Discover more to Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate with your group
Discover more to Margate, Broadstairs and Ramsgate - fascinating collections from Major Powell-Cotton, costumed tour characters, examples of WWII fighters, home built and designed by Augustus Pugin, underground tunnels used as home during WWII or displays of the nation’s best loved toys.
Quex House and Gardens, Home to the Powell-Cotton Museum - Tucked away in Birchington, the museum displays incredible natural history dioramas of animals from the African and Asian continents alongside world-culture collections and local archaeology. Tours of Grade II listed Quex House, displaying furniture and decorative Asian objects from the museums’ collection are available on open days as are the stunning 7 acres of gardens including fully accessible woodland walk, lawns and walled garden.
Quex Park Estate - On the estate you will find Quex Craft Village with crafting skills on display, Quex Barn; a farmers market and restaurant, Quex Adventure Golf themed around the park's buildings and gardens, Quex Activity Centre with paintballing, tomahawk throwing plus Woodland View Alpaca trekking.
Dreamland - The beating heart of Margate. Home to fun filled family festivals, huge music events and seasonal vintage style amusement park rides, plus a packed programme of indoor shows all year round.
Margate Caves - Venture underground and explore a subterranean wonder filled with colourful cave paintings and murals.
Crab Museum - Europe's #1 Crab Museum and a satisfying baffling tourist attraction, to find out what crabs have to do with science, history, climate change and philosophy.
The WonderWorks, Margate - Previously Hornby Visitor Centre, this reimagined experience offers an engaging, educational, and affordable experience for visitors of all ages
St Peter’s Village Tour - Four award winning free guided walks around the historical village and churchyard of St Peter’s brought to life by costumed characters.
Dickens House Museum - Explore Charles Dickens’ relationship with Broadstairs through his letters and personal items in the home that was the inspiration for Betsey Trotwood in David Copperfield. See original prints, costumes and Victoriana.
Ramsgate Tunnels - This complex of underground tunnels was home to over 1,000 people during the darkest period of WWII – come and experience how life underground was for them.
'Pugin' The Grange and St Augustine’s Church - A Grade I listed house designed and lived in by 19th century architect Augustus Pugin who is best known for the magnificent interiors, furnishings and fittings of the Houses of Parliament. His contribution to the townscape of Ramsgate brought lasting fame to the town and can be seen from the East Cliff to the West Cliff.
St Augustine’s Church next to The Grange is where the family vault is located beneath the Pugin Chantry.
The Micro Museum - Discover the history of personal computing and the inventors of the digital age. Play on classic games
Spitfire and Hurricane Museum - Splendid examples of the two WWII fighter aircraft which served the RAF so well in many areas of battle, both at home and overseas. Experience being a pilot yourself on the Spitfire simulator.
RAF Manston History Museum - Museum based on the history of the airfield from 1916 to present day, including artifacts from WWI to modern search and rescue operations and its move to Civil aviation.
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