Crab Museum
Crab Museum is a museum in Margate, Thanet, Kent. Within 15 km there are 35 more places to visit, starting with Dreamland Margate (600 m). There are Wikipedia articles on it in 2 languages.
Museum in Margate
Inside Margate
Crab Museum is inside Margate’s built-up area, with 11 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
A month-by-month guide
Highs of 17–23°C mark May to September in Margate.
Crab Museum
Museum in Margate, Thanet, Kent, England, UK.
In Margate, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Margate
- Official site
- crabmuseum.org
Opening times and entry
Mapping Crab Museum
The orange dot is Crab Museum; the numbers are the places near it, as listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Margate’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where people come from
The most populous of the 4 is Margate, at 63,315. The list runs from its own town outward.
Margate
Broadstairs
Ramsgate
Minster (Thanet)
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Crab Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margate | It’s in town | 63,315 | 28 |
| Broadstairs | 2.7 km southeast of it | 25,780 | 25 |
| Ramsgate | 3.3 km south of it | 42,031 | 26 |
| Minster (Thanet) | 3.9 km southwest of it | 4,739 | 30 |
What else is near Crab Museum
5 museums, a theme park and an attraction are among the 35 within 15 km.
Theme parkDreamland Margate600 m away2
AttractionThe Scenic Railway600 m away3
MuseumCervia7.1 km away4
Historic houseQuex Park4.9 km away5
MuseumPowell-Cotton Museum5.3 km away6
MuseumDickens House Museum5.5 km away7
MuseumSundowner7 km away8
MuseumRamsgate Maritime Museum7.1 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions before you go
Where is Crab Museum?
Crab Museum is in Margate, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Crab Museum?
Museum in Margate, Thanet, Kent, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Crab Museum?
May to September are the warmest months in Margate, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Crab Museum?
Within 15 km: Dreamland Margate (600 m), The Scenic Railway (600 m), Cervia (7.1 km) and Quex Park (4.9 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (8)
- Dreamland Margate: Ruth Johnston from United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Scenic Railway: Peet13, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Cervia: stavros1, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Quex Park: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Powell-Cotton Museum: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dickens House Museum: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sundowner: Stavros1, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ramsgate Maritime Museum: Rodw, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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