club [20]
• Thanet Wanderers Rugby Club [21]
• Thanet Wanderers Junior Club [22]
• Thanet Wanderers Womens' Club [23]

See also: Kent County Rugby Football Union

Cricket

• Broadstairs Cricket Club [24]
• Margate Cricket Club [25]
• Newington Cricket Club [26]
• Old Hartsdonians Cricket Club [27]
• Ramsgate Corinthian Cricket Club [28]
• Sandwich Town Cricket Club [29]
• Thanet District Development Group [30]
• Thanet Indoor Cricket League [31]
• Thanet Youth Cricket League [32]
• Westgate-on-Sea Cricket Club [33]

See also: Kent Cricket Board

Hockey

• Cliftonville Hockey Club [34]
• Monkton Hockey Club
• Thanet Nomads Hockey Club

See also: Kent Hockey Association

Athletics and running

• Jelly Legs [35]
• South East Striders [36]
• Thanet Athletics Club [37]
• Thanet Road Runners Club [38]

See also: Kent County Athletic Association, South East Triathlon

Tennis, squash and table tennis

• Broadstairs & St. Peters Lawn Tennis Club [39]
• Isle of Thanet Table Tennis Association [40]
• Margate Lawn Tennis Club [41]
• Pfizer Tennis Club [42]
• Sandwich Lawn Tennis Club [43]
• Thanet Squash Rackets Club [44]
• Map of clubs and tennis courts [45]

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

Badminton

• Alpha Badminton Club (Westwood)
• Club 88 Thanet Badminton [46]
• 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 [47]
• Thanet & District Netball League (~40 teams) [48]
• Thanet Lions [49]
• Thanet Rhinos [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]
• Stonelees Ladies Golf Members Club [61]
• Strokes Adventure Golf [62]
• Westgate and Birchington Golf Club [63]

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

Cycling

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

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

• Barbarians Mixed Martial Arts [70]
• Birchington Karate Club (Shotokan)
• Bujinkan Dojo Takuma [71]
• Cinque Ports Savate [72]
• Crow Karate Club (Woodnesborough) [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]
• TKD Power [89]
• Traditional Shotokan Karate Association (TSKA) Thanet [90]
• Wolf's Taekwon-Do Academy (Thanet) [91]
• Wugong Academy Kick-boxing, Kung Fu and Tai Chi (Margate & Ramsgate) [92]

Bowls

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

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

Horse-riding

• Manston Riding Centre [105]
• Nelson Park Riding Club [106]
• Nelson Park Kids Club [107]
• Nelson Park Afterschool Club [108]
• Plum Pudding Stables [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]
• Sandwich Bay Water-ski Club [134]
• Spitfire Boat Club [135]
• Thanet Sub Aqua Club - BSAC Thanet 106 [136]
• Thanet Diving and Watersports [137]

See also: Canoe England

Walking

• Dover and Thanet Rights of Way Society [138]
• East Kent Walk/Hike Group [139]
• Kent Ramblers, White Cliffs Group [140]

See also: Kent Ramblers

Gymnastics, climbing and parkour

• East Kent Acro Gym Club [141]
• Hartsdown Gymnastics Centre [142]
• Revolution Climbing Club [143]
• Thanet Dragons Parkour [144]
• Thanet Parkour
• United Kent Movement [145]

See also: Kent gymnastics, Kent Freerunning

Fencing and archery

• Invicta Fencing Club [146]
• Thanet Archery Club [147]
• Thanet Blades Fencing Club [148]

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

Shooting, paintball and airsoft

• Airsoft Team Ronin [149]
• Deal and Sandwich Shooting School [150]
• Paintballing at Quex [151]
• Ramsgate (1957) & Dover(1900) Rifle Club [152]

See also: Clay Pigeon Shooting Association (Kent)

Ten-pin bowling

• Bugsy's Ten Pin Bowling [153]
• Cliftonville YBC Bowling Club [154]

See also: Kent Ten-pin Bowling Association

Other sports

• British Wheel of Yoga - Kent (Margate) [155]
• Broadstairs Longboarding Team [156]
• Club Sandwich Korfball Club [157]
• East Kent Bat and Trap [158]
• Hartsdown Flyers Trampoline Club
• Invicta Tug of War [159]
• Kent Land Yacht Club (Margate) [160]
• Pfizer Volleyball Club [161]
• Ramsgate Croquet Club [162]
• Thanet Bombardiers Australian Rules Football Club [163]
• Thanet Flying Club [164]
• Thanet Skate Park [165]
• Thanet Snowboard and Ski Community [166]
• Thanet Ultimate Frisbee [167]
• Thanet Volleyball Club [168]
• Vale Tavern Petanque [169]

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

Hobbies

Arts and crafts

• Acol Art Group [170]
• Birchington Guild of Winemakers
• Broadstairs and St Peter's Arts Group
• Busy B's Sewing Group [171]
• Clandestine Cake Club (Broadstairs) [172]
• East Kent Lacemakers' Guild
• Festival Club [173]
• Isle of Thanet Photographic Society [174]
• Margate Creatives [175]
• St George's Visually Impaired Artisan Group
• Sandwich Decorative and Fine Arts Society [176]
• Stitch n' Bitch [177]
• Thanet Baking Club [178]
• Thanet Cross Stitch Club
• Thanet Decorative and Fine Arts Society [179]
• Thanet Machine Knitting Club [180]
• Thanet Photography Association [181]
• Thanet Quilters [182]
• Westgate Art Group

See also: Arts Council South East

Aviation and aircraft spotting

• Kent Aviation Enthusiasts (Manston) [183]
• Thanet Aviation Society

Board games and cards

• Birchington Bridge Club
• Broadstairs Bridge Club [184]
• Forresters Bridge Club [185]
• Thanet Bridge Club [186]
• Thanet Chess Club (Birchington, Broadstairs, Margate, Ramsgate, Sandwich) [187]
• Thanet Wargaming Club [188]
• Westgate Bridge Club [189]
• Woodnesborough Chess Club

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

Collecting

• Isle of Thanet Philatelic Society [190]

See also: Kent Federation of Philatelic Societies

Computing, science and technology

• Hilderstone Radio and Electronics Club [191]
• South East Kent Astronomical Society [192]
• Thanet Linux User Group [193]
• Thanet Makers [194]
• Thanet Raynet (Amateur Radio) [195]

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 [196]
• Margate Fishermans Association
• Nayland Boat Sea Angling Society [197]
• Sandwich and District Angling Association [198]
• Thanet Beachcasters [199]
• Windmill Angling Club [200]

See also: The Angling Trust

Gardening

• Acol Horticultural Society [201]
• Birchington Horticultural Society [202]
• Cliffsend Gardening Club [203]
• Island Floral Group [204]
• Island Green Fingers Club [205]
• Manston & District Garden Club [206]
• Margate Flower Club [207]
• Margate Horticultural Association
• Minster and Monkton Horticultural Society [208]
• Ramsgate and District Leisure Gardeners' Society
• St.Nicholas-at-Wade & Sarre Gardeners' Club [209]
• St Peter's and Broadstairs Horticultural Society [210]
• Thanet Floral Society [211]
• Thanet Fuchsia Group [212]

See also: Kent Federation of Horticultural Societies

Genealogy

• Isle-of-Thanet Genealogy Mailing List [213]

See also: Kent Family History Society

Model making and radio control

• Crampton Tower Scalextric Club [214]
• Isle of Thanet Railway Society [215]
• North Kent Model Railway Group (Broadstairs)
• Ramsgate and District Model Engineering Club [216]
• Ramsgate 'Vikings' Model Boat Club
• Thanet Model Flying Club [217]
• Thanet 'O' Gauge Group [218]
• Timaru Model Car Club [219]

See also: East Kent Radio Controlled Motorsports

Motoring

• Club Vdub (Broadstairs) [220]
• East Kent Advanced Motorcyclists [221]
• East Kent Group of Advanced Motorists [222]
• East Kent Morris Minor Club [223]
• Ford Capri Owners South East Kent [224]
• Isle of Thanet MG Owners Club [225]
• RattlersUK Hotrod Club (Thanet) [226]
• South Coast Pirates Scooter Club [227]
• Thanet Classics (Classic Car Club) [228]
• Thanet Scooterists [229]
• V.A.Ging it! [230]

Public speaking

• Ambassadors Speakers Club [231]
• Thanet Speakers Club [232]

Other hobbies

• Isle of Thanet Hobby Horse Club
• Kent Kite Flyers (Margate) [233]
• Quex Park Society of Change Ringers [234]
• Thanet Film Society [235]
• Thanet Ghostwatch (Paranormal investigation) [236]
• Thanet and Wantsum Metal Detecting Club [237]

Music, dance and drama

• Ramsgate Arts [238]

Dance

• Beat Route Dance
• Cliftonville Sequence Dance Club [239]
• DanceDomain [240]
• Isle of Thanet Scottish Country Dancers [241]
• Kent Salsa (Ramsgate) [242]
• Line dancers of Thanet [243]
• Manston Country Music Club [244]
• Minster Mayhems, Morris & Maypole [245]
• Page-Mason Schools of Dance and Drama [246]
• Pole Fit [247]
• Roller-disco (Margate, Ramsgate, Sandwich) [248]
• The Super Troupers (line-dancing) [249]
• Thanet Folk Dance Club
• Thanet School of Dance [250]
• The Dance Centre [251]
• The Granville Theatre Arts Theatre School [252]
• The Kim Academy of Dance [253]

See also: Dancing in the UK

Drama

• Act 1 Theatre Group [254]
• Artwise Youth Arts Centre
• Barnstormers Theatre Company
• Birchington Guild of Players [255]
• Broadstairs Dickens Players
• Chalkfoot Theatre Arts [256]
• Channel Theatre Company [257]
• The Chucklewit Players
• East Kent English Folk Dance and Song Society
• Enterprises Theatre Group
• Everyman Theatre Group
• The Georgians Dramatic Society
• Margate Operatic Society [258]
• Masque Theatre School [259]
• Minster Playhouse [260]
• Ramsgate Operatic Society [261]
• Stage Door Youth Theatre [262]
• Thanet Dramatic Society
• Thanet Hospitals Drama Group
• Thanet Music and Drama Festival [263]
• Thanet Stage School [264]
• Theatre of the Small (puppetry) [265]
• Theatre Royal Margate [266]
• Theatregoers

Music

Bands and orchestras

• Birchington Silver Band [267]
• Broadstairs and St Peter's Concert Band [268]
• Broadstairs Music Recital Society (BMRS) [269]
• Chatham House Jazz Band
• Churchill Tavern Jazz Club
• Kent Coastal Concert Band [270]
• Sandwich Concert Band [271]
• Thanet Concert Band [272]
• Thanet Light Orchestra [273]

Choirs

• Kent Show Choir (Broadstairs) [274]
• Manwood Singers [275]
• Sandwich and District Choral Society [276]
• Serenaders Ladies Choir
• Thanet Big Sing Community Choir [277]
• Thanet Festival Choir [278]
• Thanet Male Voice Choir [279]
• Thanet Seventy Chamber Choir [280]

Other

• Broadstairs Recorded Music Society
• Margate Recorded Music Society
• Pie Factory Music (Thanet Youth Music Action Zone) [281]
• St Laurence-in-Thanet Change Ringers [282]
• St Nicholas Music
• Thanet Electronic Organ Club [283]
• Thanet Ukulele Club [284]

See also: Thanet Music

Writing and poetry

• Broadstairs Writers' Circle/Thanet Writers Bloc
• Castle Trust Poetry Group
• Dickens Fellowship (Broadstairs) [285]
• Ramsgate Womens Fiction Writing Group [286]

Service clubs

• Bradstow Lodge [287]
• Freemasons of Birchington [288]
• Freemasons of Broadstairs [289]
• Freemasons of Margate [290]
• Freemasons of Ramsgate [291]
• Freemasons of Sandwich [292]
• Freemasons of Westgate [293]
• Inner Wheel, District 12 clubs [294]
• Lions Club of Thanet [295]
• Probus Club of Birchington and District
• Probus Club of Margate
• Probus Club of Ramsgate and District
• Rotary Club of Broadstairs [296]
• Rotary Club of the Isle of Thanet Sunrise [297]
• Rotary Club of Margate [298]
• Rotary Club of Ramsgate [299]
• Rotary Club of Sandwich [300]
• Rotary Club of Thanet [301]
• Rotary Club of Westgate and Birchington [302]
• Round Table of Margate [303]
• Round Table of Ramsgate [304]
• St Johns Thanet Lodge [305]
• Thanet Rotaract [306]

Historic and civic

• Birchington Heritage Trust [307]
• Bringing Alive Sandwich Heritage [308]
• The Broadstairs Society [309]
• Bygone Days Historical Group [310]
• Crampton Tower Museum Society [311]
• The Isle of Thanet Archaeological Society [312]
• Isle of Thanet Geographical Association [313]
• Kent Family History Society [314]
• Margate Civic Society [315]
• Margate Historical Society [316]
• Margate Museum [317]
• The Pugin Society [318]
• Ramsgate Historical Society
• The Ramsgate Society [319]
• Ramsgate Tunnels Heritage Group [320]
• The Sandwich Society [321]
• Thanet Countryside Trust [322]
• The Trust for Thanet Archaeology [323]
• Westgate Heritage Centre [324]

Online social networks

• Birchington Group (Facebook) [325]
• Broadstairs Group (Facebook) [326]
• Margate Group (Facebook) [327]
• Planet Thanet Group (Facebook) [328]
• Ramsgate Group (Facebook) [329]

Scouts, Cadets, Cubs and Girl Guides

• 1st Thanet (Newington Free Church) Baden-Powell Scout Group
• 1st Birchington Air Scout Group [330]
• 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 [331]
• 11th Ramsgate West Rainbows, Brownies and Guides
• 12th Ramsgate West Brownies and Guides [332]
• 17th Ramsgate Scout Group [333]
• Ramsgate West (Vikings) Rangers
• Broadstairs Explorers Scout Unit
• Broadstairs Army Cadets [334]
• Margate Army Cadets
• Margate Boys Brigade
• Margate Sea Cadets [335]
• Minster Cubs (1st)
• Ramillies Explorer Sea Scouts [336]
• Ramsgate Air Cadets 2433 Sqn Air Training Corps [337]
• Ramsgate and Broadstairs Sea Cadets [338]
• Royal Harbour Ramsgate (6th Ramsgate) Sea Scouts [339]
• Ramsgate Sea Cadets [340]
• Thanet District Scouts [341]
• Thanet Explorer Scouts [342]
• Thanet Squadron Air Training Corps [343]

See also: Kent Scouts, Kent Army Cadets

Youth clubs

• Birchington Youth Club [344]
• Fegans ‘160’ Family Resource Centre [345]
• SPRATS (St Peter’s Rascals, Adults and Toddlers)
• Streetwise Out of School Club (Minster) [346]
• Thanet Leos
• Thanet Youth Council [347]
• Youthie The Phoenix Centre (Sandwich) [348]

Miscellaneous

• Friends of Ellington Park [349]
• Netmums Book/Supper Club [350]
• Ramsgate Royal Naval Association [351]
• Royal Air Forces Association, Ramsgate and Broadstairs Branch [352]
• Royal Engineers Association Thanet Branch [353]
• Submariners Association East Kent Branch (Margate) [354]
• Thanet Community Transport Association (Dial A Ride Service) [355]
• Thanet and District Caledonian Society [356]
• Thanet Campaign for Real Ale (CAMRA) [357]

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 [358]
• Clubs and societies in the Dover district [359]
• Sports clubs in the Dover district [360]

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) [361]
• Guidelines on setting up a sports club [362]

See also: RunningSports, ClubMark

Financial support

Sources of financial support to maintain or develop new organisations:

• Funding Central [363]
• Kent4Community [364] (free registration required)
• Kent Sport funding [365]
• Thanet Community Development Trust [366]
• Awards for All [367]

Spreading the word

Cost-free promotion of local clubs and societies:

• Academy FM Thanet Radio [368]

Club graveyard

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

• Sandwich Ladies Cycle Group [369]
• Dane Park Bowling Club [370]
• Thanet French Club [371]
• Thanet German Club [372]
• Thanet Italian Club [373]
• Thanet Spanish Club [374]
• Thanet Poker Club [375]
• Monkton Youth Football Club [376]
• Dance Factory [377]

References

• Citizens Handbook: advice on how to set-up and maintain a grass-roots organisation [378]