Monkton is a village and civil parish in the Thanet District of Kent, England.

[3] Monkton Nature Reserve, run by the environmental charity, Thanet Countryside Trust, is situated on chalk hills to the north of the village.

It also houses the Thanet Astronomical Observatory and the first artificial bat cave built in the UK.

Facilities include field centre with a museum, reference library, bookshop and picnic site.

[4] The 12th-century Anglican parish church is dedicated to St Mary Magdalene, and was largely rebuilt in the 15th century.