Why visit with your group?

Just some reasons to visit Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate

Location
The seaside towns of Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate are situated on the north-eastern coast of Kent and can be easily reached from London and mainland Europe via good road, rail and ferry services
• M25 links to M26, M20, M2 then A299 into Thanet
• St. Pancras International Station, London to Ramsgate – 80 minutes
• Ferry services into Dover (approx 20 miles/32 km from Ramsgate)
• Eurotunnel into Folkestone (approx 30 miles/42 km from Ramsgate)

Coastline
• Miles of glorious coastline and 16 sandy beaches and bays
• Award winning sandy beaches – 5 with Blue Flags, 5 with Seaside Awards (2021)
• The Thanet coastline represents 20% of the UK’s and 12% of Europe’s coast chalk
• It is the longest continuous stretch of chalk coast in Britain
• Watersports – Kite Surfing, Surfing, Sailing, SUP (Standup paddle boarding)
• Boat Trips – Seal Colony, Wind Farm, Sea Forts, Beaches and Bays
• Viking Coastal Trail circular cycle route (32 miles/51.4 km)
• Seafront and clifftop restaurants, cafes, bars and ice cream parlours
• Only Royal Harbour in the country at Ramsgate

Attractions

• Turner Contemporary, Margate’s international art gallery
• Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex House and Gardens 
• Spitfire and Hurricane Memorial Museum and RAF Manston History Museum
• Margate’s Shell Grotto - Kent’s greatest mystery
• Margate Caves - a subterranean curiosity
• Ramsgate Tunnels - unique civilian wartime tunnel complex
• Dreamland - oldest surviving amusement park
• Hornby Visitor Centre, Margate - home to Hornby, Corgi, Airfix and Scalextric
• St. Peter’s Village Tour, Churchyard and War Graves Tours (WWI and WWII)
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Food and Drink
• Ramsgate Brewery Gadd’s Bear or NorthDown Brewery
• Quex Barn, Birchington  – indoor farmers market and restaurant
• Monthly Cliftonville Farmer’s Market
• Easter and Autumn Broadstairs Food Festival
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Famous Faces

• Charles Dickens (Dickens House Museum, Bleak House, Turner and Dickens Walk, annual Dickens Festival)
• AWN Pugin (The Grange, St. Augustine’s Church, Pugin Town Trail (self-guided walk))
• JMW Turner (Turner Contemporary, Turner and Dickens Walk)
• Tracey Emin (Neon sign on Droit House and artists studio in Margate)

Key Annual Events
February
*Broadstairs Blues Bash - free Blues music festival with local, national and international acts 
June
*Broadstairs Dickens Festival - Celebrating the life, times and works of Charles Dickens 
July
*Ramsgate Week - a regatta with competitors from France, Belgium, Holland and the UK 
August
*Broadstairs Folk Week - folk music, song and dance with over 500 events across the town

*Ramsgate Festival of Sound – week long feast of art, theatre, music and more around the town
September
*Heritage Open Days - Chance to visit and discover architectural treasures, with a and enjoy a range of tours, events and activities at various heritage attractions around Thanet
October
*Broadstairs Food Festival - popular event with cooking demonstrations, fresh produce sales and much more

Accommodation (20+ ensuite rooms)
*Walpole Bay Hotel & Museum (36 rooms) – 3* Hotel, Fifth Avenue, Cliftonville, Margate
*The Botany Bay Hotel (29 rooms) – 3* Hotel, Marine Drive, Kingsgate, Broadstairs
*The Royal Albion Hotel (21 rooms) – 3* Hotel, Albion Street, Broadstairs
*Royal Harbour Hotel (27 rooms) – Thanet Accommodation Scheme, Nelson Crescent, Ramsgate
*Comfort Inn (44 rooms) – 3* Hotel, Victoria Parade, Ramsgate
*Pegwell Bay Hotel (42 rooms) – 3* Hotel, Pegwell Road, Ramsgate
*Oak Hotel (34 rooms) – 2* Hotel, Harbour Parade, Ramsgate
*Holiday Inn Express (105 rooms) – Budget Hotel, Tothill Street, Minster, near Ramsgate
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