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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Travel
Jessica Salter

The chic guide to Margate: How to spend 24 hours in the Kent seaside town

Margate is not an undiscovered gem. Half of east London has moved there and staked its flag on the beach. Though I confess I was among those to roll my eyes whenever a subsequent person told me they were relocating. That is until a recent scorching summer day.

I took the train out for a 24-hour mini break to catch the last day of the Turner Contemporary’s excellent show – Resistance, by Steve McQueen – and had my head turned by the creativity which has been brought by a new wave of chefs and hoteliers.

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