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.
Margate has an annual jazz festival in July and a museum that highlights the seaside heritage of Margate.
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Margate - Charles Dickens Museum
The Charles Dickens Museum is located in a home where he wrote some of his great works.
Margate - St John the Baptist
The church of St John the Baptist in Margate's High Street contains an interesting collection of brasses, some of which are highly unusual; note in particular the brass skeleton commemorating Richard Notfelde (died 1446).
