Broadstairs · Viking Bay
The heart of the town, tourism-facing, the beach that defines the Broadstairs summer. Conservation-area boundary runs through the old streets above the sands.
Viking Bay is Broadstairs. The half-moon bay with the harbour arm, the Charles Dickens House on the cliff above, the Bleak House headland to the north. Everything within about 400m of the beach is inside the Broadstairs conservation area, and any boundary work visible from the highway there needs a conversation with Broadstairs and St Peter's Town Council and Thanet District Council first. That is part of our scope.
The property mix on the streets immediately above Viking Bay is dense Victorian and Edwardian terraces on the eastern-side streets (Albion Road, Chandos Square, Nuckell's Place), plus larger detached and semi-detached villas along Victoria Parade. A lot of that stock is in holiday-let use. The rear-garden fence runs are typically short (5 to 15 metres) but the turnaround pressure is high because guests rotate weekly.
The ground on the streets above Viking Bay is chalk under thin topsoil, same as the rest of Thanet. Post-holes auger cleanly. Wind exposure is moderate: the town cliffs shelter Viking Bay from the prevailing south-westerly, though a north-easterly winter gale gets in unimpeded. Concrete posts and gravel boards are the standard on any run replacing an old timber-post fence.
Send a postcode and a photo to hello@broadstairsfencing.co.uk or call 07763 100 477. Same-day reply on straightforward jobs. WhatsApp works too.
Photo-quote same-day via WhatsApp. Ideal for holiday-let landlords who cannot always be on site between guests: we quote from your photos, book the work in, and send completion photos when the job is done.