Margate is a place of contradictions, gentrified yet still infused with an unmistakable sense of character. Wandering its blustery streets reveals a town that’s at once affluent and deprived , sometimes on the same street. It’s now more famous for its robust arts scene than it is for penny arcades and fish and chips, with a wealth of bars, coffee shops and restaurants cropping up across town. House prices doubled in the space of a decade (although they’ve levelled off recently) and Cliftonville, where you can find the recently renovated Margate House, was named the eighth coolest district in the world by Time Out in 2022.

There’s a solemn sort of grandeur to Dalby Square, where Margate House is located opposite a park (a picture on its menu reveals it was once a row of tennis courts). T

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