Margate: Turner's Light, Dreamland, and the Thanet Coast Revival
Margate was one of the first seaside resorts in England, popular from the 1730s when Londoners arrived by hoy boat. JMW Turner painted the town's skies repeatedly and called the light "the loveliest in all Europe." Dreamland, the vintage amusement park originally opened in 1920, was restored and reopened in 2015 after years of dereliction. The Turner Contemporary gallery, designed by David Chipperfield, opened on the seafront in 2011. The population of Margate is around 61,000. The town went through decades of decline as cheap package holidays killed the domestic seaside trade, but has seen a partial revival driven by the gallery and the DFL (Down From London) migration.
Margate is in the Thanet district of Kent. Southeastern High Speed services reach London St Pancras in under ninety minutes. The town sits on the chalk cliffs of the North Foreland. Broadstairs and Ramsgate are nearby along the Thanet coast. For adult companionship, Margate is covered by Kent Police and governed by England and Wales criminal law.
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Margate was one of the first seaside resorts in England, popular from the 1730s when Londoners arrived by hoy boat. JMW Turner painted the town's skies repeatedly and called the light "the loveliest in all Europe." Dreamland, the vintage amusement park originally opened in 1920, was restored and reopened in 2015 after years of dereliction. The Turner Contemporary gallery, designed by David Chipperfield, opened on the seafront in 2011. The population of Margate is around 61,000. The town went through decades of decline as cheap package holidays killed the domestic seaside trade, but has seen a partial revival driven by the gallery and the DFL (Down From London) migration.
Margate is in the Thanet district of Kent. Southeastern High Speed services reach London St Pancras in under ninety minutes. The town sits on the chalk cliffs of the North Foreland. Broadstairs and Ramsgate are nearby along the Thanet coast. For adult companionship, Margate is covered by Kent Police and governed by England and Wales criminal law.
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