Fort · Margate · Kent

Margate Caves

One of the places to visit in Margate is Margate Caves, a fort. Nearby, 10 more places to visit are within 5 km. A drive of 800 m reaches Dreamland Margate.

Where

In Margate

inside the built-up area

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Fort in Margate

Inside Margate

Margate Caves is inside Margate’s built-up area, with 10 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

Warm months and wet ones

In Margate the warm season is May to September, with highs of 17–23°C.

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

Margate Caves

Hillfort in Kent.

In Margate, inside the town’s built-up area.

Type: Fort
Town: in Margate

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

Plan your visit

Know before you go

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

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

The map

Finding Margate Caves

Margate Caves is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Towns close to Margate Caves

Margate is the biggest of the 4 bases nearby (63,315 people). The towns are in order of distance, its own town first.

1 · It’s in town

Margate

63,315 people · 28 places to visit

2 · 2.6 km southeast of it

Broadstairs

25,780 people · 25 places to visit

3 · 3.3 km south of it

Ramsgate

42,031 people · 26 places to visit

4 · 4 km southwest of it

Minster (Thanet)

4,739 people · 30 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Margate Caves is	People	Places to visit
Margate	It’s in town	63,315	28
Broadstairs	2.6 km southeast of it	25,780	25
Ramsgate	3.3 km south of it	42,031	26
Minster (Thanet)	4 km southwest of it	4,739	30

Make a day of it

Also within reach

There are 35 within 15 km, 5 museums, a theme park and an attraction among them.

Theme parkDreamland Margate800 m away 2

AttractionThe Scenic Railway800 m away 3MuseumMuseumCrab Museum300 m away 4

MuseumCervia7 km away 5

Historic houseQuex Park5.2 km away 6

MuseumDickens House Museum5.2 km away 7

MuseumPowell-Cotton Museum5.6 km away 8

MuseumSundowner6.9 km away

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

Questions people have about Margate Caves

Where is Margate Caves?

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

What is Margate Caves?

Hillfort in Kent.

When is the best time to visit Margate Caves?

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 Margate Caves?

Within 15 km: Dreamland Margate (800 m), The Scenic Railway (800 m), Crab Museum (300 m) and Cervia (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
Quex Park: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Dickens House Museum: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Powell-Cotton Museum: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sundowner: Stavros1, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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