Fun Facts About Margate

July 7, 2022 Lewis Roe

Our third stop on our tour of interesting UK towns is one of the most iconic seaside resorts in the country.

1. Which town of the Cinque Ports was Margate a limb of?

2. Which famous sitcom based a special episode in the town?

3. What was the original name of Dreamland theme park?

4. What is special about the squirrels in Margate's cemetery?

5. What was the Mechanical Elephant?

6. Who bought Jenny?

7. Who played the first concert Lewis ever went to?

8. Which famous comedy duo played their only Kent show here in 1947?

9. Which local artist appears on the twenty pound note?

10. What fact did you find most interesting?

1. When was naked bathing banned?

2. How long did it take the original steamboats to get from London to Margate?

3. Who discovered the chalk mines by falling into them?

4. How tall was Richard Joy?

5. What was once called the 'best house in Margate'?

6. How long did Coote Synge-Hutchinson own the building?

7. What fact did you find most interesting?

1. What is on top of the clock tower?

2. How many floors does Arlington House have?

3. How much wine did the English capture in the Battle of Margate?

4. What is the name of the movie based on a battle that took place here on St James' Day?

5. Which major football team adopted Margate as a nursery?

6. What is the name of the smallest pub in the country?

7. What fact did you find most interesting?