Wantsum
Wantsum refers to the Wantsum Channel, a historic sea channel in east Kent, England, that once separated the Isle of Thanet from the Kent mainland. The channel ran along the eastern coast, creating a natural boundary between Thanet and the mainland and connecting the open sea with the tidal inlets and harbours of the area.
Historically, the channel was a significant maritime route from antiquity through the medieval period. It provided
The channel gradually silted up, a process that accelerated in the High Middle Ages. By the 12th
In the modern landscape the former bed of the channel is now largely inland and incorporated into