Margate

Margate is a seaside resort on the north 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.
  • Town with about 61,200 residents
  • …lies at an elevation of around 80 feet (20 metres)
  • …is also known as “Margate, Kent”
  • Description: town in Kent, England

Places of Interest

Discover Shell Grotto and Dreamland Margate.
The , sometimes called the Shell Temple…
Theme park
is an amusement park and…
Railway station
serves the town of Margate in Thanet, , England.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include St Peter’s and Cliftonville.
St Peter's is an area of , in the civil…
2 miles southeast of Margate
is a coastal area of Margate in the Thanet district of , .
is a seaside town and civil parish on the north-east coast of , England.
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Latitude
51.3878° or 51° 23′ 16″ north
Longitude
1.382° or 1° 22′ 55″ east
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GB MGT
Open location code
9F3399QJ+4Q
Open­Street­Map ID
Open­Street­Map feature
place = town
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Western Frisian—“Margate” goes by many names.
مارجيتArabic
ՄարգեյթArmenian
MargateAsturian
МаргитBashkir
Маргит (ҡала)Bashkir
MargateBasque
MargateBreton
МаргейтBulgarian
MargateCatalan
MargateCebuano
馬蓋特Chinese
马盖特Chinese
MargateCzech
MargateDanish
MargateDutch
مارجيتEgyptian Arabic
MargateFinnish
מארגטHebrew
MargateHungarian
MargateIcelandic
MargateIrish
MargateItalian
マーゲートJapanese
マーゲイトJapanese
마게이트Korean
MargateLadin
MārgeitaLatvian
MargeitasLithuanian
MargateLombard
MargateMalagasy
MargateNorwegian
MargateNorwegian Bokmål
MargateNorwegian Nynorsk
مارگیتPersian
مارگیت، انگلستانPersian
MargatePolish
MargateRomanian
МаргитRussian
МаргејтSerbian
MargateSilesian
MargateSlovak
MargateSlovenian
مارقیتSouth Azerbaijani
MargateSwedish
МаргейтTatar
MargateTurkish
МаргейтUkrainian
مارگیٹUrdu
MargateUzbek
MargateVolapük
MargateWelsh
MargateWestern Frisian

Localities in the Area

Explore places such as Margate Old Town and Cliftonville West.
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Kent: Highlights

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