The Isle of Thanet Rural District was a rural district covering part of the Isle of Thanet

Isle of Thanet

The Isle of Thanet lies at the most easterly point of Kent, England. While in the past it was separated from the mainland by the nearly -wide River Wantsum, it is no longer an island ....

 in the county of Kent

Kent

Kent is a county in southeast England, and is one of the home counties. It borders East Sussex, Surrey and Greater London and has a defined boundary with Essex in the middle of the Thames Estuary. The ceremonial county boundaries of Kent include the shire county of Kent and the unitary borough of...

, England, from 1894 to 1935. Most of its former area is now part of the Thanet

Thanet

Thanet is a local government district of Kent, England which was formed under the Local Government Act 1972, and came into being on 1 April 1974...

 district.

When the district was created several ancient parishes were split to create urban and rural parts. Northdown was created from the part of Margate St John the Baptist

Margate

-Demography:As of the 2001 UK census, Margate had a population of 40,386.The ethnicity of the town was 97.1% white, 1.0% mixed race, 0.5% black, 0.8% Asian, 0.6% Chinese or other ethnicity....

 that was outside the Municipal Borough of Margate, St Lawrence Extra was created from the part of St Lawrence that was outside the Municipal Borough of Ramsgate. St Peter Extra was created from the part of St Peters that was not part of Broadstairs and St Peter's Urban District.

It included the following civil parishes:

Parish	From	To	Notes
Acol Acol, Kent Acol is a hamlet and civil parish about south of Birchington in Kent, England. It is one of the smallest communities in Kent, and over the years large parts of the parish have been transferred to other neighbouring communities...	1894	1935	reduced to enlarge Municipal Borough of Margate, remaining parish transferred to Eastry Rural District Eastry Rural District Eastry Rural District was a rural district in the county of Kent, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was subject to a significant boundary reform in 1935 when several parishes were gained from the disbanded Isle of Thanet Rural District and other parishes were reorganised.It included the following...
Birchington Birchington-on-Sea Birchington-on-Sea is a village in northeast Kent, England, with a population of around 9,800. It is part of the Thanet district and forms the civil parish of Birchington. It lies on the coast facing the North Sea, east of the Thames Estuary, between the seaside resorts of Herne Bay and Margate.As...	1894	1935	abolished and used to enlarge Municipal Borough of Margate with small part to Acol Acol, Kent Acol is a hamlet and civil parish about south of Birchington in Kent, England. It is one of the smallest communities in Kent, and over the years large parts of the parish have been transferred to other neighbouring communities...
Garlinge Garlinge Garlinge is a village in the suburbs of Margate in Kent, United Kingdom, situated 2 km southwest of the centre of the town. It is in the Thanet local government district. There is a small selection of shops in the village, such as a bakery, newsagents, barbers and also a petrol station...	1894	1935	abolished and used to enlarge Municipal Borough of Margate with small part to Municipal Borough of Ramsgate
Minster Minster-in-Thanet Minster-in-Thanet, also known as Minster, is a village and civil parish in the Thanet District of Kent, England. The village is situated to the west of Ramsgate and to the north east of Canterbury; it lies just south west of Kent International Airport and just north of the River Stour...	1894	1935	reduced to enlarge Municipal Borough of Margate, Municipal Borough of Ramsgate, Municipal Borough of Sandwich and Worth Worth, Kent Worth is a small village situated near Sandwich, Kent, England. It has two public houses, a church, and a school.C.S. Forester's fictional naval hero Horatio Hornblower was born in the village of Worth, according to Hornblower's biographer Cyril Northcote Parkinson [see The Life and Times of... , remaining parish transferred to Eastry Rural District Eastry Rural District Eastry Rural District was a rural district in the county of Kent, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was subject to a significant boundary reform in 1935 when several parishes were gained from the disbanded Isle of Thanet Rural District and other parishes were reorganised.It included the following...
Monkton Monkton, Kent Monkton is a village and civil parish in the Thanet District of Kent, England. The village is located at the south-western edge of the Isle of Thanet and is situated mainly along the B2047 road, leading off the A263 road between Canterbury and Ramsgate. The civil parish stretches south to the...	1894	1935	transferred to Eastry Rural District Eastry Rural District Eastry Rural District was a rural district in the county of Kent, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was subject to a significant boundary reform in 1935 when several parishes were gained from the disbanded Isle of Thanet Rural District and other parishes were reorganised.It included the following...
Northdown	1894	1913	abolished and used to enlarge Municipal Borough of Margate and Garlinge Garlinge Garlinge is a village in the suburbs of Margate in Kent, United Kingdom, situated 2 km southwest of the centre of the town. It is in the Thanet local government district. There is a small selection of shops in the village, such as a bakery, newsagents, barbers and also a petrol station...
St Lawrence Extra	1894	1935	abolished and used to enlarge Municipal Borough of Ramsgate
St Nicholas at Wade	1894	1935	transferred to Eastry Rural District Eastry Rural District Eastry Rural District was a rural district in the county of Kent, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was subject to a significant boundary reform in 1935 when several parishes were gained from the disbanded Isle of Thanet Rural District and other parishes were reorganised.It included the following...
St Peter Extra	1894	1914	abolished and used to enlarge Garlinge Garlinge Garlinge is a village in the suburbs of Margate in Kent, United Kingdom, situated 2 km southwest of the centre of the town. It is in the Thanet local government district. There is a small selection of shops in the village, such as a bakery, newsagents, barbers and also a petrol station...  and Broadstairs and St Peter's Urban District
Sarre Sarre, Kent Sarre is a village and civil parish in Thanet District in Kent, England. The village is a part of St. Nicholas-at-Wade ecclesiastical parish, after having lost the local church of St. Giles in Elizabethan times; the ecclesiastical parishes were subsequently combined. In its own right Sarre is an...	1894	1935	transferred to Eastry Rural District Eastry Rural District Eastry Rural District was a rural district in the county of Kent, England, from 1894 to 1974. It was subject to a significant boundary reform in 1935 when several parishes were gained from the disbanded Isle of Thanet Rural District and other parishes were reorganised.It included the following...
Stonar	1894	1935	abolished and used to enlarge Municipal Borough of Sandwich
Westgate on Sea Westgate-on-Sea Westgate-on-Sea is a seaside town in northeast Kent, England, with a population of 6,600. It is within the Thanet local government district and borders the larger seaside resort of Margate...	1894	1935	abolished and used to enlarge Municipal Borough of Margate

The rural district was abolished in 1935 by the County of Kent Review Order, 1935.