Hartsdown Park

Hartsdown Park is a football stadium located in Margate, Kent, England. It has been the home of Margate since 1929, apart from between 2002 and 2005, when the club was forced to share the grounds of other Kent clubs while protracted redevelopment work occurred.

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Type: Sports venue
Description: sports venue
Address: Hartsdown Road, Margate, CT9 5QZ
Wheelchair access: limited

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Margate railway station and Dreamland Margate.

Margate railway station

Railway station

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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 1,700 feet north of Hartsdown Park.

Dreamland Margate

Theme park

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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. Dreamland Margate is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Hartsdown Park.

Scenic Railway

Roller coaster

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The Scenic Railway was a wooden roller coaster located at the Dreamland Amusement Park in Margate, United Kingdom. First opened in 1920, the ride was distinctive compared to modern-day roller coasters, as a brakeman was required to travel with the train to control its speed, manually applying brakes when needed. Scenic Railway is situated 1,900 feet northeast of Hartsdown Park.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Westbrook and Margate.

Westbrook

Suburb

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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.

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.