WHITSTABLE, a watering-place in the Canterbury parlia mentary division of Kent, England, on the north coast at the east end of the Swale, 6 m. N.N.W. of Canterbury, on the S. railway. Pop. of urban district (1931) The branch railway connecting Whitstable with Canterbury was one of the earliest in England, opened in 1830. Whitstable has been famous for its oyster beds from time immemorial.