Margate Main Sands

Thanet

Type:Beach

Marine Terrace, Margate, Kent, CT9 1XJ

Tel: +44 01843 577577

Margate Main Sands, Isle of Thanet

About

This timeless beach with tidal pool, children’s rides and amusement arcades offer families traditional seaside fun and entertainment.

Even if the tide is in there is still plenty of golden sand to make sandcastles. Restaurants, bars and seafood stalls are just a short walk away in the Old, on the harbour arm and around the town.

Dog ban in place from 1st May until 30th September, dogs not permitted any time.

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Awards

  • Regional and Miscellaneous -Seaside Award Seaside Award 2024

What's Nearby

  1. Turner Contemporary

    Turner Contemporary is a visual arts organisation, based in Margate that celebrates JMW…

    0.11 miles away
  2. Margate Museum

    Margate Museum is opened by a group of volunteers called the Friends of Margate Museum…

    0.15 miles away
  3. Shell Grotto

    The Shell Grotto is one of the world's most mysterious places: a series of underground…

    0.47 miles away
  1. Westbrook Bay

    This is a great family beach with a sandy bay with a small section of sand at high tide.

    0.72 miles away
  2. Walpole Bay

    Walpole Bay is ideal for investigating fascinating rock and tidal pools.

    1.1 miles away
  3. St Mildred's Bay

    A beautiful cliff lined sandy bay with promenade and tidal pool.

    1.5 miles away
  4. West Bay

    A completely tidal bay, with a long stretch of sand when the tide is out.

    2.12 miles away
  5. Botany Bay

    This hidden gem offers stunning views of white cliffs and beautiful chalk stacks.

    2.46 miles away
  6. North Foreland Golf Club

    North Foreland Golf Club offers seaside golf at its best: with views of the sea from…

    2.53 miles away
  7. Kingsgate Bay

    Some of the best examples of sea caves in the country can be found here.

    2.73 miles away
  8. Joss Bay

    A surfer’s paradise, this popular 200-metre long bay is known as the best surfing beach…

    2.96 miles away
  9. RAF Manston Spitfire & Hurricane Memorial Museum

    The Memorial Museum permanently houses splendid examples of two iconic British fighter…

    3 miles away
  10. Crampton Tower Museum

    The Crampton Tower Museum is a fascinating small museum is partly housed in a flint tower…

    3.08 miles away
  11. The Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex House and Gardens

    The Powell-Cotton Museum offers an exciting, fun and interactive day out for all. There…

    3.16 miles away
  12. Stone Bay

    A beautiful bay with scope for rock pooling.

    3.26 miles away
  13. Joss Bay Surf School

    South East England’s premiere surf school. Established in 1998 we have given thousands of…

    3.29 miles away
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