Festival of Britain Fountain is a Grade II listed building in the Thanet local planning authority area, England. First listed on 22 May 2019. A Post-war Fountain.

Festival of Britain Fountain

WRENN ID
kindled-wicket-jackdaw
Grade
II
Local Planning Authority
Thanet
Constituency
East Thanet MP: Ms Polly Billington (Lab)
Country
England
Date first listed
22 May 2019
Type
Fountain
Period
Post-war
Address
Festival of Britain Fountain, Victoria Promenade, Ramsgate
OS grid reference
TR 388 651
Coordinates
51.33513, 1.42692
Source
Historic England listing

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Description

The Festival of Britain Fountain is a municipal fountain built around 1951 as part of the Festival of Britain celebrations. It is made of concrete, with the lowest circular bowl likely cast in place, and features metal fittings. Above this circular bowl, there are three hexagonal concrete fountain bowls that decrease in height and width, all rising from a central column. The lowest circular bowl has an indented lip, while the hexagonal supports flare out and curve upwards to a rounded lip at each level.

Local climate

Festival of Britain Fountain sits in a drier-than-average part of the UK, with an average of 710 mm of rain a year. This makes it drier than 87% of listed buildings in the UK. Its exposure to wind-driven rain is greater than that of 67% of listed buildings.

It experiences an average of 8 freeze-thaw cycles a year, fewer than 94% of listed buildings. Of these, 4 follow at least 1 mm of rain in the preceding 48 hours. Average temperatures at this location have risen by 0.3°C per decade since 1991.

Averages for 1991–2020; temperature trend 1991–2025. Figures describe the wider area (a grid cell of roughly 10 km), not the individual site. Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026.

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