Powell-Cotton Museum
Powell-Cotton Museum stands in Margate. The surrounding 5 km hold 7 more places to visit. Look also at Quex Park, 500 m away.
Museum in Margate
Inside Margate
Powell-Cotton Museum is inside Margate’s built-up area, with 7 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.
The year in Margate
The warmest afternoons in Margate run May to September, at 17–23°C.
Powell-Cotton Museum
Its story is told in 2 languages on Wikipedia.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Margate
- Official site
- quexmuseum.org
Finding Powell-Cotton Museum
Each numbered point is one of the places listed below; Powell-Cotton Museum is the orange one.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Margate’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where people come from
Of these 4 towns, the largest is Margate (63,315 people). Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
Margate
Minster (Thanet)
Monkton
St Nicholas at Wade
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Powell-Cotton Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Margate | It’s in town | 63,315 | 28 |
| Minster (Thanet) | 1.4 km south of it | 4,739 | 30 |
| Monkton | 3.5 km southwest of it | 753 | 6 |
| St Nicholas at Wade | 4.1 km west of it | 731 | 4 |
Worth adding to a visit
Also close at hand are 4 museums, a historic house and a theme park, among 43 within 15 km.
Historic houseQuex Park500 m away2
Theme parkDreamland Margate4.9 km away3
AttractionThe Scenic Railway4.8 km away4
Abbey or prioryMinster in Thanet Priory3.9 km away5
MuseumCervia8.4 km away6MuseumMuseumCrab Museum5.3 km away7
MuseumSundowner8.4 km away8
MuseumRAF Manston Museum3 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Before visiting Powell-Cotton Museum
Where is Powell-Cotton Museum?
Powell-Cotton Museum is in Margate, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Powell-Cotton Museum?
Museum in Birchington, Kent, England, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Powell-Cotton 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 Powell-Cotton Museum?
Within 15 km: Quex Park (500 m), Dreamland Margate (4.9 km), The Scenic Railway (4.8 km) and Minster in Thanet Priory (3.9 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)
- Powell-Cotton Museum: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Quex Park: Acabashi, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dreamland Margate: Ruth Johnston from United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- The Scenic Railway: Peet13, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Minster in Thanet Priory: Fred C. Palmer (died 1936-1939), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Cervia: stavros1, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sundowner: Stavros1, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- RAF Manston Museum: Phillip Perry, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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