Forts
Forts is a café in Thanet District, Kent, England which is located on Cliff Terrace. Forts is situated nearby to Genting Casino, as well as near Thanet Judo Kwai.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Opening hours:
Monday—Friday: 8:00 AM—4:00 PM
Saturday—Sunday: 9:00 AM—4:00 PM - Type: Café
- Address: 8 Cliff Terrace, Margate, Thanet, CT9 1RU
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Margate Caves and Shell Grotto.
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. Margate Caves is situated 850 feet southwest of Forts.
Shell Grotto
Photo: Gernot Keller, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The Shell Grotto is an ornate subterranean passageway shell grotto in Margate, Kent, England. Almost all the surface area of the walls and roof is covered in mosaics created entirely of seashells, totalling about 2,000 square feet of mosaic, or 4.6 million shells. Shell Grotto is situated 1,500 feet south of Forts.
Tudor House
Museum
Photo: Geni, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Tudor House is a museum, which is situated 1,400 feet southwest of Forts.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Margate and Cliftonville.
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.
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.
Forts
Latitude
51.39179° or 51° 23′ 30″ northLongitude
1.38941° or 1° 23′ 22″ eastOpen location code
9F3399RQ+PQOpenStreetMap ID
node 8328692003OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=cafeOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=no
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