Scenic Railway
The Scenic Railway is a wooden roller coaster located at the Dreamland Amusement Park in Margate, United Kingdom. It first opened in 1920 and is the oldest roller coaster in the UK.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Roller coaster
- Description: roller coaster at Dreamland Margate, in Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “The Scenic Railway”
- Wheelchair access: no
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dreamland Margate and Margate railway station.
Dreamland Margate
Theme park
Photo: Ruth Johnston, CC BY 2.0.
Dreamland Margate is an amusement park and entertainment centre based on a traditional English seaside funfair located in Margate, Kent, England. The site of the park was first used for amusement rides in 1880, although the Dreamland name was not used until 1920 when the park's Grade II* listed Scenic Railway wooden rollercoaster was opened.
Margate railway station
Railway station
Photo: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Margate railway station serves the town of Margate in Thanet, Kent, England. It is 73 miles 69 chains down the line from London Victoria. The station and all trains that serve the station are operated by Southeastern. Margate railway station is situated 1,300 feet west of Scenic Railway.
Cinque Ports Public House
Pub
Photo: No Swan So Fine, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Cinque Ports Public House is situated 600 feet northwest of Scenic Railway.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Margate and Westbrook.
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.
Westbrook
Suburb
Photo: JoshTilley, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Westbrook is a Victorian seaside resort on the Thanet peninsula in the southeast corner of England. It is the westernmost part of Margate and is part of the ribbon development of the north Kent coast. Westgate-on-Sea lies to the west.
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.
Scenic Railway
- Categories: wooden roller coaster, tourism, and tourist attraction
- Location: Thanet District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
51.38518° or 51° 23′ 7″ northLongitude
1.37763° or 1° 22′ 40″ eastOpen location code
9F3399PH+33OpenStreetMap ID
way 426016073OpenStreetMap feature
attraction=roller_coasterOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionOpenStreetMap attribute
wheelchair=noWikidata ID
Q2229130
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In Other Languages
“Scenic Railway” goes by many names.
- German: “Scenic Railway (Dreamland Margate)”
- German: “Scenic Railway”
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Double Decker and Jumping Star.
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Scenic Railway”. Photo: Peet13, CC BY-SA 3.0.