Drapers Windmill
Among the sights of Margate is Drapers Windmill, an attraction. The surrounding 5 km hold 15 more places to visit. First among the places near it is Dreamland Margate, at 1.3 km.
Attraction in Margate
Inside Margate
Drapers Windmill is inside Margate’s built-up area, with 15 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.
When to go
In Margate, May to September bring the warmest days: highs of 17–23°C.
Drapers Windmill
Attraction.
In Margate, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Attraction
- Town
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The map
The map puts Drapers Windmill in orange and numbers its neighbours as in the list.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Margate’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Towns that list Drapers Windmill
The 4 towns are led in size by Margate, with 63,315 people. They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.
Margate
Broadstairs
Ramsgate
Minster (Thanet)
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Drapers Windmill is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margate | It’s in town | 63,315 | 28 |
| Broadstairs | 1.4 km southeast of it | 25,780 | 25 |
| Ramsgate | 2.1 km south of it | 42,031 | 26 |
| Minster (Thanet) | 3.4 km southwest of it | 4,739 | 30 |
Nearby, too
Also close at hand are 5 museums, a theme park and an attraction, among 35 within 15 km.
Theme parkDreamland Margate1.3 km away2
AttractionThe Scenic Railway1.2 km away3MuseumMuseumCrab Museum1.4 km away4
MuseumCervia5.7 km away5
MuseumDickens House Museum4.2 km away6
MuseumSundowner5.7 km away7
Historic houseQuex Park5.2 km away8
MuseumPowell-Cotton Museum5.7 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Your questions on Drapers Windmill
Where is Drapers Windmill?
Drapers Windmill is in Margate, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Drapers Windmill?
Attraction.
When is the best time to visit Drapers Windmill?
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 Drapers Windmill?
Within 15 km: Dreamland Margate (1.3 km), The Scenic Railway (1.2 km), Crab Museum (1.4 km) and Cervia (5.7 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 (7)
- 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
- Dickens House Museum: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sundowner: 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
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