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Margate The Bay

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  • Water temp(satellite):
  • 6.3°C
  • 2025-01-21

The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast adjacent to Margate town centre. It is a gently shelving sandy beach with a harbour wall at the eastern end and a rock formation that is exposed at low water at the western end. A promenade sits above the beach and there is a saltwater pool on the beach below the high water mark.

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The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Margate town centre. It is a gently shelving sandy beach with a promenade along the length. There are extensive underwater rock formations just offshore to the east and west which are exposed at low water.
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The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast close to Margate town centre. It is a gently shelving sandy beach with a harbour wall at the western end and a lido at the eastern end. There are extensive underwater rock formations just offshore along the length of the beach which are exposed at low water. A promenade sits above the beach with public gardens behind.
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The bathing water is a resort beach on the north Kent coast near to Margate. It is a gently shelving sandy beach with a lido at the western end and tidal pool at the eastern end. There are extensive underwater rock formations just offshore along the length of the beach which are exposed at low water. These formations are part of a Site of Special Scientific Interest and are great for rock pooling. A promenade sits above the beach with small cliffs behind.
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