Walpole Bay
Walpole Bay is a bay in Thanet District, Kent, England. Walpole Bay is situated nearby to the suburb Cliftonville, as well as near the quarter Palm Bay.Places of Interest
Highlights include Walpole Bay Tidal Pool and Shell Grotto.
Walpole Bay Tidal Pool
Swimming area
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Walpole Bay Tidal Pool is a swimming area.
Shell Grotto
Photo: Gernot Keller, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Shell Grotto, sometimes called the Shell Temple, is an ornate underground shell grotto in the seaside town of Margate, Kent, England. The grotto, which has a passageway and main room, was dug out from chalk, a soft limestone common in the region.
Margate Caves
Photo: Clint Mann, CC BY-SA 2.0.
The Margate Caves are a tourist attraction in Margate. The caves were originally dug as a chalk mine in the area between Margate and Cliftonville. The caves were opened as Victorian seaside attraction in 1863 under the fictional name The Vortigern Caves.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Cliftonville and Palm Bay.
Cliftonville
Suburb
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Cliftonville is a coastal area of Margate in the Thanet district of Kent, England. It includes the Palm Bay estate, built in the 1930s with wide avenues and detached and semi-detached houses with driveways, garages and gardens.
Palm Bay
Quarter
Photo: Nigel Cox, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Palm Bay is an area of Cliftonville, a suburb of Margate in Kent, England. The area is predominantly housing, but also has recreational land for the general public.
Margate
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Margate is a seaside resort on the north Kent coast, with a population in 2021 of more than 64,000. It's suffered the usual decline of English seaside towns but its beach is still thronged on warm summer weekends, and there are several places of interest for cold wet days.
Walpole Bay
- Type: Bay
- Category: body of water
- Location: Thanet District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.39423° or 51° 23′ 39″ northLongitude
1.40166° or 1° 24′ 6″ eastOpen location code
9F339CV2+MMGeoNames ID
11153469
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