Margate, Kent -travel information and accommodation

Margate has the proud heritage of being one of Britain’s first seaside resorts. It’s easy access from London meant that huge numbers of city workers during Georgian and Victorian times, as well as the upper classes, used to escape the smoke in favour of the fresh air of Margate, with many arriving by boat at Margate’s pier.

Today’s Margate is less glamorously associated with Chaz and Dave’s infamous ‘Down a Margate’ song portraying the area as a bargain basement British resort that the whole family can afford. Whilst there is still plenty to attract visitors to the area it does taking a little bit of searching past the somewhat tatty seafront.

Margate’s beach however, is still an impressive stretch of golden sand with donkey rides, a bouncy castle and boating pool, making this a very popular place for families with young children. Away from the water both the Old Town and the Market Place are worth a look whilst the town centre has all the shops, pubs and restaurants you would expect. Equally by night Margate certainly knows how to enjoy itself with plenty of theatres, bars and nightclubs to choose from.