Margate Recommendations

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Margate Recommendations

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Turner Contemporary is one of the UK's leading art galleries. Situated on Margate seafront, Turner Contemporary presents a rolling programme of temporary exhibitions, events and learning opportunities
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Turner Contemporary
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Turner Contemporary is one of the UK's leading art galleries. Situated on Margate seafront, Turner Contemporary presents a rolling programme of temporary exhibitions, events and learning opportunities
Carl Freedman Gallery is a contemporary art gallery situated in Margate, Kent. The gallery established itself quickly with a critical and curatorially driven program. The gallery represents emerging British and international artists and most typically presents the artist’s first solo presentation in a commercial context. After 14 years in Shoreditch, Carl Freedman Gallery is opening their new space in Margate, Kent in March 2019.
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Carl Freedman Gallery
28 Union Cres
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Carl Freedman Gallery is a contemporary art gallery situated in Margate, Kent. The gallery established itself quickly with a critical and curatorially driven program. The gallery represents emerging British and international artists and most typically presents the artist’s first solo presentation in a commercial context. After 14 years in Shoreditch, Carl Freedman Gallery is opening their new space in Margate, Kent in March 2019.
Home of the Grade 1 listed Shell Grotto. Open to enquiring minds since 1838. The Shell Grotto is an ornate subterranean passageway shell grotto in Margate, Kent. Almost all the surface area of the walls and roof is covered in mosaics created entirely of seashells, totalling about 2,000 square feet of mosaic, or 4.6 million shells.
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Shell Grotto
33 Grotto Hill
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Home of the Grade 1 listed Shell Grotto. Open to enquiring minds since 1838. The Shell Grotto is an ornate subterranean passageway shell grotto in Margate, Kent. Almost all the surface area of the walls and roof is covered in mosaics created entirely of seashells, totalling about 2,000 square feet of mosaic, or 4.6 million shells.
Dreamland Margate is an "Vintage" amusement park and entertainment. Discover Our Vintage Rides, Magical Musical Acts, Drive In Cinema And More.
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Dreamland
Marine Terrace
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Dreamland Margate is an "Vintage" amusement park and entertainment. Discover Our Vintage Rides, Magical Musical Acts, Drive In Cinema And More.
Adventure underground at the Margate Caves and discover what's beneath your feet.
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Margate Caves
1 Northdown Rd
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Adventure underground at the Margate Caves and discover what's beneath your feet.
One to the best place to watch the sun set !
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The Sun Deck
Royal Crescent Promenade
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One to the best place to watch the sun set !

Shopping

Vintage Shops, cool bars and restaurants... This is the place to be!
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Old Town
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Vintage Shops, cool bars and restaurants... This is the place to be!
On a rainy day this is a fab place to stroll and maybe find treasures . Junk Deluxe is the home of affordable modern design, from the modernist 1930's to the exuberant 1980's. Part of the same building you then have RG Scott An Emporium of everything Antique, Old Fashioned and Unusual. A Restorers Heaven. Stocking furniture, architectural salvage and every bygone. Over 3 floors to explore!!!
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Junk Deluxe
Bath Place
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On a rainy day this is a fab place to stroll and maybe find treasures . Junk Deluxe is the home of affordable modern design, from the modernist 1930's to the exuberant 1980's. Part of the same building you then have RG Scott An Emporium of everything Antique, Old Fashioned and Unusual. A Restorers Heaven. Stocking furniture, architectural salvage and every bygone. Over 3 floors to explore!!!
Haeckels frangrances & skincare - all natural, harvested sustainbly and made in the UK
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Haeckels
18 Cliff Terrace
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Haeckels frangrances & skincare - all natural, harvested sustainbly and made in the UK

Coffee Shop

Absolutely adore this place, always blown away by the selection of plants and other goodies. Oh not to mention it's a coffee shop with scrummy healthy bakes
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Mar Mar
80 Northdown Rd
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Absolutely adore this place, always blown away by the selection of plants and other goodies. Oh not to mention it's a coffee shop with scrummy healthy bakes
Kent Life Independent Café of the Year.
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Cliffs
172 Northdown Rd
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Kent Life Independent Café of the Year.
In the town center. Relaxing bohochic dévora with simple yet great menu for light brunch
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In the town center. Relaxing bohochic dévora with simple yet great menu for light brunch

Food scene

Simply THE BEST fish & ship experience one can ask for. I highly recommended, don't leave Margate without having tried the Creole Fish!!!
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Po' Boy "The Creole Fish Hut"
Royal Crescent Promenade
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Simply THE BEST fish & ship experience one can ask for. I highly recommended, don't leave Margate without having tried the Creole Fish!!!
Winner of the National Breakfast Award... Margate's best street food cafe. Set in a vintage double decker bus, come and discover fresh, healthy and delicious food in a unique retro vehicle!
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The Bus Café
Royal Crescent Promenade
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Winner of the National Breakfast Award... Margate's best street food cafe. Set in a vintage double decker bus, come and discover fresh, healthy and delicious food in a unique retro vehicle!
Set in the shadow of the iconic Nayland Rock Hotel, The Sun Deck is a lively beach-side collection of streetfood merchants that includes: The Bus Cafe, serving hashed mounds and South African-inspired BBQ fare called Braai, and Po’boy, specialising in Creole-inspired fish and chips and signature sandwiches. Locked Inn, a tiki bar that will help you get your hangover. The Sun Deck also hosts live music, DJs, markets and more.
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The Sun Deck
Royal Crescent Promenade
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Set in the shadow of the iconic Nayland Rock Hotel, The Sun Deck is a lively beach-side collection of streetfood merchants that includes: The Bus Cafe, serving hashed mounds and South African-inspired BBQ fare called Braai, and Po’boy, specialising in Creole-inspired fish and chips and signature sandwiches. Locked Inn, a tiki bar that will help you get your hangover. The Sun Deck also hosts live music, DJs, markets and more.
New Street Bistro is a popular restaurant located in the heart Margate. Delicious locally sourced, simply food.
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New Street Bistro
23 New St
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New Street Bistro is a popular restaurant located in the heart Margate. Delicious locally sourced, simply food.
Sri Lankan restaurant run by a a real character described by some as the Sri Lankan Basil Fawlty.
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The Riz Restaurant
49 Northdown Rd
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Sri Lankan restaurant run by a a real character described by some as the Sri Lankan Basil Fawlty.
If you get time, do book yourself for an afternoon tea at the Walpole hotel and ask to go around the hotel/ museum. Very quirky and a little scary in places...
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Walpole Bay Hotel Margate
Fifth Avenue
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If you get time, do book yourself for an afternoon tea at the Walpole hotel and ask to go around the hotel/ museum. Very quirky and a little scary in places...
Great selection of bars and restaurants
Harbour Arm
Harbour Arm
Great selection of bars and restaurants
Sea food. If you are foody, this is a must!!!
Buoy and Oyster
Sea food. If you are foody, this is a must!!!
Hot Wood Pizza
25 Station Rd
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The Rose in June
49-50 Trinity Square
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Great decor and great food. You can have your meal and not feel pressed to leave.
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The George & Heart Bar
44 King St
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Great decor and great food. You can have your meal and not feel pressed to leave.

Night Life

This is the place to be if you enjoy quirky décor, cheap drinks and strange company. This hotel, bar, recording studio is own by Pete Doherty and his band The Libertines.
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The Albion Rooms
31 Eastern Esplanade
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This is the place to be if you enjoy quirky décor, cheap drinks and strange company. This hotel, bar, recording studio is own by Pete Doherty and his band The Libertines.
Looking for cocktails and dancing... look no further. The Margate Arts Club is an intimate, inclusive venue that feels like a psychedelic house party.
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Margate Arts Club
276 Northdown Rd
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Looking for cocktails and dancing... look no further. The Margate Arts Club is an intimate, inclusive venue that feels like a psychedelic house party.
Great little independent venue for live music and bar.
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Elsewhere
21-22 The Centre
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Great little independent venue for live music and bar.
Fabulous theatre with an intimate upstairs bar. Check out social media for gigs and events.
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Tom Thumb Theatre
2A Eastern Esplanade
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Fabulous theatre with an intimate upstairs bar. Check out social media for gigs and events.
Great night club with a view
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Faith In Strangers
17 Ethelbert Cres
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Great night club with a view

Pubs

Fez, Margate is quirky / punky pub, eclectically furnished with a mixture of high and low tables and some raised bench seating. Great beer and cider selection and large range of gins.
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Fez
40 High St
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Fez, Margate is quirky / punky pub, eclectically furnished with a mixture of high and low tables and some raised bench seating. Great beer and cider selection and large range of gins.
A lovely cosy pub in Margate Old Town with wide range of beers and cider. Also serve food incl vegan options. Great in winter with its roaring log fire in winter.
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Lifeboat
1 Market St
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A lovely cosy pub in Margate Old Town with wide range of beers and cider. Also serve food incl vegan options. Great in winter with its roaring log fire in winter.
Super trendy and a big favourite locally.
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The Rose in June
49-50 Trinity Square
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Super trendy and a big favourite locally.
A real discovery. Tucked away just off the busy Northdown Road this little bar is really welcoming. Boasting an eye watering collection of vintage enamel signs and some excellent local ales it has a refreshingly varied clientele across the age groups.
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The Tap Room
4 Prices Ave
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A real discovery. Tucked away just off the busy Northdown Road this little bar is really welcoming. Boasting an eye watering collection of vintage enamel signs and some excellent local ales it has a refreshingly varied clientele across the age groups.