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class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Historic_sites" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Historic_sites"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">9</span> <span>Historic sites</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Historic_sites-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Cultural_references" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Cultural_references"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10</span> <span>Cultural references</span> </div> </a> <button aria-controls="toc-Cultural_references-sublist" class="cdx-button cdx-button--weight-quiet cdx-button--icon-only vector-toc-toggle"> <span class="vector-icon mw-ui-icon-wikimedia-expand"></span> <span>Toggle Cultural references subsection</span> </button> <ul id="toc-Cultural_references-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> <li id="toc-Literature" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Literature"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.1</span> <span>Literature</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Literature-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Music" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Music"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.2</span> <span>Music</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Music-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Film_and_television" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Film_and_television"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.3</span> <span>Film and television</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Film_and_television-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-In_art" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#In_art"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.4</span> <span>In art</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-In_art-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-People_From_Margate" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-2"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#People_From_Margate"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">10.5</span> <span>People From Margate</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-People_From_Margate-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Sport" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Sport"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">11</span> <span>Sport</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Sport-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Local_media" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Local_media"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">12</span> <span>Local media</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Local_media-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Freedom_of_the_Town" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Freedom_of_the_Town"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">13</span> <span>Freedom of the Town</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Freedom_of_the_Town-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-References" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#References"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">14</span> <span>References</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-References-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-Further_reading" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#Further_reading"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">15</span> <span>Further reading</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-Further_reading-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> <li id="toc-External_links" class="vector-toc-list-item vector-toc-level-1 vector-toc-list-item-expanded"> <a class="vector-toc-link" href="#External_links"> <div class="vector-toc-text"> <span class="vector-toc-numb">16</span> <span>External links</span> </div> </a> <ul id="toc-External_links-sublist" class="vector-toc-list"> </ul> </li> </ul> </div> </div> </nav> </div> </div> <div class="mw-content-container"> <main id="content" class="mw-body"> <header class="mw-body-header vector-page-titlebar"> <nav aria-label="Contents" class="vector-toc-landmark"> <div id="vector-page-titlebar-toc" class="vector-dropdown vector-page-titlebar-toc vector-button-flush-left" title="Table of Contents" > <input type="checkbox" id="vector-page-titlebar-toc-checkbox" role="button" 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href="https://azb.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D9%82%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="مارقیت – South Azerbaijani" lang="azb" hreflang="azb" data-title="مارقیت" data-language-autonym="تۆرکجه" data-language-local-name="South Azerbaijani" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>تۆرکجه</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ba mw-list-item"><a href="https://ba.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82_(%D2%A1%D0%B0%D0%BB%D0%B0)" title="Маргит (ҡала) – Bashkir" lang="ba" hreflang="ba" data-title="Маргит (ҡала)" data-language-autonym="Башҡортса" data-language-local-name="Bashkir" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Башҡортса</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-bg mw-list-item"><a href="https://bg.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82" title="Маргейт – Bulgarian" lang="bg" hreflang="bg" data-title="Маргейт" data-language-autonym="Български" data-language-local-name="Bulgarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Български</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-br mw-list-item"><a href="https://br.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate" title="Margate – Breton" lang="br" hreflang="br" data-title="Margate" data-language-autonym="Brezhoneg" data-language-local-name="Breton" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Brezhoneg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ca mw-list-item"><a href="https://ca.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate" title="Margate – Catalan" lang="ca" hreflang="ca" data-title="Margate" data-language-autonym="Català" data-language-local-name="Catalan" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Català</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ceb mw-list-item"><a href="https://ceb.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate_(lungsod_sa_Hiniusang_Gingharian)" title="Margate (lungsod sa Hiniusang Gingharian) – Cebuano" lang="ceb" hreflang="ceb" data-title="Margate (lungsod sa Hiniusang Gingharian)" data-language-autonym="Cebuano" data-language-local-name="Cebuano" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cebuano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cs mw-list-item"><a href="https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate" title="Margate – Czech" lang="cs" hreflang="cs" data-title="Margate" data-language-autonym="Čeština" data-language-local-name="Czech" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Čeština</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-cy mw-list-item"><a href="https://cy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate" title="Margate – Welsh" lang="cy" hreflang="cy" data-title="Margate" data-language-autonym="Cymraeg" data-language-local-name="Welsh" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Cymraeg</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-da mw-list-item"><a href="https://da.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate" title="Margate – Danish" lang="da" hreflang="da" data-title="Margate" data-language-autonym="Dansk" data-language-local-name="Danish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Dansk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-de mw-list-item"><a href="https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate_(Kent)" title="Margate (Kent) – German" lang="de" hreflang="de" data-title="Margate (Kent)" data-language-autonym="Deutsch" data-language-local-name="German" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Deutsch</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-es mw-list-item"><a href="https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate" title="Margate – Spanish" lang="es" hreflang="es" data-title="Margate" data-language-autonym="Español" data-language-local-name="Spanish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Español</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-eu mw-list-item"><a href="https://eu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate" title="Margate – Basque" lang="eu" hreflang="eu" data-title="Margate" data-language-autonym="Euskara" data-language-local-name="Basque" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Euskara</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fa mw-list-item"><a href="https://fa.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%AF%DB%8C%D8%AA" title="مارگیت – Persian" lang="fa" hreflang="fa" data-title="مارگیت" data-language-autonym="فارسی" data-language-local-name="Persian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>فارسی</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fr mw-list-item"><a href="https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate" title="Margate – French" lang="fr" hreflang="fr" data-title="Margate" data-language-autonym="Français" data-language-local-name="French" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Français</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fy mw-list-item"><a href="https://fy.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate" title="Margate – Western Frisian" lang="fy" hreflang="fy" data-title="Margate" data-language-autonym="Frysk" data-language-local-name="Western Frisian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Frysk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ga mw-list-item"><a href="https://ga.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate" title="Margate – Irish" lang="ga" hreflang="ga" data-title="Margate" data-language-autonym="Gaeilge" data-language-local-name="Irish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Gaeilge</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ko mw-list-item"><a href="https://ko.wikipedia.org/wiki/%EB%A7%88%EA%B2%8C%EC%9D%B4%ED%8A%B8" title="마게이트 – Korean" lang="ko" hreflang="ko" data-title="마게이트" data-language-autonym="한국어" data-language-local-name="Korean" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>한국어</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-is mw-list-item"><a href="https://is.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate" title="Margate – Icelandic" lang="is" hreflang="is" data-title="Margate" data-language-autonym="Íslenska" data-language-local-name="Icelandic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Íslenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-it mw-list-item"><a href="https://it.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate" title="Margate – Italian" lang="it" hreflang="it" data-title="Margate" data-language-autonym="Italiano" data-language-local-name="Italian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Italiano</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lld mw-list-item"><a href="https://lld.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate" title="Margate – Ladin" lang="lld" hreflang="lld" data-title="Margate" data-language-autonym="Ladin" data-language-local-name="Ladin" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Ladin</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-lv mw-list-item"><a href="https://lv.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C4%81rgeita" title="Mārgeita – Latvian" lang="lv" hreflang="lv" data-title="Mārgeita" data-language-autonym="Latviešu" data-language-local-name="Latvian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Latviešu</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-hu mw-list-item"><a href="https://hu.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate_(egy%C3%A9rtelm%C5%B1s%C3%ADt%C5%91_lap)" title="Margate (egyértelműsítő lap) – Hungarian" lang="hu" hreflang="hu" data-title="Margate (egyértelműsítő lap)" data-language-autonym="Magyar" data-language-local-name="Hungarian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Magyar</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-mg mw-list-item"><a href="https://mg.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate" title="Margate – Malagasy" lang="mg" hreflang="mg" data-title="Margate" data-language-autonym="Malagasy" data-language-local-name="Malagasy" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Malagasy</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-arz mw-list-item"><a href="https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%D8%AC%D9%8A%D8%AA_(%D8%AB%D8%A7%D9%86%D9%8A%D8%AA)" title="مارجيت (ثانيت) – Egyptian Arabic" lang="arz" hreflang="arz" data-title="مارجيت (ثانيت)" data-language-autonym="مصرى" data-language-local-name="Egyptian Arabic" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>مصرى</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nl mw-list-item"><a href="https://nl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate_(Engeland)" title="Margate (Engeland) – Dutch" lang="nl" hreflang="nl" data-title="Margate (Engeland)" data-language-autonym="Nederlands" data-language-local-name="Dutch" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Nederlands</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ja mw-list-item"><a href="https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/%E3%83%9E%E3%83%BC%E3%82%B2%E3%82%A4%E3%83%88" title="マーゲイト – Japanese" lang="ja" hreflang="ja" data-title="マーゲイト" data-language-autonym="日本語" data-language-local-name="Japanese" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>日本語</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-no mw-list-item"><a href="https://no.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate_(Kent)" title="Margate (Kent) – Norwegian Bokmål" lang="nb" hreflang="nb" data-title="Margate (Kent)" data-language-autonym="Norsk bokmål" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Bokmål" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk bokmål</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-nn mw-list-item"><a href="https://nn.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate" title="Margate – Norwegian Nynorsk" lang="nn" hreflang="nn" data-title="Margate" data-language-autonym="Norsk nynorsk" data-language-local-name="Norwegian Nynorsk" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Norsk nynorsk</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-uz mw-list-item"><a href="https://uz.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate" title="Margate – Uzbek" lang="uz" hreflang="uz" data-title="Margate" data-language-autonym="Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча" data-language-local-name="Uzbek" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Oʻzbekcha / ўзбекча</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-pl mw-list-item"><a href="https://pl.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate" title="Margate – Polish" lang="pl" hreflang="pl" data-title="Margate" data-language-autonym="Polski" data-language-local-name="Polish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Polski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ro mw-list-item"><a href="https://ro.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate" title="Margate – Romanian" lang="ro" hreflang="ro" data-title="Margate" data-language-autonym="Română" data-language-local-name="Romanian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Română</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ru mw-list-item"><a href="https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B8%D1%82_(%D0%B3%D0%BE%D1%80%D0%BE%D0%B4)" title="Маргит (город) – Russian" lang="ru" hreflang="ru" data-title="Маргит (город)" data-language-autonym="Русский" data-language-local-name="Russian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Русский</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-simple mw-list-item"><a href="https://simple.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate" title="Margate – Simple English" lang="en-simple" hreflang="en-simple" data-title="Margate" data-language-autonym="Simple English" data-language-local-name="Simple English" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Simple English</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sr mw-list-item"><a href="https://sr.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D1%98%D1%82" title="Маргејт – Serbian" lang="sr" hreflang="sr" data-title="Маргејт" data-language-autonym="Српски / srpski" data-language-local-name="Serbian" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Српски / srpski</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-fi mw-list-item"><a href="https://fi.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate" title="Margate – Finnish" lang="fi" hreflang="fi" data-title="Margate" data-language-autonym="Suomi" data-language-local-name="Finnish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Suomi</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-sv mw-list-item"><a href="https://sv.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate" title="Margate – Swedish" lang="sv" hreflang="sv" data-title="Margate" data-language-autonym="Svenska" data-language-local-name="Swedish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Svenska</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tt mw-list-item"><a href="https://tt.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%9C%D0%B0%D1%80%D0%B3%D0%B5%D0%B9%D1%82" title="Маргейт – Tatar" lang="tt" hreflang="tt" data-title="Маргейт" data-language-autonym="Татарча / tatarça" data-language-local-name="Tatar" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Татарча / tatarça</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-tr mw-list-item"><a href="https://tr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Margate" title="Margate – Turkish" lang="tr" hreflang="tr" data-title="Margate" data-language-autonym="Türkçe" data-language-local-name="Turkish" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>Türkçe</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-ur mw-list-item"><a href="https://ur.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D9%85%D8%A7%D8%B1%DA%AF%DB%8C%D9%B9" title="مارگیٹ – Urdu" lang="ur" hreflang="ur" data-title="مارگیٹ" data-language-autonym="اردو" data-language-local-name="Urdu" class="interlanguage-link-target"><span>اردو</span></a></li><li class="interlanguage-link interwiki-vo 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title="London">London</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1154941027">.mw-parser-output .frac{white-space:nowrap}.mw-parser-output .frac .num,.mw-parser-output .frac .den{font-size:80%;line-height:0;vertical-align:super}.mw-parser-output .frac .den{vertical-align:sub}.mw-parser-output .sr-only{border:0;clip:rect(0,0,0,0);clip-path:polygon(0px 0px,0px 0px,0px 0px);height:1px;margin:-1px;overflow:hidden;padding:0;position:absolute;width:1px}</style><span class="frac">65<span class="sr-only">+</span><span class="num">1</span>⁄<span class="den">2</span></span> mi (105.4 km) <a href="/wiki/Boxing_the_compass" class="mw-redirect" title="Boxing the compass">W</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">Civil parish</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1126788409">.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul{line-height:inherit;list-style:none;margin:0;padding:0}.mw-parser-output .plainlist ol li,.mw-parser-output .plainlist ul li{margin-bottom:0}</style><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Unparished_area" title="Unparished area">Unparished area</a> and <a href="/wiki/Charter_trustees" class="mw-redirect" title="Charter trustees">charter trustees</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Districts_of_England" title="Districts of England">District</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1126788409" /><div class="plainlist"><ul><li><a href="/wiki/Thanet_District" title="Thanet District">Thanet</a></li></ul></div></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Metropolitan_and_non-metropolitan_counties_of_England" class="mw-redirect" title="Metropolitan and non-metropolitan counties of England">Shire county</a></th><td 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states">Sovereign state</a></th><td class="infobox-data">United Kingdom</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Post_town" title="Post town">Post town</a></th><td class="infobox-data">MARGATE</td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Postcodes_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Postcodes in the United Kingdom">Postcode district</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/CT_postcode_area" title="CT postcode area">CT9</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Telephone_numbers_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Telephone numbers in the United Kingdom">Dialling code</a></th><td class="infobox-data">01843</td></tr><tr class="mergedtoprow"><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1257001546" /></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/List_of_law_enforcement_agencies_in_the_United_Kingdom,_Crown_Dependencies_and_British_Overseas_Territories" title="List of law enforcement agencies in the United Kingdom, Crown Dependencies and British Overseas Territories">Police</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kent_Police" title="Kent Police">Kent</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Fire_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Fire services in the United Kingdom">Fire</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Kent_Fire_and_Rescue_Service" title="Kent Fire and Rescue Service">Kent</a></td></tr><tr class="mergedrow"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Emergency_medical_services_in_the_United_Kingdom" title="Emergency medical services in the United Kingdom">Ambulance</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/South_East_Coast_Ambulance_Service" title="South East Coast Ambulance Service">South East Coast</a></td></tr><tr 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("counter(listitem)"\a0 "}</style><div class="hlist"> <dl><dt><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r886047488">.mw-parser-output .nobold{font-weight:normal}</style><span class="nobold">List of places</span></dt> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_United_Kingdom_locations" title="List of United Kingdom locations">UK</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_England" title="List of places in England">England</a></dd> <dd><a href="/wiki/List_of_places_in_Kent" title="List of places in Kent">Kent</a></dd></dl></div> <p><span class="geo-inline"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1156832818">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct,.mw-parser-output .geo-inline-hidden{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a class="external text" href="https://geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Margate&params=51.385_N_1.3838_E_region:GB_type:city(63322)"><span class="geo-nondefault"><span class="geo-dms" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location"><span class="latitude">51°23′06″N</span> <span class="longitude">1°23′02″E</span></span></span><span class="geo-multi-punct"> / </span><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec" title="Maps, aerial photos, and other data for this location">51.3850°N 1.3838°E</span><span style="display:none"> / <span class="geo">51.3850; 1.3838</span></span></span></a></span></span> </p> <a class="mw-kartographer-map notheme mw-kartographer-container center" style="width: 240px; height: 200px;" data-mw-kartographer="mapframe" data-style="osm-intl" data-width="240" data-height="200" data-zoom="11" data-overlays="["_8281b61842f7be1897eb8a9d99d223da6a5c17b6"]"><img src="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,11,a,a,240x200.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Margate&revid=1283188813&groups=_8281b61842f7be1897eb8a9d99d223da6a5c17b6" width="240" height="200" decoding="async" srcset="https://maps.wikimedia.org/img/osm-intl,11,a,a,240x200@2x.png?lang=en&domain=en.wikipedia.org&title=Margate&revid=1283188813&groups=_8281b61842f7be1897eb8a9d99d223da6a5c17b6 2x" alt="Map" /></a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>Margate</b> is a <a href="/wiki/Seaside_resort" title="Seaside resort">seaside town</a> in the <a href="/wiki/Thanet_District" title="Thanet District">Thanet District</a> of <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>, England. It is located on the north coast of Kent and covers an area of 2 miles (3 kilometres) long, 16 miles (26 kilometres) north-east of <a href="/wiki/Canterbury" title="Canterbury">Canterbury</a> and includes <a href="/wiki/Cliftonville" title="Cliftonville">Cliftonville</a>, <a href="/wiki/Garlinge" title="Garlinge">Garlinge</a>, <a href="/wiki/Palm_Bay,_UK" class="mw-redirect" title="Palm Bay, UK">Palm Bay</a> and <a href="/wiki/Westbrook,_Kent" title="Westbrook, Kent">Westbrook</a>. In 2011 it had a population of 61,223. </p><p>The town has been a significant maritime port since the Middle Ages, and was associated with <a href="/wiki/Dover" title="Dover">Dover</a> as part of the <a href="/wiki/Cinque_Port" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinque Port">Cinque Ports</a> in the 15th century. It became a popular place for holidaymakers in the 18th century, owing to easy access via the Thames, and later with the arrival of the railways. Popular landmarks include the sandy beaches and the <a href="/wiki/Dreamland_Margate" title="Dreamland Margate">Dreamland amusement park</a>. During the late 20th century, the town went into decline along with other British seaside resorts, but attempts are being made to revitalise the economy. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="History">History</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Margate&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: History"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1236090951" /><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/History_of_Margate" title="History of Margate">History of Margate</a></div> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:The_harbour,_Margate,_Kent,_England,_ca._1897_(1).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/The_harbour%2C_Margate%2C_Kent%2C_England%2C_ca._1897_%281%29.jpg/330px-The_harbour%2C_Margate%2C_Kent%2C_England%2C_ca._1897_%281%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="300" height="221" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/The_harbour%2C_Margate%2C_Kent%2C_England%2C_ca._1897_%281%29.jpg/500px-The_harbour%2C_Margate%2C_Kent%2C_England%2C_ca._1897_%281%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/ba/The_harbour%2C_Margate%2C_Kent%2C_England%2C_ca._1897_%281%29.jpg/960px-The_harbour%2C_Margate%2C_Kent%2C_England%2C_ca._1897_%281%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3537" data-file-height="2600" /></a><figcaption>A <a href="/wiki/Photochrom" title="Photochrom">photochrom</a> print of Margate Harbour in 1897</figcaption></figure> <p>Margate was listed in the <a href="/wiki/Domesday_Book" title="Domesday Book">Domesday Book</a> of 1086 as lying within the hundred of Thanet and the county of Kent.<sup id="cite_ref-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Margate was recorded as "Meregate" in 1264 and as "Margate" in 1299, but the spelling continued to vary into modern times. The name is thought to refer to a pool gate or gap in a cliff where pools of water are found, often allowing swimmers to jump in. The cliffs of the <a href="/wiki/Isle_of_Thanet" title="Isle of Thanet">Isle of Thanet</a> are composed of chalk, a fossil-bearing rock. </p><p>Margate gives its name to the relatively unknown yet influential <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Margate" title="Battle of Margate">Battle of Margate</a>, starting on 24 March 1387, it was the last major <a href="/wiki/Naval_warfare" title="Naval warfare">naval battle</a> of the <a href="/wiki/Caroline_War" class="mw-redirect" title="Caroline War">Caroline War</a> phase of the <a href="/wiki/Hundred_Years%27_War" title="Hundred Years' War">Hundred Years' War</a>. Despite the battle being named after Margate, very little actually happened near the coastal town - the battle is named after Margate as this was where an <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_England" title="Kingdom of England">English</a> <a href="/wiki/Naval_fleet" title="Naval fleet">fleet</a> of 51 <a href="/wiki/Naval_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Naval vessel">vessels</a> that was anchored at Margate <a href="/wiki/Roadstead" title="Roadstead">Roadstead</a> first spotted a <a href="/wiki/Kingdom_of_France" title="Kingdom of France">Franco</a>-<a href="/wiki/Crown_of_Castile" title="Crown of Castile">Castilian</a>-<a href="/wiki/County_of_Flanders" title="County of Flanders">Flemish</a> <a href="/wiki/Wine" title="Wine">wine</a> <a href="/wiki/Naval_fleet" title="Naval fleet">fleet</a> of around 250-360 <a href="/wiki/Marine_vessel" class="mw-redirect" title="Marine vessel">vessels</a>. The English gave chase after the undermanned wine fleet and finally defeated the fleet a day later on 25 March 1387 off the coast of <a href="/wiki/Cadzand" title="Cadzand">Cadzand</a>, <a href="/wiki/Zeeland" title="Zeeland">Zeeland</a>, <a href="/wiki/Netherlands" title="Netherlands">Netherlands</a>. </p><p>The town's history is tied closely to the sea and it has a proud maritime tradition. Margate was a "limb" of <a href="/wiki/Dover" title="Dover">Dover</a> in the ancient confederation of the <a href="/wiki/Cinque_Port" class="mw-redirect" title="Cinque Port">Cinque ports</a>. It was added to the confederation in the 15th century. Margate has been a leading seaside resort for at least 250 years. Like its neighbour <a href="/wiki/Ramsgate" title="Ramsgate">Ramsgate</a>, it has been a traditional holiday destination for <a href="/wiki/London" title="London">Londoners</a> drawn to its sandy beaches. Margate had <a href="/wiki/Margate_Jetty" title="Margate Jetty">a Victorian jetty</a> which was largely destroyed by a <a href="/wiki/1978_North_Sea_storm_surge" class="mw-redirect" title="1978 North Sea storm surge">storm in 1978</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In the late 18th century, the town was chosen by the physician <a href="/wiki/John_Coakley_Lettsom" title="John Coakley Lettsom">John Coakley Lettsom</a> as the place in which he would build the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Sea_Bathing_Hospital" title="Royal Sea Bathing Hospital">Royal Sea Bathing Hospital</a>, which was the first of its kind in Britain. </p><p>Like <a href="/wiki/Brighton" title="Brighton">Brighton</a> and <a href="/wiki/Southend-on-Sea" title="Southend-on-Sea">Southend</a>, Margate was infamous for gang violence between <a href="/wiki/Mods_and_rockers" title="Mods and rockers">mods and rockers</a> in the 1960s, and <a href="/wiki/Mod_(subculture)" title="Mod (subculture)">mods</a> and <a href="/wiki/Skinheads" class="mw-redirect" title="Skinheads">skinheads</a> in the 1980s.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Turner_Contemporary" title="Turner Contemporary">Turner Contemporary</a> art gallery occupies a prominent position next to the harbour, and was constructed there with the specific aim of revitalising the town.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Thanet_Offshore_Wind_Project" class="mw-redirect" title="Thanet Offshore Wind Project">Thanet Offshore Wind Project</a>, completed in 2010, is visible from the seafront.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Governance">Governance</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Margate&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Governance"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Margate is an <a href="/wiki/Unparished_area" title="Unparished area">unparished area</a> with <a href="/wiki/Charter_trustees" class="mw-redirect" title="Charter trustees">charter trustees</a>. In 2021 there was a proposal to convert the unparished area into a <a href="/wiki/Civil_parish" title="Civil parish">civil parish</a> and replace the charter trustees with a town council.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Since 2024, the Member of Parliament for <a href="/wiki/East_Thanet_(UK_Parliament_constituency)" title="East Thanet (UK Parliament constituency)">East Thanet</a> has been the <a href="/wiki/Labour_Party_(UK)" title="Labour Party (UK)">Labour</a> MP, <a href="/wiki/Polly_Billington" title="Polly Billington">Polly Billington</a>. </p><p>Margate was incorporated as a municipal borough in 1857. It had several wards, including <a href="/wiki/Margate_Marine_%26_Pier" title="Margate Marine & Pier">Margate Marine & Pier</a>. This was abolished in 1974, since which date Margate has been part of the <a href="/wiki/Thanet_District" title="Thanet District">Thanet</a> district of <a href="/wiki/Kent" title="Kent">Kent</a>. The town contains the seven electoral <a href="/wiki/Ward_(politics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ward (politics)">wards</a> of Margate Central, <a href="/wiki/Cliftonville" title="Cliftonville">Cliftonville</a> West, Cliftonville East (from 1974 to 2003 the ward of <a href="/wiki/Cliftonville_(ward)" title="Cliftonville (ward)">Cliftonville</a>), Westbrook, Garlinge, Dane Valley and Salmestone. These wards have seventeen of the fifty six seats on the <a href="/wiki/Thanet_District_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Thanet District Council">Thanet District Council</a>. At the <a href="/wiki/2007_United_Kingdom_local_elections" title="2007 United Kingdom local elections">2007 Local Elections</a>, nine of those seats were held by the Conservatives, seven by Labour and one by an Independent.<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Climate">Climate</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Margate&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Climate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Margate experiences an <a href="/wiki/Oceanic_climate" title="Oceanic climate">oceanic climate</a> (<a href="/wiki/K%C3%B6ppen_climate_classification" title="Köppen climate classification">Köppen climate classification</a> <i>Cfb</i>) similar to much of the United Kingdom. Like almost all of southern Britain, Margate experiences mild temperatures, and is complemented by a high amount of sunshine; a nickname for the town is "Sunny Margate". Rainfall is quite low, making Margate one of the driest towns in Kent. </p> <div> <table class="wikitable mw-collapsible" style="width:auto; text-align:center; line-height:1.2em;"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="14">Climate data for Margate </th></tr> <tr> <th scope="row">Month </th> <th scope="col">Jan </th> <th scope="col">Feb </th> <th scope="col">Mar </th> <th scope="col">Apr </th> <th scope="col">May </th> <th scope="col">Jun </th> <th scope="col">Jul </th> <th scope="col">Aug </th> <th scope="col">Sep </th> <th scope="col">Oct </th> <th scope="col">Nov </th> <th scope="col">Dec </th> <th scope="col" style="border-left-width:medium">Year </th></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily maximum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFEBD8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.3<br />(45.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.4<br />(45.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFD8B1; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.1<br />(50.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC78F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">12.6<br />(54.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFB163; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.8<br />(60.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.9<br />(66.0) </td> <td style="background: #FF8811; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.7<br />(71.1) </td> <td style="background: #FF870F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">21.9<br />(71.4) </td> <td style="background: #FF9B38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">18.9<br />(66.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFB76F; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.9<br />(58.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFD4A9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">10.7<br />(51.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFE7D0; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.9<br />(46.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFBD7C; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">14.0<br />(57.2) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Daily mean °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.5<br />(40.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFFFFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">4.5<br />(40.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFF1E3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">6.5<br />(43.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4<br />(47.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFCD9B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.7<br />(53.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFB973; color:#000000;" class="notheme">14.6<br />(58.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFA851; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.1<br />(62.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFA54B; color:#000000;" class="notheme">17.5<br />(63.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFB66E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">15.0<br />(59.0) </td> <td style="background: #FFCE9E; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.5<br />(52.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFE9D4; color:#000000;" class="notheme">7.6<br />(45.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFF7EF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.6<br />(42.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD6AD; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">10.4<br />(50.7) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean daily minimum °C (°F) </th> <td style="background: #F2F2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.2<br />(36.0) </td> <td style="background: #F0F0FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">1.9<br />(35.4) </td> <td style="background: #FAFAFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">3.6<br />(38.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.3<br />(41.5) </td> <td style="background: #FFE4C9; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.4<br />(47.1) </td> <td style="background: #FFD0A2; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.2<br />(52.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFC082; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.5<br />(56.3) </td> <td style="background: #FFBF80; color:#000000;" class="notheme">13.7<br />(56.7) </td> <td style="background: #FFCC9A; color:#000000;" class="notheme">11.8<br />(53.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFE1C3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">8.8<br />(47.8) </td> <td style="background: #FFF9F3; color:#000000;" class="notheme">5.3<br />(41.5) </td> <td style="background: #F6F6FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">2.9<br />(37.2) </td> <td style="background: #FFEBD7; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">7.4<br />(45.3) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Average <a href="/wiki/Precipitation" title="Precipitation">precipitation</a> mm (inches) </th> <td style="background: #B2B2FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">51.2<br />(2.02) </td> <td style="background: #BBBBFF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">41.0<br />(1.61) </td> <td style="background: #C9C9FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">36.1<br />(1.42) </td> <td style="background: #C4C4FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">37.8<br />(1.49) </td> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.6<br />(1.87) </td> <td style="background: #B7B7FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">46.5<br />(1.83) </td> <td style="background: #B8B8FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">47.4<br />(1.87) </td> <td style="background: #B3B3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">50.7<br />(2.00) </td> <td style="background: #B3B3FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">48.8<br />(1.92) </td> <td style="background: #9191FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">73.7<br />(2.90) </td> <td style="background: #9494FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">69.3<br />(2.73) </td> <td style="background: #A1A1FF; color:#000000;" class="notheme">62.6<br />(2.46) </td> <td style="background: #B1B1FF; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">612.6<br />(24.12) </td></tr> <tr style="text-align: center;"> <th scope="row" style="height: 16px;">Mean monthly <a href="/wiki/Sunshine_duration" title="Sunshine duration">sunshine hours</a> </th> <td style="background: #777777; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">65.6 </td> <td style="background: #A8A8A8; color:#000000;" class="notheme">84.1 </td> <td style="background: #BCBC38; color:#000000;" class="notheme">134.5 </td> <td style="background: #D8D800; color:#000000;" class="notheme">195.8 </td> <td style="background: #DEDE00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">230.8 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">235.4 </td> <td style="background: #E1E100; color:#000000;" class="notheme">242.7 </td> <td style="background: #DDDD00; color:#000000;" class="notheme">225.3 </td> <td style="background: #D0D000; color:#000000;" class="notheme">172.2 </td> <td style="background: #B7B759; color:#000000;" class="notheme">122.3 </td> <td style="background: #929292; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">77.3 </td> <td style="background: #6D6D6D; color:#FFFFFF;" class="notheme">60.0 </td> <td style="background: #C7C700; color:#000000; border-left-width:medium" class="notheme">1,846 </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 1: <sup id="cite_ref-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr> <tr> <td colspan="14" style="text-align:center;font-size:95%;">Source 2: <sup id="cite_ref-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </td></tr></tbody></table> </div> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Demography">Demography</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Margate&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Demography"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <table class="wikitable" id="toc" style="float: right; margin-left: 2em; width: 40%; font-size: 90%;" cellspacing="3"> <tbody><tr> <th colspan="4"><b>Margate Compared</b> </th></tr> <tr> <td><b>2001 UK Census</b></td> <td><b>Margate</b></td> <td><b>Thanet</b></td> <td><b>England</b> </td></tr> <tr> <td>Population</td> <td>58,400</td> <td>126,702</td> <td>49,138,831 </td></tr> <tr> <td>Foreign born</td> <td>5.8%</td> <td>5.1%</td> <td>9.2% </td></tr> <tr> <td>White</td> <td>97%</td> <td>98%</td> <td>91% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Asian</td> <td>1.2%</td> <td>0.6%</td> <td>4.6% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Black</td> <td>0.5%</td> <td>0.3%</td> <td>2.3% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Christian</td> <td>72%</td> <td>74%</td> <td>72% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Muslim</td> <td>0.7%</td> <td>0.5%</td> <td>3.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Hindu</td> <td>0.2%</td> <td>0.2%</td> <td>1.1% </td></tr> <tr> <td>No religion</td> <td>17%</td> <td>16%</td> <td>15% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Over 65 years old</td> <td>19%</td> <td>22%</td> <td>16% </td></tr> <tr> <td>Under 18 years old</td> <td>15%</td> <td>21%</td> <td>19% </td></tr></tbody></table> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Census_2001" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Census 2001">2001 UK census</a>: </p><p>Margate had a population of 40,386.<sup id="cite_ref-Statistics.gov.uk_10-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Statistics.gov.uk-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The urban area had a population of 46,980 at the 2001 census, increasing to 49,709 at the 2011 census (5.8% increase).<sup id="cite_ref-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-11"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>11<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Ethnicity" title="Ethnicity">ethnicity</a> of the town was 97.1% <a href="/wiki/White_people" title="White people">white</a>, 1.0% <a href="/wiki/Mixed_race" class="mw-redirect" title="Mixed race">mixed race</a>, 0.5% <a href="/wiki/Black_people" title="Black people">black</a>, 0.8% <a href="/wiki/Asia" title="Asia">Asian</a>, 0.6% <a href="/wiki/Chinese_people" title="Chinese people">Chinese</a> or other ethnicity.<sup id="cite_ref-Statistics.gov.uk_10-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Statistics.gov.uk-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The place of birth of residents was 94.2% United Kingdom, 0.9% <a href="/wiki/Republic_of_Ireland" title="Republic of Ireland">Republic of Ireland</a>, 0.5% <a href="/wiki/Germany" title="Germany">Germany</a>, 0.8% other <a href="/wiki/Western_Europe" title="Western Europe">Western Europe</a> countries, 0.7% <a href="/wiki/Africa" title="Africa">Africa</a>, 0.6% <a href="/wiki/Eastern_Europe" title="Eastern Europe">Eastern Europe</a>, 0.5% <a href="/wiki/Far_East" title="Far East">Far East</a>, 0.5% <a href="/wiki/South_Asia" title="South Asia">South Asia</a>, 0.5% <a href="/wiki/Middle_East" title="Middle East">Middle East</a>, 0.4% <a href="/wiki/North_America" title="North America">North America</a> and 0.3% <a href="/wiki/Oceania" title="Oceania">Oceania</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Statistics.gov.uk_10-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Statistics.gov.uk-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Religion was recorded as 71.6% <a href="/wiki/Christians" title="Christians">Christian</a>, 17.1% no religion, 0.7% <a href="/wiki/Muslim" class="mw-redirect" title="Muslim">Muslim</a>, 0.3% <a href="/wiki/Buddhist" class="mw-redirect" title="Buddhist">Buddhist</a>, 0.3% <a href="/wiki/Jewish" class="mw-redirect" title="Jewish">Jewish</a>, 0.2% <a href="/wiki/Hindu" class="mw-redirect" title="Hindu">Hindu</a>, 0.1% <a href="/wiki/Sikh" class="mw-redirect" title="Sikh">Sikh</a>; 0.3% had an alternative religion and 9.8% did not state their religion.<sup id="cite_ref-Statistics.gov.uk_10-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Statistics.gov.uk-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>For every 100 females, there were 92 males. The age distribution was 6% aged 0–4 years, 16% aged 5–15 years, 5% aged 16–19 years, 31% aged 20–44 years, 23% aged 45–64 years and 19% aged 65 years and over.<sup id="cite_ref-Statistics.gov.uk_10-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Statistics.gov.uk-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>11% of Margate residents had some kind of higher or professional qualification, compared to the national average of 20%.<sup id="cite_ref-Statistics.gov.uk_10-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Statistics.gov.uk-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Economy">Economy</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Margate&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Economy"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>At the <a href="/wiki/United_Kingdom_Census_2001" class="mw-redirect" title="United Kingdom Census 2001">2001 UK census</a>, the economic activity of residents aged 16–74 was 33.8% in <a href="/wiki/Full-time_job" title="Full-time job">full-time</a> employment, 11.8% in <a href="/wiki/Part-time_job" title="Part-time job">part-time</a> employment, 8.0% <a href="/wiki/Self-employed" class="mw-redirect" title="Self-employed">self-employed</a>, 5.5% <a href="/wiki/Unemployed" class="mw-redirect" title="Unemployed">unemployed</a>, 2.2% <a href="/wiki/Student" title="Student">students</a> with jobs, 3.9% students without jobs, 15.5% retired, 8.3% <a href="/wiki/Homemaker" class="mw-redirect" title="Homemaker">looking after home or family</a>, 7.9% permanently sick or <a href="/wiki/Disabled" class="mw-redirect" title="Disabled">disabled</a> and 3.6% economically inactive for other reasons. The rate of unemployment in the town was considerably higher than the national rate of 3.4%.<sup id="cite_ref-Statistics.gov.uk_10-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Statistics.gov.uk-10"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>10<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The industry of employment of residents was 17% retail, 16% health & <a href="/wiki/Social_work" title="Social work">social work</a>, 13% manufacturing, 9% construction, 8% real estate, 8% education, 7% transport & communications, 5% <a href="/wiki/Public_administration" title="Public administration">public administration</a>, 6% hotels & restaurants, 2% finance, 1% agriculture and 6% other community, social or personal services. Compared to national figures, the town had a relatively high number of workers in the construction, hotels & restaurants and health & social care industries and a relatively low number in real estate and finance.<sup class="noprint Inline-Template" style="white-space:nowrap;">[<i><a href="/wiki/Wikipedia:Manual_of_Style/Dates_and_numbers#Chronological_items" title="Wikipedia:Manual of Style/Dates and numbers"><span title="The date of the event predicted near this tag has passed. (May 2020)">needs update</span></a></i>]</sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Transport">Transport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Margate&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Transport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Margate_railway_station_entrance_Margate_Kent_England.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Margate_railway_station_entrance_Margate_Kent_England.jpg/220px-Margate_railway_station_entrance_Margate_Kent_England.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="151" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Margate_railway_station_entrance_Margate_Kent_England.jpg/330px-Margate_railway_station_entrance_Margate_Kent_England.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/0/01/Margate_railway_station_entrance_Margate_Kent_England.jpg/440px-Margate_railway_station_entrance_Margate_Kent_England.jpg 2x" data-file-width="4993" data-file-height="3422" /></a><figcaption>Margate railway station, which was constructed in 1926 to designs by <a href="/wiki/Edwin_Maxwell_Fry" class="mw-redirect" title="Edwin Maxwell Fry">Edwin Maxwell Fry</a></figcaption></figure> <p><a href="/wiki/Margate_railway_station" title="Margate railway station">Margate railway station</a> is sited 73 <a href="/wiki/Mile" title="Mile">miles</a> 69 <a href="/wiki/Chain_(unit)" title="Chain (unit)">chains</a> (118.9 km) down the line from <a href="/wiki/London_Victoria_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="London Victoria railway station">London Victoria</a>. Trains from the station generally run to Victoria, via <a href="/wiki/Chatham_railway_station,_Medway" class="mw-redirect" title="Chatham railway station, Medway">Chatham</a>, and to <a href="/wiki/St_Pancras_railway_station" title="St Pancras railway station">London St Pancras</a>, via <a href="/wiki/Ramsgate_railway_station" title="Ramsgate railway station">Ramsgate</a>, <a href="/wiki/Canterbury_West_railway_station" title="Canterbury West railway station">Canterbury West</a> and <a href="/wiki/Ashford_International_railway_station" title="Ashford International railway station">Ashford International</a> on the <a href="/wiki/High_Speed_1" title="High Speed 1">High Speed 1</a> line. Peak hour trains run to St Pancras, via Chatham and <a href="/wiki/Gravesend_railway_station" title="Gravesend railway station">Gravesend</a>, and to <a href="/wiki/London_Cannon_Street_railway_station" class="mw-redirect" title="London Cannon Street railway station">London Cannon Street</a>. The station, and all trains that serve it, are operated by <a href="/wiki/Southeastern_(train_operating_company)" title="Southeastern (train operating company)">Southeastern</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-12" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-12"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>12<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Most bus services in Margate are operated by <a href="/wiki/Stagecoach_South_East" title="Stagecoach South East">Stagecoach South East</a>; with routes linking the town with Canterbury, Herne Bay and Ramsgate and many more. Frequent Loop buses, ensure that travel around the isle is easy. These services leave every 5-7 minutes (day times) from Cecil Square, in both directions; towards Cliftonville and towards <a href="/wiki/Westwood_Cross" title="Westwood Cross">Westwood Cross</a>. <sup id="cite_ref-13" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-13"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>13<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A <a href="/wiki/National_Express_Coaches" title="National Express Coaches">National Express</a> route, which operates between <a href="/wiki/Victoria_Coach_Station" title="Victoria Coach Station">London Victoria</a> and Ramsgate, calls at Margate seafront, Northdown Park and Cliftonville.<sup id="cite_ref-14" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-14"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>14<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Tourism">Tourism</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Margate&action=edit&section=7" title="Edit section: Tourism"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Margate,_Kent,_England-10April2010.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Margate%2C_Kent%2C_England-10April2010.jpg/250px-Margate%2C_Kent%2C_England-10April2010.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="165" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Margate%2C_Kent%2C_England-10April2010.jpg/330px-Margate%2C_Kent%2C_England-10April2010.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/16/Margate%2C_Kent%2C_England-10April2010.jpg/500px-Margate%2C_Kent%2C_England-10April2010.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2848" data-file-height="2136" /></a><figcaption>Margate Clock Tower and buildings on the sea front</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Pleasure_Park_Entrance.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b6/Pleasure_Park_Entrance.jpg/250px-Pleasure_Park_Entrance.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b6/Pleasure_Park_Entrance.jpg/330px-Pleasure_Park_Entrance.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/b/b6/Pleasure_Park_Entrance.jpg/500px-Pleasure_Park_Entrance.jpg 2x" data-file-width="7212" data-file-height="4813" /></a><figcaption>Entrance to Dreamland</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Dreamland_Scenic_Railway_Oct_2015.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Dreamland_Scenic_Railway_Oct_2015.jpg/250px-Dreamland_Scenic_Railway_Oct_2015.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="134" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Dreamland_Scenic_Railway_Oct_2015.jpg/330px-Dreamland_Scenic_Railway_Oct_2015.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Dreamland_Scenic_Railway_Oct_2015.jpg/500px-Dreamland_Scenic_Railway_Oct_2015.jpg 2x" data-file-width="2243" data-file-height="1368" /></a><figcaption>The Scenic Railway roller coaster at Dreamland</figcaption></figure> <p>For at least 250 years, Margate has been a leading seaside resort in the UK, drawing Londoners to its beaches, Margate Sands. The <a href="/wiki/Bathing_machine" title="Bathing machine">bathing machines</a> in use at Margate were described in 1805 as; </p> <blockquote><p> four-wheeled carriages, covered with canvas, and having at one end of them an umbrella of the same materials which is let down to the surface of the water, so that the bather descending from the machine by a few steps is concealed from the public view, whereby the most refined female is enabled to enjoy the advantages of the sea with the strictest delicacy.<sup id="cite_ref-15" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-15"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>15<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></p></blockquote> <p>The <a href="/wiki/Dreamland_Margate" title="Dreamland Margate">Dreamland Amusement Park</a> is situated in the centre of Margate, operating since 1920, it was closed in 2006, and reopened in 2015 following a lengthy campaign by the "Save Dreamland Campaign" group. Its <a href="/wiki/Scenic_Railway_(Dreamland_Margate)" title="Scenic Railway (Dreamland Margate)">Scenic Railway roller coaster</a> is the second oldest of its type in the world, and is now Grade II* <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">Listed</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-grauniad_16-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-grauniad-16"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>16<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It is one of only two early-20th century scenic railways still remaining in the UK; the only other surviving UK scenic railway is in <a href="/wiki/Great_Yarmouth_Pleasure_Beach" title="Great Yarmouth Pleasure Beach">Great Yarmouth</a> and was built in 1932. The Margate roller coaster is an <a href="/wiki/American_Coaster_Enthusiasts" title="American Coaster Enthusiasts">ACE</a> Coaster Classic.<sup id="cite_ref-17" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-17"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>17<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Cliftonville" title="Cliftonville">Cliftonville</a>, next to Margate, had a classic British <a href="/wiki/Arnold_Palmer" title="Arnold Palmer">Arnold Palmer</a> seaside <a href="/wiki/Mini_golf" class="mw-redirect" title="Mini golf">mini golf</a> course. It closed and was illegally converted to a skate park, which was later shut down by the council amid Safety Concerns.<sup id="cite_ref-18" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-18"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>18<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Margate_Tudor_House.JPG" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Margate_Tudor_House.JPG/250px-Margate_Tudor_House.JPG" decoding="async" width="220" height="161" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Margate_Tudor_House.JPG/330px-Margate_Tudor_House.JPG 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/81/Margate_Tudor_House.JPG/500px-Margate_Tudor_House.JPG 2x" data-file-width="2864" data-file-height="2100" /></a><figcaption>Tudor House</figcaption></figure> <p>There are two notable theatres, the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Theatre_Royal,_Margate&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Theatre Royal, Margate (page does not exist)">Theatre Royal</a></i> in Addington Street – the second oldest theatre in the country – and the <i><a href="/w/index.php?title=Tom_Thumb_Theatre&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Tom Thumb Theatre (page does not exist)">Tom Thumb Theatre</a></i>, the second smallest in the country, in addition to the Winter Gardens. The Theatre Royal was built in 1787, burned down in 1829 and was remodelled in 1879 giving Margate more national publicity. The exterior is largely from the 19th century.<sup id="cite_ref-19" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-19"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>19<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> At this current time, both Theatre Royal and Winter Gardens are closed. Theatre Royal closed on 28th April 2022, with the Winter Gardens following suit on 14th August 2022. <sup id="cite_ref-20" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-20"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>20<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>An annual jazz festival takes place on a weekend in June. </p><p>In September, an annual car show commences known as "Oh So Retro" featuring classic and retro vehicles, trade stalls and family-friendly entertainment.<sup id="cite_ref-21" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-21"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>21<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Margate Museum in Market Place explores the town's seaside heritage in a range of exhibits and displays, and is now opened at weekends by a team of volunteers. </p><p>First discovered in 1798, the <a href="/wiki/Margate_Caves" title="Margate Caves">Margate Caves</a> (also known as the Vortigern Caves) are situated at the bottom of Northdown Road. They reopened in 2019.<sup id="cite_ref-22" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-22"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>22<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The <a href="/wiki/Shell_Grotto,_Margate" title="Shell Grotto, Margate">Shell Grotto</a>, which has walls and roof covered in elaborate decorations of over four million shells covering 2,000 square feet (200 m<sup>2</sup>) in complex patterns, was rediscovered in 1835, but is of unknown age and origin. It has been designated as a Grade I <a href="/wiki/Listed_building" title="Listed building">listed building</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-23" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-23"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>23<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/Walpole_bay_tidal_pool" class="mw-redirect" title="Walpole bay tidal pool">The Walpole Bay Tidal Pool</a> is a Grade 2 listed tidal sea bathing pool built in 1937.<sup id="cite_ref-24" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-24"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>24<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The pool covers over four acres and its dimensions are 450 ft long, 300 ft wide at the seaward end and 550 ft long at the landward end. The water in the pool is refreshed by the incoming tide twice a day and fresh water springs rise from the beach within the walls.<sup id="cite_ref-25" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-25"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>25<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Regeneration">Regeneration</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Margate&action=edit&section=8" title="Edit section: Regeneration"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size mw-halign-right" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Turner_Contemporary.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Turner_Contemporary.jpg/220px-Turner_Contemporary.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="147" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Turner_Contemporary.jpg/330px-Turner_Contemporary.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fd/Turner_Contemporary.jpg/440px-Turner_Contemporary.jpg 2x" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="2304" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Turner_Contemporary" title="Turner Contemporary">Turner Contemporary</a> opened in April 2011</figcaption></figure> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Margate_Town_Hall_(cropped).jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Margate_Town_Hall_%28cropped%29.jpg/250px-Margate_Town_Hall_%28cropped%29.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="269" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Margate_Town_Hall_%28cropped%29.jpg/330px-Margate_Town_Hall_%28cropped%29.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/1/1c/Margate_Town_Hall_%28cropped%29.jpg/440px-Margate_Town_Hall_%28cropped%29.jpg 2x" data-file-width="476" data-file-height="581" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Margate_Town_Hall" title="Margate Town Hall">Margate Town Hall</a>, completed in 1898</figcaption></figure> <p>The former chairman of the Margate Civic Society, John Crofts, had a plan to develop a centre that would explore and show the link that the painter <a href="/wiki/J._M._W._Turner" title="J. M. W. Turner">J. M. W. Turner</a> shared with Margate. Turner described the Thanet skies as the "loveliest in all Europe." In 1994 Crofts became increasingly determined to create such a gallery and in 1998 the Leader of <a href="/wiki/Kent_County_Council" title="Kent County Council">Kent County Council</a> met a number of people from the art world to discuss the idea. They hoped that the centre would regenerate the once-thriving town of Margate and offer an alternative to Margate's traditional tourist trade. In the late 1990s, the County Council offered to fund the building of the Turner Gallery. Additional funding was contributed by the <a href="/wiki/Arts_Council_England" title="Arts Council England">Arts Council England</a> and <a href="/wiki/South_East_England_Development_Agency" title="South East England Development Agency">South East England Development Agency</a>. In 2001 the Turner Contemporary was officially established. The view from the gallery is similar to that seen by Turner from his lodging house.<sup id="cite_ref-26" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-26"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>26<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>To reduce the cost, <a href="/wiki/Thanet_District_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Thanet District Council">Thanet District Council</a> chose a new site inland from the harbour wall. The scheme was supported by the artist <a href="/wiki/Tracey_Emin" title="Tracey Emin">Tracey Emin</a>, who was brought up in Margate. The building itself was designed by <a href="/wiki/David_Chipperfield_Architects" class="mw-redirect" title="David Chipperfield Architects">David Chipperfield Architects</a> after the abandonment of the design by Snøhetta + Spence architects. Building work started in 2008 but the project's initiator, John Crofts, died in 2009. The Turner Contemporary Gallery officially opened on 16 April 2011.<sup id="cite_ref-27" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-27"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>27<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Across the road from the gallery in Margate Old Town there is a community of independent shops. Accessed from the seafront via Market Street, Duke Street and King Street this area is clustered around the old <a href="/wiki/Margate_Town_Hall" title="Margate Town Hall">Margate Town Hall</a> in the centre of the Market Place.<sup id="cite_ref-28" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-28"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>28<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> There is also a small museum in the town hall complex which provides information about the history of Margate. In 2012 Margate was chosen as one of the towns to benefit from the <a href="/wiki/Portas_Pilot" class="mw-redirect" title="Portas Pilot">Portas Pilot</a> Scheme aimed at regenerating some of Britain's high streets.<sup id="cite_ref-29" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-29"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>29<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>New businesses started flocking to Margate in the late 2010s. “There’s been a whole bunch of businesses opening up ... Cliffs ... which is a sort of multipurpose space. Coffee, food, yoga, a record store. It does everything,” Dom Bridges of skincare brand Haeckels, told New Statesman in 2017, adding that many were cropping up in <a href="/wiki/Cliftonville" title="Cliftonville">Cliftonville</a>, where locals wouldn't buy.<sup id="cite_ref-30" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-30"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>30<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Historic_sites">Historic sites</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Margate&action=edit&section=9" title="Edit section: Historic sites"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Margate,_The_Jetty,_c._1905.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Margate%2C_The_Jetty%2C_c._1905.jpg/250px-Margate%2C_The_Jetty%2C_c._1905.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="143" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Margate%2C_The_Jetty%2C_c._1905.jpg/330px-Margate%2C_The_Jetty%2C_c._1905.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/9c/Margate%2C_The_Jetty%2C_c._1905.jpg/500px-Margate%2C_The_Jetty%2C_c._1905.jpg 2x" data-file-width="1583" data-file-height="1026" /></a><figcaption>The Jetty, <abbr title="circa">c.</abbr><span style="white-space:nowrap;"> 1905</span></figcaption></figure> <p>There is a 16th-century, two-storey timber-framed <a href="/wiki/Tudor_style_architecture" class="mw-redirect" title="Tudor style architecture">Tudor</a> house built on a flint plinth in King Street.<sup id="cite_ref-31" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-31"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>31<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Margate's Jubilee Clock Tower was built to commemorate Queen Victoria's Golden Jubilee in 1887, although not completed until 1889.<sup id="cite_ref-he_tower_32-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-he_tower-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It had a <a href="/wiki/Time_Ball" class="mw-redirect" title="Time Ball">Time Ball</a> mechanism, mounted on a mast atop the tower, which was raised a few minutes before 1<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm each day and dropped at precisely 1<span class="nowrap"> </span>pm, thereby allowing residents, visitors and ships to know the exact time. This was, of course, in the days before wireless transmission of time signals.<sup id="cite_ref-33" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-33"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>33<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The tower was Grade II listed in 1973.<sup id="cite_ref-he_tower_32-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-he_tower-32"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>32<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The <a href="/wiki/Time_Ball" class="mw-redirect" title="Time Ball">Time Ball</a> fell out of use many years ago, but following a suggestion by Arnold Schwartzman OBE RDI, a former Margate resident, Margate Civic Society raised funds to have the time ball repaired and brought back into use. This was successful, and a civic ceremony celebrated the restoration on 24 May 2014, Queen Victoria's birthday and the 125th anniversary of the Clock Tower's official opening. This was short lived though and unfortunately, the time ball stopped working again with the pole it is affixed to having been left unrepaired. More recently it has been left leaning at a very precarious 75-degree angle. </p><p><a href="/wiki/Draper%27s_Mill,_Margate" title="Draper's Mill, Margate">Draper's Mill</a> is a <a href="/wiki/Smock_mill" title="Smock mill">smock mill</a> built<sup id="cite_ref-34" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-34"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>34<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> in 1845 by John Holman. It was working by wind until 1916 and by engine until the late 1930s.<sup id="cite_ref-West_35-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-West-35"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>35<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> It was saved from demolition and is now restored and open to the public. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Cultural_references">Cultural references</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Margate&action=edit&section=10" title="Edit section: Cultural references"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <figure class="mw-default-size" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Draper%27s_mill.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Draper%27s_mill.jpg/250px-Draper%27s_mill.jpg" decoding="async" width="220" height="293" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Draper%27s_mill.jpg/330px-Draper%27s_mill.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a3/Draper%27s_mill.jpg/440px-Draper%27s_mill.jpg 2x" data-file-width="480" data-file-height="640" /></a><figcaption><a href="/wiki/Draper%27s_Mill,_Margate" title="Draper's Mill, Margate">Draper's Mill</a></figcaption></figure> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Literature">Literature</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Margate&action=edit&section=11" title="Edit section: Literature"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Margate features at the start and as a recurrent theme in Margate writer <a href="/wiki/Iain_Aitch" title="Iain Aitch">Iain Aitch</a>'s travelogue, <i><a href="/wiki/A_Fete_Worse_Than_Death" class="mw-redirect" title="A Fete Worse Than Death">A Fete Worse Than Death</a></i>. The author was born in the town. </p><p><a href="/wiki/T._S._Eliot" title="T. S. Eliot">T. S. Eliot</a>, who in 1921 recuperated after a mental breakdown in the town of <a href="/wiki/Cliftonville" title="Cliftonville">Cliftonville</a>, commented in his poem <i><a href="/wiki/The_Waste_Land" title="The Waste Land">The Waste Land Part III - The Fire Sermon</a></i>: </p> <dl><dd>On Margate sands.</dd> <dd>I can connect</dd> <dd>Nothing with nothing.</dd></dl> <p>Margate features as a destination in <a href="/wiki/Graham_Swift" title="Graham Swift">Graham Swift</a>'s novel <i><a href="/wiki/Last_Orders" title="Last Orders">Last Orders</a></i> and its <a href="/wiki/Last_Orders_(film)" title="Last Orders (film)">film adaptation</a>. The character Jack Dodds had asked to have his remains scattered at Margate, and the book tells the tale of the drive to Margate and the memories evoked on the way. </p><p>The Victorian author <a href="/wiki/William_Thackeray" class="mw-redirect" title="William Thackeray">William Thackeray</a> used out-of-season Margate as the setting for his early unfinished novel <i><a href="/wiki/A_Shabby_Genteel_Story" title="A Shabby Genteel Story">A Shabby Genteel Story</a></i>. </p><p>Margate features in the 2021 novel <i>Dreamland</i> by <a href="/wiki/Rosa_Rankin-Gee" title="Rosa Rankin-Gee">Rosa Rankin-Gee</a>. The novel is set a little in the future from the present day in "the once refined but now rundown seaside town of Margate."<sup id="cite_ref-36" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-36"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>36<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-37" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-37"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>37<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Music">Music</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Margate&action=edit&section=12" title="Edit section: Music"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>"<a href="/wiki/Margate_(song)" title="Margate (song)">Margate</a>" is the title of a UK single released by <a href="/wiki/Chas_%26_Dave" title="Chas & Dave">Chas & Dave</a> in 1982. </p><p>"Margate Fhtagn" is a song by UK <a href="/wiki/Steampunk" title="Steampunk">steampunk</a> band <a href="/wiki/The_Men_That_Will_Not_Be_Blamed_For_Nothing" class="mw-redirect" title="The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing">The Men That Will Not Be Blamed For Nothing</a>. The story related in the song combines the Victorian tradition of the seaside holiday with the works of <a href="/wiki/H._P._Lovecraft" title="H. P. Lovecraft">H. P. Lovecraft</a>, specifically the <a href="/wiki/Cthulhu_Mythos" title="Cthulhu Mythos">Cthulhu Mythos</a>, to tell the tale of a Victorian family going on a seaside holiday to Margate, which gets interrupted by <a href="/wiki/Cthulhu" title="Cthulhu">Cthulhu</a> rising from the sea.<sup id="cite_ref-38" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-38"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>38<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>"Die Muschel von Margate" (Seashells from Margate) is a song written by <a href="/wiki/Kurt_Weill" title="Kurt Weill">Kurt Weill</a> and Felix Gasbarra from 1928. It featured in <i>Konjunktur</i> (Oil Boom), a play by <a href="/wiki/L%C3%A9o_Lania" title="Léo Lania">Leo Lania</a> in which three oil companies fight over the rights to oil production in a primitive Balkan country, and in the process exploit the people and destroy the environment.<sup id="cite_ref-39" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-39"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>39<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>It is thought that <a href="/wiki/Ralph_Vaughan_Williams" title="Ralph Vaughan Williams">Ralph Vaughan Williams</a> wrote <i><a href="/wiki/The_Lark_Ascending" title="The Lark Ascending">The Lark Ascending</a></i> whilst walking along the cliffs in Margate.<sup id="cite_ref-40" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-40"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>40<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>A photochrom print of Margate Harbour was used by the icelandic-american band <a href="/wiki/Low_Roar" title="Low Roar">Low Roar</a> as an album cover for <i><a href="/wiki/Ross_(Low_Roar_album)" class="mw-redirect" title="Ross (Low Roar album)">ross.</a></i>, the band's 4th album released in 2019. </p><p>The song "High Rise" on <a href="/wiki/Hawkwind" title="Hawkwind">Hawkwind</a>'s 1979 album <i><a href="/wiki/PXR5" title="PXR5">PXR5</a></i> is reported to be inspired by <a href="/wiki/Arlington_House,_Margate" title="Arlington House, Margate">Arlington House, Margate</a>, where lyricist <a href="/wiki/Robert_Calvert" title="Robert Calvert">Robert Calvert</a> grew up.<sup id="cite_ref-41" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-41"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>41<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><a href="/wiki/The_Libertines" title="The Libertines">The Libertines</a> recorded their 2024 album <i><a href="/wiki/All_Quiet_on_the_Eastern_Esplanade" title="All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade">All Quiet on the Eastern Esplanade</a></i> in The Albion Rooms in Cliftonville, the Hotel, Bar and recording studio that the band owns. The title of the album is a reference to the Eastern Esplanade in <a href="/wiki/Cliftonville" title="Cliftonville">Cliftonville</a> where The Albion Rooms are situated. <sup id="cite_ref-42" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-42"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>42<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-43" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-43"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>43<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="Film_and_television">Film and television</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Margate&action=edit&section=13" title="Edit section: Film and television"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>In 1971, the BBC TV series <i><a href="/wiki/Softly,_Softly:_Task_Force" title="Softly, Softly: Task Force">Softly, Softly: Task Force</a></i> episode "Sunday, Sweet Sunday", written by <a href="/wiki/Alan_Plater" title="Alan Plater">Alan Plater</a>, was filmed in Margate. The episode has many shots of the town and seafront, including <a href="/wiki/Dreamland_Margate" title="Dreamland Margate">Dreamland</a>. </p><p>A 1989 episode of <i><a href="/wiki/Only_Fools_%26_Horses" class="mw-redirect" title="Only Fools & Horses">Only Fools & Horses</a></i>, "<a href="/wiki/The_Jolly_Boys%27_Outing" title="The Jolly Boys' Outing">The Jolly Boys' Outing</a>", was set primarily in Margate, featuring <a href="/wiki/Margate_railway_station" title="Margate railway station">Margate railway station</a> and Dreamland. </p><p>The town appeared on BBC TV's <i><a href="/wiki/The_Apprentice_(British_TV_series)" title="The Apprentice (British TV series)">The Apprentice</a></i> in May 2009.<sup id="cite_ref-44" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-44"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>44<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The 2012 BBC television drama series <a href="/wiki/True_Love_(TV_series)" title="True Love (TV series)"><i>True Love</i></a> was set and filmed in Margate. The show had its first public screening at the Turner Contemporary. </p><p>The 2014 ITV sitcom <i><a href="/wiki/Edge_of_Heaven" title="Edge of Heaven">Edge of Heaven</a></i> was set at a 1980s-themed bed and breakfast on the Margate seaside.<sup id="cite_ref-45" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-45"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>45<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Also in 2014, <a href="/wiki/J._M._W._Turner" title="J. M. W. Turner">J. M. W. Turner</a>'s long-term relationship with Mrs. Sophia Booth of Margate was featured in the film <i><a href="/wiki/Mr._Turner_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Mr. Turner (film)">Mr. Turner</a>.</i> </p><p>In series 4 of the British television <a href="/wiki/Crime_drama" class="mw-redirect" title="Crime drama">crime drama</a> <a href="/wiki/Peaky_Blinders_(TV_series)" title="Peaky Blinders (TV series)"><i>Peaky Blinders</i></a> (2017), the character <a href="/wiki/Alfie_Solomons" title="Alfie Solomons">Alfie Solomons</a> (played by <a href="/wiki/Tom_Hardy" title="Tom Hardy">Tom Hardy</a>) chooses to reside at Margate, where he's shot on the beach by <a href="/wiki/Tommy_Shelby" title="Tommy Shelby">Tommy Shelby</a>. </p><p>In 2021, The Walpole Bay Hotel & Museum is featured in episode 3 of the ITV comedy drama <i><a href="/wiki/The_Larkins_(2021_TV_series)" title="The Larkins (2021 TV series)">The Larkins</a></i>.<sup id="cite_ref-46" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-46"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>46<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In 2022, Margate was featured as a location in the BBC Drama series <i><a href="/wiki/Killing_Eve" title="Killing Eve">Killing Eve</a></i>. The seafront, and Dreamland also serve as filming locations for the film <i><a href="/wiki/Empire_of_Light_(film)" class="mw-redirect" title="Empire of Light (film)">Empire of Light</a></i> which was filmed in 2022, and the video for "A new bohemia" by the <a href="/wiki/Pet_Shop_Boys" title="Pet Shop Boys">Pet Shop Boys</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-47" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-47"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>47<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="In_art">In art</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Margate&action=edit&section=14" title="Edit section: In art"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul class="gallery mw-gallery-packed"> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 248px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 246px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:(Barcelona)_Margate_-_c.1806-7_-_William_Turner_-_Tate_Britain.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Margate - c.1806-7 William Turner - Tate Britain"><img alt="Margate - c.1806-7 William Turner - Tate Britain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/%28Barcelona%29_Margate_-_c.1806-7_-_William_Turner_-_Tate_Britain.jpg/369px-%28Barcelona%29_Margate_-_c.1806-7_-_William_Turner_-_Tate_Britain.jpg" decoding="async" width="246" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/%28Barcelona%29_Margate_-_c.1806-7_-_William_Turner_-_Tate_Britain.jpg/553px-%28Barcelona%29_Margate_-_c.1806-7_-_William_Turner_-_Tate_Britain.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/3/3e/%28Barcelona%29_Margate_-_c.1806-7_-_William_Turner_-_Tate_Britain.jpg/737px-%28Barcelona%29_Margate_-_c.1806-7_-_William_Turner_-_Tate_Britain.jpg 2x" data-file-width="5557" data-file-height="4071" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <i>Margate</i> - c.1806-7 <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Mallord_William_Turner" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Mallord William Turner">William Turner</a> - <a href="/wiki/Tate_Britain" title="Tate Britain">Tate Britain</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 226px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 224px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:(Barcelona)_The_New_Moon;_or,_%E2%80%98I%E2%80%99ve_lost_My_Boat,_You_shan%E2%80%99t_have_Your_Hoop%E2%80%99_-_William_Turner_-_Tate_Britain.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="The New Moon - William Turner - Tate Britain"><img alt="The New Moon - William Turner - Tate Britain" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/%28Barcelona%29_The_New_Moon%3B_or%2C_%E2%80%98I%E2%80%99ve_lost_My_Boat%2C_You_shan%E2%80%99t_have_Your_Hoop%E2%80%99_-_William_Turner_-_Tate_Britain.jpg/336px-%28Barcelona%29_The_New_Moon%3B_or%2C_%E2%80%98I%E2%80%99ve_lost_My_Boat%2C_You_shan%E2%80%99t_have_Your_Hoop%E2%80%99_-_William_Turner_-_Tate_Britain.jpg" decoding="async" width="224" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/%28Barcelona%29_The_New_Moon%3B_or%2C_%E2%80%98I%E2%80%99ve_lost_My_Boat%2C_You_shan%E2%80%99t_have_Your_Hoop%E2%80%99_-_William_Turner_-_Tate_Britain.jpg/504px-%28Barcelona%29_The_New_Moon%3B_or%2C_%E2%80%98I%E2%80%99ve_lost_My_Boat%2C_You_shan%E2%80%99t_have_Your_Hoop%E2%80%99_-_William_Turner_-_Tate_Britain.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/a0/%28Barcelona%29_The_New_Moon%3B_or%2C_%E2%80%98I%E2%80%99ve_lost_My_Boat%2C_You_shan%E2%80%99t_have_Your_Hoop%E2%80%99_-_William_Turner_-_Tate_Britain.jpg/672px-%28Barcelona%29_The_New_Moon%3B_or%2C_%E2%80%98I%E2%80%99ve_lost_My_Boat%2C_You_shan%E2%80%99t_have_Your_Hoop%E2%80%99_-_William_Turner_-_Tate_Britain.jpg 2x" data-file-width="8136" data-file-height="6538" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <i>The New Moon</i> - <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Mallord_William_Turner" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Mallord William Turner">William Turner</a> - <a href="/wiki/Tate_Britain" title="Tate Britain">Tate Britain</a></div> </li> <li class="gallerybox" style="width: 129.33333333333px"> <div class="thumb" style="width: 127.33333333333px;"><span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/File:J.M.W._Turner_-_Margate_Jetty.jpg" class="mw-file-description" title="Margate Jetty - William Turner"><img alt="Margate Jetty - William Turner" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/J.M.W._Turner_-_Margate_Jetty.jpg/250px-J.M.W._Turner_-_Margate_Jetty.jpg" decoding="async" width="128" height="180" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/fa/J.M.W._Turner_-_Margate_Jetty.jpg/286px-J.M.W._Turner_-_Margate_Jetty.jpg 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/fa/J.M.W._Turner_-_Margate_Jetty.jpg 2x" data-file-width="300" data-file-height="424" /></a></span></div> <div class="gallerytext"> <i>Margate Jetty</i> - <a href="/wiki/Joseph_Mallord_William_Turner" class="mw-redirect" title="Joseph Mallord William Turner">William Turner</a></div> </li> </ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading3"><h3 id="People_From_Margate">People From Margate</h3><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Margate&action=edit&section=15" title="Edit section: People From Margate"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Artist <a href="/wiki/Flora_Kendrick" title="Flora Kendrick">Florence Ada Kendrick</a> </p><p>Trade unionist <a href="/wiki/W._J._Brown_(trade_unionist)" title="W. J. Brown (trade unionist)">W. J. Brown</a> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Sport">Sport</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Margate&action=edit&section=16" title="Edit section: Sport"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p><a href="/wiki/Margate_F.C." title="Margate F.C.">Margate F.C.</a> play at <a href="/wiki/Hartsdown_Park" title="Hartsdown Park">Hartsdown Park</a>. The club has played in the <a href="/wiki/National_League_(English_football)" title="National League (English football)">National League</a> and the <a href="/wiki/National_League_South" title="National League South">National League South</a> but, as of 2021, they are currently playing in the <a href="/wiki/Isthmian_League" title="Isthmian League">Isthmian League</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-fchdt_48-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-fchdt-48"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>48<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p><i>Malle Mile Beach Race</i> is an organised motorcycle <a href="/wiki/Beach_racing" title="Beach racing">racing on the beach</a> festival. In recent years, a popular beach race has been held at <a href="/wiki/Barmouth" title="Barmouth">Barmouth</a>, <a href="/wiki/Wales" title="Wales">Wales</a>; however, this event differs as it is run along the lines of a <a href="/wiki/Motocross" title="Motocross">motocross</a> event on a shorter motocross-style circuit.<sup id="cite_ref-49" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-49"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>49<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-50" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-50"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>50<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup><sup id="cite_ref-51" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-51"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>51<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Beach Cross Racing takes place twice a year, usually in March and October, and is known as <i>Margate Beach Cross</i>. The event, which is organised by QRAUK in conjunction with Island Events and <a href="/wiki/Thanet_District_Council" class="mw-redirect" title="Thanet District Council">Thanet District Council</a>, has proven to be popular with not only British riders but with a huge number of riders from the Continent. The event has both quads and solos racing around a specially prepared course on Margate's main sands and it attracts many thousands of visitors. <sup id="cite_ref-52" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-52"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>52<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Local_media">Local media</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Margate&action=edit&section=17" title="Edit section: Local media"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Margate had two paid-for newspapers, the <i>Isle of Thanet Gazette</i> and <i>Thanet Times</i> (which ceased publication in 2012<sup id="cite_ref-53" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-53"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>53<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup>), which are owned by <a href="/wiki/Northcliffe_Media" title="Northcliffe Media">Northcliffe Media</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-54" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-54"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>54<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Free newspapers for the town include online-only <i>Isle of Thanet News</i>;<sup id="cite_ref-55" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-55"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>55<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> the <i>Thanet Extra</i>, part of the <a href="/wiki/KM_Group" class="mw-redirect" title="KM Group">KM Group</a>; and <i>yourthanet</i>, part of <a href="/wiki/KOS_Media" title="KOS Media">KOS Media</a>. </p><p>Local radio stations are <a href="/wiki/KMFM_Thanet" title="KMFM Thanet">KMFM Thanet</a>, owned by the KM Group, <a href="/wiki/Community_radio" title="Community radio">community radio</a> station <a href="/wiki/Academy_FM_(Thanet)" title="Academy FM (Thanet)">Academy FM (Thanet)</a>; and the county-wide stations <a href="/wiki/Heart_South" title="Heart South">Heart South</a>, <a href="/wiki/Gold_(British_radio_network)" title="Gold (British radio network)">Gold</a> and <a href="/wiki/BBC_Radio_Kent" title="BBC Radio Kent">BBC Radio Kent</a>. Thanet Community Radio also offers an online community podcasting service for Ramsgate, Broadstairs, Margate and the wider areas of Thanet.<sup id="cite_ref-56" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-56"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>56<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>Local news and television programmes are provided by <a href="/wiki/BBC_South_East" title="BBC South East">BBC South East</a> and <a href="/wiki/ITV_Meridian" title="ITV Meridian">ITV Meridian</a>. Television signals are received from the <a href="/wiki/Dover_transmitting_station" title="Dover transmitting station">Dover</a> TV transmitter <sup id="cite_ref-57" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-57"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>57<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> and the local relay transmitter.<sup id="cite_ref-58" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-58"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>58<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Freedom_of_the_Town">Freedom of the Town</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Margate&action=edit&section=18" title="Edit section: Freedom of the Town"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The following people have received the <a href="/wiki/Freedom_of_the_City" title="Freedom of the City">Freedom of the Town</a> of Margate. </p> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Winston_Churchill" title="Winston Churchill">Winston Churchill</a>: 1957</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Tracey_Emin" title="Tracey Emin">Tracey Emin</a>: 16 August 2022<sup id="cite_ref-59" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-59"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>59<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Arnold_Schwartzman" title="Arnold Schwartzman">Arnold Schwartzman</a>: 29 September 2023<sup id="cite_ref-60" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-60"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>60<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=Margate&action=edit&section=19" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output 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.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20110824114827/http://piers.org.uk/pierpages/NPSmargate.html">"National Piers Society <i>(retrieved 6 January 2011)</i>"</a>. Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://piers.org.uk/pierpages/NPSmargate.html">the original</a> on 24 August 2011<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">6 January</span> 2011</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=unknown&rft.btitle=National+Piers+Society+%28retrieved+6+January+2011%29&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fpiers.org.uk%2Fpierpages%2FNPSmargate.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMargate" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">There is an unflattering portrait of skinheads and a <a href="/wiki/Cockney" title="Cockney">Cockneyfied</a> Margate in <a href="/wiki/Paul_Theroux" title="Paul Theroux">Paul Theroux</a>, <i>The Kingdom by the Sea</i>, 1983:24-26.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite class="citation news cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-49804664">"Turner Contemporary: Did art transform 'no-go zone' Margate?"</a>. <i>BBC News</i>. 4 October 2019. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20191020225136/https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-kent-49804664">Archived</a> from the original on 20 October 2019<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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July 2009. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://web.archive.org/web/20201027062109/https://www.ofgem.gov.uk/ofgem-publications/50832/thanet-project-specific-preliminary-information-memorandum-pim.pdf">Archived</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> from the original on 27 October 2020<span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">7 September</span> 2020</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Abook&rft.genre=report&rft.btitle=Thanet+Offshore+Transmission+Assets&rft.pub=Office+of+Gas+and+Electricity+Markets&rft.date=2009-07&rft_id=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.ofgem.gov.uk%2Fofgem-publications%2F50832%2Fthanet-project-specific-preliminary-information-memorandum-pim.pdf&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AMargate" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222" /><cite id="CITEREFBailes2021" class="citation news cs1">Bailes, Kathy (25 May 2021). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://theisleofthanetnews.com/2021/05/25/plans-announced-to-create-a-margate-town-council/">"Plans announced to create a Margate Town Council"</a>. <i>The Isle Of Thanet News</i><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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Archived from <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://shareweb.kent.gov.uk/Documents/facts-and-figures/Population-and-Census/2011%20Census/2011-census-ward-level-population.pdf">the original</a> <span class="cs1-format">(PDF)</span> on 8 March 2014<span class="reference-accessdate">. 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class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Boroughs or districts</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Ashford" title="Borough of Ashford">Ashford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/City_of_Canterbury" title="City of Canterbury">Canterbury</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Dartford" title="Borough of Dartford">Dartford</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Dover_District" title="Dover District">Dover</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Folkestone_and_Hythe_District" title="Folkestone and Hythe District">Folkestone and Hythe</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gravesham" title="Gravesham">Gravesham</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Maidstone" title="Borough of Maidstone">Maidstone</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Sevenoaks_District" title="Sevenoaks District">Sevenoaks</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Borough_of_Swale" title="Borough of Swale">Swale</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Thanet_District" title="Thanet 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