Broadstairs Castle, formerly part of the estate of Lord Holland but now converted into private residences. Broadstairs has a very mild maritime climate. The town is situated from both Dover and Canterbury, and about from the M25, London's orbital motorway. The town is also served by Southeastern train services to/from London, via either North Kent and Medway or Canterbury and High Speed 1. It is unusual in that trains to London can run either way through the station. As a seaside resort, the economy is mainly based around tourism; there are hotels and guest houses on and near the seafront to
9: The Last Resort in the closing credits as ""9 - The Last Resort"", leading most people to refer to the game as ""9: The Last Resort"". The title is always written as '9', the numeral, not the word. The name ""9"" refers to the nine muses which inhabit the resort (from Greek mythology). The muses are represented by various characters in the game. The name ""The Last Resort"" is the title of the building in which the game is set. It is a luxury hotel which belonged to a man called Thurston Last, but is also a pun on the term "last resort".