Hello Margate

Margate is a glorious, faded seaside town in Kent, on the eastern tip of the British Isles. It is populated by a heady mix of down-to-earth types and head-in-the-clouds artists and thanks to the opening of Turner Contemporary art gallery in 2011 has become a major draw for a new breed of visitors.

Margate has suffered in recent years but is undergoing a major transformation and we are passionate about being a part of that. One of our aims is to bring new visitors to Margate to see that change.

In 2013 Margate was listed in Rough Guide's top ten places to visit. It is easy to reach from London, taking about 1h30 by car and train.

These are some of our favourite Margate places:

Where to stay

The Reading Rooms
Walpole Bay Hotel
Sands Hotel
Crescent Victoria Hotel
Kate's airbnb
Retro Rooms airbnb
Old Town House airbnb
Amy's airbnb
Sam's airbnb

Where to eat

Forts Cafe
GB Pizza
The Greedy Cow
The Riz
The Ambrette
Batchelor's Patisserie
Melt Gelato

Galleries & Art Studios

Resort
Turner Contemporary
Limbo
Crate
Pie Factory
Lombard St Gallery
Marine Studios
Maxine Sutton
Zoe Murphy
The Rag and Bone Man
Bon Volks

Things to see

The Shell Grotto
Dreamland
Tom Thumb Theatre
Powell Cotton Museum
Theatre Royal Margate
Margate Museum

Shopping

R G Scott's Furniture Mart
Junk Deluxe
Haeckels
Margate Retro
Paraphernalia
Breuer & Dawson
Fox & Spindle