Whitstable Town Football Club is based in Whitstable, Kent, England. Whitstable is a seaside town in northeast Kent, southeast England. It is approximately 8 kilometres (5 miles) north of the city of Canterbury.
Whitstable Town is the senior club in the town, currently playing at Step 5 of non-league football, in the Southern Counties East Football League. It was established in 1885 and moved to its current home at the Belmont Stadium shortly afterwards.
Whitstable Town Football Club is a Full Member of the Football Association and an FA Charter Standard Adult Club that is affiliated to the Kent County Football Association.
In June 2019, the club joined together with Whitstable Town Junior Football Club, which is the town’s oldest youth football club, having been running for over 20 years. It was awarded the FA Charter Standard Development Club of the year 2017 and runs a large number of teams for girls and boys under the age of 18, competing in the Kent Youth League, East Kent Youth Football League and Faversham and District Youth Football League. There is also an under 21 team in the Canterbury & District League.
The club has a successful football academy, run in partnership with Football Futures and SCL. There is a purpose built education facility at the Belmont Ground. The academy has two teams and competes in the National League U19 Alliance and the SCL Youth Development League. There is also a men’s reserve team in the Kent County League. The football structure within the club offers a good pathway for young players to progress into senior football.
Whitstable Town Football Club is a company limited by guarantee, run by a board of directors and the chairman is Steve Clayton. The aim is to continually improve facilities and football at the Belmont Ground for the benefit of the community of Whitstable.