Theme park · Margate · Kent

Dreamland Margate

Dreamland Margate is a seaside amusement park in Margate. It comes under Sands Heritage Limited. Top of the 35 other places within 15 km is The Scenic Railway, 100 m off.

Photo: Dreamland Margate, Ruth Johnston from United Kingdom (CC BY 2.0)

Where

In Margate

inside the built-up area

Run by

Sands Heritage Limited

the operator on record

How well known

Top 19%

#1,601 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Theme park in Margate

Inside Margate

Dreamland Margate is inside Margate’s built-up area, with 13 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

The weather, month by month

For warmth, aim for May to September (17–23°C highs in Margate).

Jan8° / 3°50 mm

Feb9° / 3°40 mm

Mar11° / 4°34 mm

Apr14° / 6°36 mm

May17° / 8°47 mm

Jun20° / 11°47 mm

Jul23° / 13°46 mm

Aug23° / 14°48 mm

Sep20° / 12°49 mm

Oct16° / 9°72 mm

Nov12° / 6°67 mm

Dec9° / 3°61 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Margate, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Margate. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Margate’s full climate →

About

Dreamland Margate

Readers can find it on Wikipedia in 5 languages.

Type: Theme park
Run by: Sands Heritage Limited
Wikipedias: Covered in 5 languages
Town: in Margate
Official site: dreamland.co.uk

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

Plan your visit

Getting in

Entrance feesFreeNo entrance fee.

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Where to find Dreamland Margate

Spot Dreamland Margate in orange, then follow the numbers to the places below.

Towns near it

Towns within reach of Dreamland Margate

Margate tops the 8 for size, at 63,315 people. All of these towns include it on their pages.

1 · It’s in town

Margate

63,315 people · 28 places to visit

2 · 2.4 km southeast of it

Broadstairs

25,780 people · 25 places to visit

3 · 3 km southeast of it

Ramsgate

42,031 people · 26 places to visit

4 · 3.3 km southwest of it

Minster (Thanet)

4,739 people · 30 places to visit

Compare the 8 towns

Town	Where Dreamland Margate is	People	Places to visit
Margate	It’s in town	63,315	28
Broadstairs	2.4 km southeast of it	25,780	25
Ramsgate	3 km southeast of it	42,031	26
Minster (Thanet)	3.3 km southwest of it	4,739	30
Cliffs End	6.4 km south of it	1,284	22
Monkton	8.5 km southwest of it	753	6
St Nicholas at Wade	9.5 km west of it	731	4
Sandwich	13 km south of it	4,258	10

Make a day of it

Places to add to Dreamland Margate

Choose from 35 places within 15 km, such as 6 museums, an attraction and a historic house.

AttractionThe Scenic Railway100 m away 2MuseumMuseumCrab Museum600 m away 3

MuseumCervia6.8 km away 4

Historic houseQuex Park4.4 km away 5

MuseumPowell-Cotton Museum4.9 km away 6

MuseumDickens House Museum5.4 km away 7

MuseumSundowner6.7 km away 8

MuseumRamsgate Maritime Museum6.8 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Questions about Dreamland Margate

Where is Dreamland Margate?

Dreamland Margate is in Margate, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Dreamland Margate?

Seaside amusement park in Margate, England.

Who runs Dreamland Margate?

Sands Heritage Limited.

When is the best time to visit Dreamland Margate?

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 Dreamland Margate?

Within 15 km: The Scenic Railway (100 m), Crab Museum (600 m), Cervia (6.8 km) and Quex Park (4.4 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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