Hornby Hobbies Visitor Centre
One of the places to visit in Margate is Hornby Hobbies Visitor Centre, a museum. Its neighbours on our list number 24 within 5 km. Further out, Dreamland Margate is 2.3 km away.
Museum in Margate
Inside Margate
Hornby Hobbies Visitor Centre is inside Margate’s built-up area, with 24 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.
Month by month
Warm weather in Margate runs May to September, with highs of 17–23°C.
Hornby Hobbies Visitor Centre
Museum.
In Margate, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Margate
How to visit
- EntryA fee is charged
Where to find Hornby Hobbies Visitor Centre
The numbers show what else is near Hornby Hobbies Visitor Centre, in the order listed below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Margate’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where people come from
Home to 63,315 people, Margate is the largest of these 5. Start with its own town; the others follow by distance.
Margate
Broadstairs
Ramsgate
Minster (Thanet)
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Hornby Hobbies Visitor Centre is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margate | It’s in town | 63,315 | 28 |
| Broadstairs | 100 m east of it | 25,780 | 25 |
| Ramsgate | 700 m south of it | 42,031 | 26 |
| Minster (Thanet) | 2.2 km southwest of it | 4,739 | 30 |
| Cliffs End | 4.1 km south of it | 1,284 | 22 |
Also near Hornby Hobbies Visitor Centre
Also close at hand are 5 museums, a theme park and an attraction, among 38 within 15 km.
Theme parkDreamland Margate2.3 km away2
AttractionThe Scenic Railway2.2 km away3
MuseumCervia4.5 km away4MuseumMuseumCrab Museum2.6 km away5
MuseumSundowner4.5 km away6
MuseumDickens House Museum3.6 km away7
CastleSandown Castle14 km away8
MuseumRamsgate Maritime Museum4.5 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Quick answers on Hornby Hobbies Visitor Centre
Where is Hornby Hobbies Visitor Centre?
Hornby Hobbies Visitor Centre is in Margate, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Hornby Hobbies Visitor Centre?
Museum.
When is the best time to visit Hornby Hobbies Visitor Centre?
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 Hornby Hobbies Visitor Centre?
Within 15 km: Dreamland Margate (2.3 km), The Scenic Railway (2.2 km), Cervia (4.5 km) and Crab Museum (2.6 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
- Sundowner: Stavros1, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dickens House Museum: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sandown Castle: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Ramsgate Maritime Museum: Rodw, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
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