Cliffsend

Cliffsend
Hugin, a replica Viking ship
Cliffsend Location within Kent
Population	1,822 (2011)[1]
OS grid reference	TR344643
Civil parish	Cliffsend
District	Thanet
Shire county	Kent
Region	South East
Country	England
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	RAMSGATE
Postcode district	CT12
Dialling code	01843
Police	Kent
Fire	Kent
Ambulance	South East Coast
UK Parliament	South Thanet
List of places UK England Kent 51°19′44″N 1°21′57″E / 51.328970°N 1.365910°E / 51.328970; 1.365910

Cliffsend is a village (sometimes written, correctly, as Cliffs End) and civil parish situated almost 2 miles (3 km) west of Ramsgate, Kent, United Kingdom, in the Thanet local government district.

Hengist and Horsa landed near here in 410AD, and St Augustine in 597.

There is evidence to show that the area of Cliffsend Village was inhabited since ancient times. Excavations prior to a housing development at Cliffs End Farm in 2003/2004 revealed artefacts and a burial site dating to the Bronze Age. Pegwell Bay Country Park is located here.^[2] Also on permanent display on the cliff top at Pegwell Bay is a replica of the Viking longship Hugin, which sailed from Denmark to Thanet in 1949 to celebrate the 1500th anniversary of the invasion of Britain, the traditional landing of the two men, and the betrothal of Hengist's daughter, Rowena, to King Vortigen of Kent. The Hugin was offered as a gift to Ramsgate and Broadstairs by the Daily Mail for preservation.^[3]