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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. Shell Grotto is situated 710 feet southwest of Thanet Cars.

St Stephen’s Methodist Church

Church

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St Stephen’s Methodist Church is situated 330 feet east of Thanet Cars.

Margate Caves

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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 940 feet west of Thanet Cars.

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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.

Margate

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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.

Palm Bay

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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.

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