It was once a popular tourist destination but almost a quarter of its shops now sit empty and locals have described the area ...

Ramsgate Tunnels, a subterranean tunnel system which used to shelter 60,000 people during World War Two air raids, is one of the town's main attractions. The tunnels are the UK's largest network ...

And in 2004, during excavations for the Channel Tunnel Rail Link in Ebbsfleet, the preserved skeleton of the long-since extinct straight-tusked elephant was uncovered.