Margate Caves

The Margate Caves are a tourist attraction in . The caves were originally dug as a chalk mine in the area between Margate and . The caves were opened as Victorian seaside attraction in 1863 under the fictional name The Vortigern Caves.
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  • Opening hours: 10:00 AM—4:30 PM
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: cave in Margate
  • Also known as: “Margate Cave” and “Vortigern Caves”
  • Address: Northdown Road, Margate, CT9 1FG

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Tudor House and Shell Grotto.

Museum
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is a museum, which is situated 590 feet west of Margate Caves.

Photo: Gernot Keller, CC BY-SA 2.5.
The , sometimes called the Shell Temple, is an ornate underground in the seaside town of , , England. The grotto, which has a passageway and main room, was dug out from chalk, a soft limestone common in the region. is situated 1,100 feet southeast of Margate Caves.

Museum
The is a small idiosyncratic museum in Margate, Kent, England. Billed as "Europe’s first and only museum dedicated to the decapod", it was founded in 2021 by Chase Coley, Bertie Suesat-Williams, and Ned Suesat-Williams. is situated 1,100 feet west of Margate Caves.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Margate and Cliftonville.

Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.

Suburb
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is a coastal area of in the Thanet district of , . It includes the Palm Bay estate, built in the 1930s with wide avenues and detached and semi-detached houses with driveways, garages and gardens.

Suburb
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is a Victorian seaside resort on the Thanet peninsula in the southeast corner of England. It is the westernmost part of and is part of the ribbon development of the north coast. lies to the west.

Margate Caves

Latitude
51.39019° or 51° 23′ 25″ north
Longitude
1.38666° or 1° 23′ 12″ east
Levels
1
Open location code
9F3399RP+3M
Open­Street­Map ID
way 672562801
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Wiki­data ID
Q124736378
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“Margate Caves” goes by many names.
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