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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Entertainment
Catherine Shoard, Peter Bradshaw, Laura Snapes, Dave Simpson, Ben Beaumont-Thomas, Jude Rogers and Chitra Ramaswamy

‘The Village of the Damned was shot here – then George Harrison bought a house’: our UK town of culture nominations

‘A pretty, chocolate-boxy place’ … Letchmore Heath in Hertfordshire.
‘A pretty, chocolate-boxy place’ … Letchmore Heath in Hertfordshire. Photograph: Peter Etteridge/Alamy

Ramsgate, Kent

Why did Caesar, Saint Augustine, Hengist and Horsa make Ramsgate their first port of call on assorted crusading trips to England? Proximity to France? Easy landing beaches beneath the cliffs? The lively arts scene?

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