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Kent Customs Van Hire Whitstable provides 3 types of hire vans, a luton van with an electric tail lift, long wheel base hi roof panel van, and a dump run MPV van.
All our vans come with a full tank of diesel which must be returned the same. Our prices are the lowest in Kent for van hire.
Give us a call on 0800 8600 165 to book your next van.
Information About The Town;
The thing I always liked about Whitstable was the fact that it was never pretentious. It was always just a quiet little town with a harbour. The pace of life is a refreshing contrast to life in the capital, just 60 miles to the west.
However, the influence of the London set becomes more evident each year. As more people discover the way of life available so close to London, so more seem to come. Accordingly, the little fishing town of my childhood is now sadly long gone. As time has passed, the town has grown exponentially. As a child, I remember seeing the Sherwood estate at the top of Wraik Hill from the Thanet Way and I knew I was nearly home. Today, however, the houses go all the way down the hill to Seasalter Lane. That seems to be the price of "progress".
Whitstable was recently "discovered" by the English Press as an "Olde Worlde" or "Bohemian haven, with a far more relaxed lifestyle compared to London. Dubbed "Islington-on-Sea" by the Daily Mail among others, it's popularity with the capital's better-off population has been growing steadily.
So, what makes the place so popular? It would be a bit churlish of me, a DFL myself by definition, to complain about "outsiders". If the place didn't have it's charm, perhaps I would not be so keen to sing it's praises myself.
There are a number of eclectic/interesting buildings, particularly along the sea front. Wavecrest is a case in point. With it's row of whitewashed terraced houses, each sporting unusual painted maritime designs on the front walls, the Wavecrest houses create a lovely postcard picture.
A web of alleyways connect the main streets, with names such as the aptly-named "Squeeze Gut Alley", many of which refer to Whitstable's maritime or smuggling past. One such place is "Starvation Point", opposite the harbour gates, where poverty stricken seamen would wait in search of work. There is now a memorial on the site, dedicated to those lost at sea.
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