Photography locations near Canterbury

[natty94]

Hi all,

I bought my first car recently and would like to take a few decent photographs of it. I don't mind an industrial or countryside background, I'm based near Canterbury so there's a bit of industrial area near me and a lot of countryside and coastal area, so fire away

Thanks
Nathan

[vrsmxtb]

Whitstable?

[natty94]

vrsmxtb said:

Whitstable?

Any particular part?

[waxaholic]

There is tankerton sea front busy at the weekend tho most industrial estates are quiet on a sunday, theres one in hersden heading out of canterbury and a couple in whitstable as for country backgrounds petham,chartham area early in the a m is nice.
Stone st early in the morning is some where i have used for pic and a early sunday morning drive

[natty94]

waxaholic said:

There is tankerton sea front busy at the weekend tho most industrial estates are quiet on a sunday, theres one in hersden heading out of canterbury and a couple in whitstable as for country backgrounds petham,chartham area early in the a m is nice.
Stone st early in the morning is some where i have used for pic and a early sunday morning drive

Thanks , the only problem with that is the fact I work on weekends

[ian22]

Margate down by the harbour is good, some good lighting down there for night shots.

[natty94]

ian22 said:

Margate down by the harbour is good, some good lighting down there for night shots.

Seen some great night shots from there so, it's on a list after revisit to Whitstable where I took a few night shots on an Industrial Estate

[ian22]

One of mine from the harbour.

[natty94]

ian22 said:

One of mine from the harbour.

Really nice shot, definatley worth a visit

[Wuzzle]

Get yourself down to Dungeness if you've not been, an incredible place and a nice drive down.

The area around Oare, near Faversham is nice too.

The harbour/beach in Broadstairs?

[natty94]

Wuzzle said:

Get yourself down to Dungeness if you've not been, an incredible place and a nice drive down.

The area around Oare, near Faversham is nice too.

The harbour/beach in Broadstairs?

Thanks for the response
I have been before but before I could drive and I would go to Dungeness if I could afford the petrol, I will research Oare see where to shoot the car, Broadstairs harbour could be done on the same day as the Margate harbour.

[ARAF]

The old BR engineering works at Ashford?

People do get into take pictures, if they ask nicely.

[natty94]

ARAF said:

The old BR engineering works at Ashford?

People do get into take pictures, if they ask nicely.

Is that the yard behind the station? I'll look into it

[Wacky Racer]

natty94 said:

Wuzzle said:

Get yourself down to Dungeness if you've not been, an incredible place and a nice drive down.

The area around Oare, near Faversham is nice too.

The harbour/beach in Broadstairs?

Thanks for the response
I have been before but before I could drive and I would go to Dungeness if I could afford the petrol, I will research Oare see where to shoot the car, Broadstairs harbour could be done on the same day as the Margate harbour.

Don't go to Margate, it's a dump.

Better, Herne Bay, Sandwich, Reculver Towers, Whitstable, How about Deal Castle?

[jammy_basturd]

Entrance to Eastwell manor: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=ashford&hl=en&a...

Up near Stour Valley: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=ashford&hl=en&a...

Few nice places over around Wye too.

Or for a more urban shot, some of the back streets around Canterbury Cathedral?

[natty94]

Wacky Racer said:

natty94 said:

Wuzzle said:

Get yourself down to Dungeness if you've not been, an incredible place and a nice drive down.

The area around Oare, near Faversham is nice too.

The harbour/beach in Broadstairs?

Thanks for the response
I have been before but before I could drive and I would go to Dungeness if I could afford the petrol, I will research Oare see where to shoot the car, Broadstairs harbour could be done on the same day as the Margate harbour.

Don't go to Margate, it's a dump.

Better, Herne Bay, Sandwich, Reculver Towers, Whitstable, How about Deal Castle?

Margate's alright as long as your not by yourself and don't annoy the locals, I can't see how herne bay is better than margate but that's your opinion, there's no where in herne bay that isn't crawling with boy racers showing off, sandwich I don't know too well so some research on google maps will be required, you cant get close enough to the towers for a decent photo, I've already done a microshoot in Whitstable industrial estate but I want to revisit, how close can you get to deal castle?

[natty94]

jammy_basturd said:

Entrance to Eastwell manor: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=ashford&hl=en&a...

Up near Stour Valley: https://maps.google.com/maps?q=ashford&hl=en&a...

Few nice places over around Wye too.

Or for a more urban shot, some of the back streets around Canterbury Cathedral?

Thanks, I live 2 miles from canterbury so I can find a decent place or two in the older part of the city

[Wacky Racer]

natty94 said:

Wacky Racer said:

natty94 said:

Wuzzle said:

Get yourself down to Dungeness if you've not been, an incredible place and a nice drive down.

The area around Oare, near Faversham is nice too.

The harbour/beach in Broadstairs?

Thanks for the response
I have been before but before I could drive and I would go to Dungeness if I could afford the petrol, I will research Oare see where to shoot the car, Broadstairs harbour could be done on the same day as the Margate harbour.

Don't go to Margate, it's a dump.

Better, Herne Bay, Sandwich, Reculver Towers, Whitstable, How about Deal Castle?

Margate's alright as long as your not by yourself and don't annoy the locals, I can't see how herne bay is better than margate but that's your opinion, there's no where in herne bay that isn't crawling with boy racers showing off, sandwich I don't know too well so some research on google maps will be required, you cant get close enough to the towers for a decent photo, I've already done a microshoot in Whitstable industrial estate but I want to revisit, how close can you get to deal castle?

I don't live in Kent, but just come back from holiday there last week.

Deal Castle?...almost to the front door......

Ramsgate and Broadstairs were nice enough though....

[natty94]

Wacky Racer said:

I don't live in Kent, but just come back from holiday there last week.

Deal Castle?...almost to the front door......

Ramsgate and Broadstairs were nice enough though....

Fair enough, Magate is a nice place on a sunny day or clear night with the harbor all light up, it's much better than Herne bay which is always full of posers in there Subaru Imprezza's

[ARAF]

You can drive and park along the quay at Ramsgate Harbour.