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Margate Coverage 

• National Geographic - The UK’s beach towns are bouncing back—here are 7 of the best
• Published by Duncan Craig on 25th April 2025
• Express - I explored the UK's most walkable seaside town – there's more than just a sandy beach
• Published by Chanelle Georgina on 26th April 2025
• Express - The quiet seaside town that's had a glow up and now 'looks like east London'
• Published by Kris Boratyn on 27th April 2025

The best places to visit in August: 30 of our favourite destinations - Isle of Thanet

• Condé Nast Traveller
• Published by Connor Sturges
• Published 31st March 2025

Laura Bailey's guide to Margate: Dreamland, Fort Road Hotel and Sargasso

• The Standard
• Published by Laura Bailey
• Published 30th October 2024

The ‘dazzling’ UK seaside town so pretty people say it’s like being on Amalfi Coast - Ramsgate

• Metro
• Published by Courtney Pochin
• Published 28th September 2024 

Inside the 'retro' seaside town named one of the UK's coolest places to live - Broadstairs

• The Mirror 
• Published by Mary Harris and Sam Elliott-Gibbs
• Published 18th September 2024 

The Kent seaside town that rivals Margate – without its hip tourist crowds

• I newspaper
• Published by Lesley Gillilan
• Published 9th August 2024 
• Featured - Albion House Hotel, Paraphernalia, Ramsgate Tunnels, Spitfire and Hurricane Museum, Royal  Harbour Brasserie, Modern Boulangerie, Sandwich and Pegwell Bay National Nature Reserve, Thanet Coast Project, Active Ramsgate, Porto Reale, Ramsgate Festival of Sound, Ramsgate Week, Viking Bay

Nine must-do highlights of Margate, England

• WAtoday Traveller
• Published by Sonia Taylor
• Published 18th July 2024
• Featured - Fort Road Hotel, Turner Contemporary, Dreamland, Dory's, Bottega Caruso, Forts Coffee, Rose in June, Margate Old Town Shopping and Shell Grotto 

Isle of Thanet Kent: a Creative Isle

• Travel Begins at 40
• Published by Mark Bibby Jackson
• Published 15th July 2024
• Featured - Hold Creative Studio and Gallery, Turner Contemporary, Walpole Bay Hotel, Angela’s and San Clu Hotel 

Wellness in Margate, Isle of Thanet

• Wellness Begins at 40
• Published by Mark Bibby Jackson
• Published 9th July 2024
• Featured - Walpole Bay Tidal Pool, Haeckels House, Sea Scrub Sauna and Viking Coastal Trail 

The 15 best places to visit in the UK in 2024 - Ramsgate number 11

• Time Out
• Published by Chiara Wilkinson and Ella Doyle
• Published 7th December 2023
• Featured - Seabird, Camden Arms, The Modern Boulangerie, Vinyl Head, Royal Harbour Brasserie, The Bedford Inn, Ramsgate International Film Festival and Festival of Sound.

The UK's most fascinating historic sites - including one only reachable by boat

• The Express
• Published by Esther Marshall
• Published 19th October 2023
• Featured - Margate's Shell Grotto

Margate’s iconic tidal pool is getting a spectacular glow-up

• Time Out
• Published by Amy Houghton
• Published 10th October 2023
• Featured - Margate's Walpole Bay Tidal Pool 

SHORE THING! The UK seaside town that makes the best staycation with stunning marina and fresh fish

• Published in The Sun on Sunday, Fabulous Magazine 
• Published by Gayle Schoales
• Published on 25th June 2023 
• Featured - Go2Sea, Royal Harbour Brasserie, Little Ships, McGillan & Woodell, The Saltworks Company, Ramsgate Tunnels, The Micro Museum, This Museum Is (Not) Obsolete, Italianate Glasshouse and Peter’s Fish Factory. 

Margate and the Walpole Bay Hotel - Review 

• Published on 'On: Yorkshire Magazine' 
• Published by Clare Jenkins
• Published in June 2023 
• Featured - The Walpole Bay Hotel, Turner Contemporary, Manning's Seafood Stall, The Old Kent Market, Margate Bookshop, Dreamland, Margate Caves, Shell Grotto, 

Rediscovering The Isle Of Thanet

• Published on 'The Frenchie Mummy' 
  Published by Cécile
• Published 9th June 2023 
• Featured - Albion House Hotel, The Micro Museum, Morelli’s Gelato, Turner Contemporary, Waverley House, Margate Caves, Shell Grotto, Dreamland, Spitfire and Hurricane Museum, RAF Manston History Museum and Powell-Cotton Museum, Quex House and Gardens.  

Broadstairs in Kent, Royal Albion Hotel and The Yarrow - Review 

• Published on 'On: Yorkshire Magazine' 
• Published by Clare Jenkins
• Published in May 2023 
• Featured - Viking Coastal Trail, Dickens House Museum, The Royal Albion Hotel and The Yarrow Hotel

How To Spend a Perfect Day in Margate and Broadstairs

• Published on Double Skinny Macchiato 
• Published on Monday 29th May 2023 
• Featured - Forts Cafe (Broadstairs), Flotsam & Jetsam, Wyatt & Jones, Kebbells, Stark, Morelli's, KIT, Kope & Loko, Palace Cinema, Viking Coastal Trail, Dory's, Angela's, Curve Coffee Roasters, Forts Cafe (Margate), Cliffs, Turner Contemporary, Aarven, Haeckels, Harbour & Tide, Lost Property, The Margate Bookshop, Papillon, Ramsay & Williams, Zigzag, Dive, Buoy & Oyster, Sargasso, Bottega Caruso, Mannings Seafood, Peter's Fish Factory, Little Swift and Daisy.  

The 12 best things to do in Margate

• Published on Conde Nast Traveller 
• Published 7th May 2023 
• Featured - Walpole Bay Tidal Pool, Shell Grotto, Dreamland, Turner Contemporary, Carl Freedman Gallery, Quench, Xylo, Daisy, Margate Off Licence, CAMP, Strokes Adventure Golf, Lost Island Adventure Golf, Margate Leisure Centre (Black Axe Throwing and Klak Boule Bar),RG Scotts Furniture Mart, Haeckels, Empire of Light, ElseWhere, Faith in Strangers, Margate Arts Club, Bottega Caruso, Mori Mori, Margate Cookery School, Margate Caves

The best places to eat and drink in Margate

• Published on HotDinners 
• By Catherine Hanly
• Published 4th May 2023 
• Featured - Angela's, Bottega Caruso, Buoy and Oyster, Daisy, Dory's, Follow the Swirl, Fort Road Hotel, Forts Cafe, The Good Egg, Little Swift, Margate Harbour Arm (Dive and Lighthouse Bar), Mannings, Mariachi, Mori Mori, Peter's Fish Factory, Picnic, Sargasso, Sete, Staple Stores, The Sun Deck

10 of the best annual coastal festivals and events from around the world

• National Geographic 
• By Josephine Price
• Published online 27 April 2023
• Featured - Margate Pride

Empire of Light Film

EMPIRE OF LIGHT, the new film from Academy Award®-winning director and writer Sam Mendes, was filmed in and around Margate, with lots of media coverage since its release on 9 January 2023

Read some of the coverage 

Margate: The Architecture Tour

• Published on Eye-Traveller
• By Lesley Gillilan 
• Published 28th January 2023
• Featured - Turner Contemporary, Dreamland, Cliftonville Lido, Shell Grotto, Nayland Rock Shelter, Tom Thumb Theatre, Margate Caves, Tudor House, Walpole Bay Hotel, Powell-Cotton Museum 

2023 Harden’s Restaurant Guide

Entries based on customer feedback rather than professional inspectors

• Angela's, Margate
• Bottega Caruso, Margate 
• Buoy and Oyster, Margate
• Dory's, Margate 
• Sargasso, Margate
• Kebbells, Broadstairs
• Posillipo, Broadstairs
• Stark, Broadstairs
• Wyatt and Jones, Broadstairs 

The 51 coolest neighbourhoods in the world - Cliftonville, Margate No.8

• Time Out
• By James Manning
• Published online 11th October 2022
• Featured - Quench Gallery, Walpole Bay Hotel, Dalby Cafe, Margate Caves, Shell Grotto, Forts, Daisy, Margate Arts Club, Margate Pride, CAMP and Margate Office License 

Five fantastic autumn food weekends in the UK

• The Guardian
• By Felicity Cloake
• Published online 17 September 2022
• Featured - Staple, Forts Coffee, Barletta, Sargasso, Angela's, Flotsam and Jetsam, Morelli’s Gelato and Fort Road Hotel 

Mmm – Margate: where the grub is as good as the galleries

• The Financial Times
• By Ajesh Patalay
• Published online 20 September 2022
• Featured - Angela’s, Dory's, Staple Stores, Sargasso, Bottega Caruso, Fort Road Hotel, Barletta, Mori Mori, Palms Pizzeria, Dolma Bar, Stingray, Dive and Daisy