
Photo by Frank Leppard
Santa hats and reindeer antlers were out in force as the crowd rushed into the sea at Ramsgate’s Western Undercliff today (December 27).
The annual winter dip attracted around 80 swimmers, with the youngest aged just three!
There were medals and hot chocolate for all participants in the ‘just for fun’ event organised each year by Maxine Morgan of the Western Undercliff Regeneration Group.
Dates and times for Western Undercliff winter swim and Ramsgate, Broadstairs and Westgate New Year’s Day dips


Fancy dragging a toddler into freezing water, even with clothes on!
Agreed. Bloody idiots.
Parents should be reported to NSPCC and prosecuted. That child is clearly distressed yet still being forced into the water.