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Galerie
Turner Contemporary
Contemporary art gallery on the harbour, named after J. M. W. Turner, who went to school in Margate and returned throughout his life.
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Margate and Broadstairs
Sandy bays, Turner Contemporary, Margate Old Town and Dickens's Broadstairs
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Sandy bays, Turner Contemporary, Margate Old Town and Dickens's Broadstairs
Margate and Broadstairs sit about three miles apart on the Isle of Thanet, at the north-east tip of Kent. Margate's Main Sands lies between the Harbour Arm and Dreamland, with Turner Contemporary, named after J. M. W. Turner, who went to school in the town, beside the harbour; the Old Town behind it has the Shell Grotto, the Tudor House and the Theatre Royal.
Broadstairs, to the south-east, is smaller and quieter. Visit Thanet counts seven sandy beaches along its coast, from Viking Bay in the centre to Botany Bay's chalk stacks, and the town was a favourite holiday place of Charles Dickens. The Loop bus and the 32-mile Viking Coastal Trail link the two towns with Ramsgate.
Hoogtepunten
Begin hier
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Strand
Margate Main Sands
Sandy beach in front of the town, between the Harbour Arm and Dreamland.
Haven
Margate Harbour Arm
The old stone pier enclosing the harbour, with cafés and bars along it and views back to the town.
Attractie
Shell Grotto
Underground passage and chamber lined with about 4.6 million shells, rediscovered around 1835; nobody knows who made it or when.
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Attractie
Dreamland Margate
Seafront amusement park whose Grade II* listed Scenic Railway wooden roller coaster opened in 1920; rides run in season.
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Historisch huis
Tudor House
Timber-framed Tudor house in Margate Old Town.
Vind uw weg
Op de kaart
The map shows Margate and Broadstairs and the streets around it. The Getting there page lists nearby stops and stations.
Insidertips
Voor vertrek
1
Start at the visitor centre
Visit Thanet's visitor information centre is in the Droit House on Stone Pier in Margate, beside Turner Contemporary.
2
Use the Loop bus
The Loop runs between Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate seven days a week; Stagecoach sells a Dayrider ticket for all its Thanet buses, according to Visit Thanet.
3
Walk the bays
North of Viking Bay the coast passes Stone Bay and Joss Bay on the way to Botany Bay; check tide times before walking on the sand below the cliffs.
4
Check Dreamland's season
The amusement park is seasonal: when we checked in November 2026 Dreamland said its 2026 ride season was over and the park returns in spring 2027, with indoor events in winter.
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- Margate and Broadstairs (area photo): DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Turner Contemporary: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Margate Main Sands: Stephen McKay, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Margate Harbour Arm: No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Shell Grotto: Gernot Keller www.gernot-keller.com, CC BY-SA 2.5, source
- Dreamland Margate: Ruth Johnston from United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, source
- Tudor House: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Margate Caves: John Baker, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Theatre Royal: David Anstiss, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Crab Museum: Bex Walton, CC BY 4.0, source
- Viking Bay: Ian S, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Bleak House: No machine-readable author provided. Heron2 assumed (based on copyright claims)., Public domain, source
- Dickens House Museum: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Crampton Tower Museum: Josh Tilley, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Stone Bay: Jim Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Joss Bay: Steve Daniels, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Botany Bay: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Deal: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Dover: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Canterbury: Hans Musil, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Whitstable: Michael Garlick, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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