There is something for everyone at Quex Park. You can play, get creative or shop in the craft village, garden centre or farm shop. Then stop for a range of refreshments at Quex Barn or any of the cafes around the park. Also has a farm park for the younger guests!
Located in Margate, the Bus Cafe is an ideal location for breakfast or lunch with the family. A restored and converted London Bus, the Bus Cafe serves hot and cold food.
Book early to avoid disappointment!
https://www.margatecaves.co.uk/
The Caves have been welcoming visitors since 1863. Originally dug as a chalk mine in the 18th century it went largely forgotten for over 100 years before being rediscovered and restored for personal recreation and then, eventually, as a tourist attraction. Despite its huge popularity during the Victorian period and on into the 20th Century, the Caves were closed in 2004, reopening to the public in 2019.
https://www.ramsgatetunnels.org/
Your Explorer tour starts with a short film show in a 150 year old Victorian Railway Tunnel before heading off to see the purpose built Air Raid Precaution tunnels where thousands took shelter and lived under the town of Ramsgate.
Depending on which Explorer Tour you choose, you will either continue along our Railway Tunnel, or head further into the Air Raid Precaution Tunnels.
https://www.shellgrotto.co.uk/
There are more questions than answers... Discovered by chance in 1835, the subterranean Shell Grotto’s curving chalk walls are studded with 4.6 million shells. They create a magical mosaic of strange patterns and symbols.
Was this a place of worship, a setting for secret meetings or an extravagant folly? We don’t know who built this amazing place, or why, but since the first paying customers descended the chalk stairway in 1838, debate has raged about the Grotto’s origins.
https://www.english-heritage.org.uk/visit/places/reculver-towers-and-roman-fort/
The imposing twin towers of the medieval church at Reculver dominate the skyline of Herne Bay, acting as a navigation marker for ships at sea. This was the site of one of the earliest Roman forts built against Saxon raids on the 'Saxon Shore'. It later became the site of an Anglo-Saxon monastery before becoming the parish church for Reculver. The tall towers were built in a remodelling of the church in the 12th century.
A lovely walk along the Viking Coastal trail gets you to Reculver from Seapoint.
https://www.sustrans.org.uk/find-a-route-on-the-national-cycle-network/viking-coastal-trail
A beautiful cycle trail along the North Kent coast, the Viking Way is a 20 mile (30 mile if you make it circular) cycle way. It's recognised as a SusTrans national cycleway and passes along the seafront in Birchington to Reculver in the west, and Margate and Ramsgate in the east.
A circular version is shown at https://explorekent.org/activities/viking-coastal-trail/
https://www.wonderworksmargate.co.uk/
Be ready to be a kid, regardless of your true age! Hobbies, exhibitions, ScalexTric, Hornby, Airfix, Corgi and lots more. Including access to the 'not so famous' Grand Prix Du Margate! Go on, you know you want to. Let your inner child come out.......
And when you're done, there's an on site Cafe too for that well earned cuppa!