Margate (Isle of Thanet) Attractions

Together with Cliftonville, Margate (pop. 49,100) is one of the most popular resorts on the Isle of Thanet - today more of a peninsula than an isle. Attracting mainly Londoners, it has miles of fine sandy beaches, good entertainment facilities, including the a theater, a concert hall and Dreamland amusement park. Architectural highlights include splendid 19th century crescents, a number of very fine houses such as the Tudor House (16th century) in King Street and the Limes and India House (18th century) in Hawley Street, and the painstakingly restored buildings of Salmestone Grange in Nash Road.

Margate has an annual jazz festival in July and a museum that highlights the seaside heritage of Margate.