Margate House

Style

Artily dressed townhouse

Setting

Squarely near the sea

Stylishly dressed, art-studded, and offering a laidback welcome, Margate House is a modern townhouse B&B overlooking a steps-from-the-seafront square. Interiors pair lavish lighting, locally sourced art and flashes of ruby velvet with exposed brickwork, sisal floors and mid-century-style furniture for a grit-meets-glamour aesthetic. The same could be said for this boutique hotel’s Cliftonville setting, where you’re surrounded by locals rather than tourists, amid Northdown Road’s shops, cafés and bars – although the Turner, Marine Drive and the Old Town are only a walk away.

Facilities

Номера

Nine.

Checkout

Noon; earliest check-in is at 4pm. With notice, the hotel can accommodate early check-in or you can leave your luggage at Margate House until your room’s ready.

Больше сведений

Rates exclude breakfast, but continental breakfast of yoghurt, fruit and granola, fresh pastries, juices, tea and coffee is available to buy for £10 per person.

Also

As the stone staircase leading up to Margate House’s period townhouse entrance suggests – and the hotel’s stairs-only four storeys confirm – this is sadly not a suitable stay if you’re a wheelchair user or have limited mobility.

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At the Hotel

Drawing Room, free WiFi throughout. In rooms: air-conditioning, Roberts Radio, hair-dryer, Krups coffee machine, tea-making kit, free canned water, fresh milk (dairy or oat), crisps and sweets, and Haeckels bath products.

Our Favourite Rooms

If you know you’ll be hitting the town from brunch until late, Small Rooms offer an affordable crashpad, only lacking in lounge space, or you’ll find more wriggle room in a Medium. All nine rooms are thoughtfully appointed in a rust-and-rose colour palette with luxury linens, custom-built mid-century-style furniture, plus pieces from local store L’Abstrakt, and eye-catching artwork. It’s the Large Rooms, however – one on each floor, filling the bay windows that overlook the square (with glimpses of the sea) – that top the podium: for their sitting areas, their whimsical seaside nods (wavy headboards, lighthouse-striped lamp shades), and their super-king beds.

Poolside

There’s no pool, but at low tide, you can swim in Walpole’s tidal seawater pool, which is a 15-minute stroll from the hotel.

Spa

There’s no spa at Margate House but let the Haeckels products in your room inspire you to book a treatment at the brand’s local outpost, a four-minute walk away.

Packing Tips

With strong artistic leanings, Margate is Bohemia on sea, so pack your blackest separates, blockiest footwear, and biggest and brightest jewellery, shades and bags.

Also

The hotel’s staffed daily between 7am and 10pm; after that, guests have key access and assistance is only a WhatsApp message away.

Дети

Margate House is best suited to couples and has an over-18s-only policy.

Галерея

Food & Drink

Top Table

Margate House has just the one – an antique stone-topped table at the heart of the Drawing Room.

Дресс-код

A town full of artists needs no prescribed fashions.

Hotel Restaurant

There’s no restaurant at Margate House, but the Drawing Room is the setting for Continental breakfast each morning, where you can fuel up on yoghurt, granola, fresh fruit, juices, coffee and tea, as well as glossy croissants and pains-au-chocolat. If you’re returning to your room during the day, a selection of snacks accompanies your tea- and coffee-making kit.

Hotel Bar

Staff will happily fix you a beer or glass of wine to sip in the Drawing Room.

Last Orders

Staff are on hand to make drinks between 7am and 10pm. Breakfast timings are agreed individually with guests.

Room Service

You can request breakfast to be brought to your room.

Planes

Southend Airport, a 90-minute drive away, is the closest international hub; it’s billed as London for some budget airlines that fly there (and the train links are pretty reasonable; take note if you're driving, there are tolls at Dartford), but the nearest more-official London-serving airports are London City or Gatwick, both also a 90-minute drive.

Trains

A choice of London terminals serves Margate station, including London Victoria and London St Pancras. On alighting at Margate, the hotel is a brisk 20-minute walk away along the seafront, or a taxi would get you there in five minutes.

Automobiles

You won’t need a car to enjoy this Kent resort – it’s all walkable – but if you’re bringing wheels, there’s free street parking around the hotel.

Worth Getting Out of Bed For

Some of Margate’s highlights are obvious and keenly observed by most visitors: – taking the air on Margate Beach, strolling the esplanade, dipping into amusement park Dreamland’s vintage rides, food stalls and outdoor venue spaces, and wandering the galleries at Turner Contemporary. And the town’s Shell Grotto, a cavernous subterranean network of shell-adorned chambers, is worth a visit (not least so you can join the eternal debate about its intended use). As well as the Turner, Margate’s bountiful arts scene features Carl Freedman Gallery on Union Crescent (next door to Tracey Emin’s place), and weekend openings at Emin’s TKE Studios. Tucked away from the seafront, the Old Town is a characterful cocktail of cobbled lanes and diminutive squares: check out the (currently closed, but impressively façaded) 16th-century Tudor House on King Street, and blue plaques for Turner and his contemporary George Morland on the corner of Love Lane. Last but not least, Margate has two tidal pools (swim at low tide for the easiest conditions) – one on the front, and another at Walpole, the latter of which has a Haeckels sauna hut on wheels with seasonal opening.

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This Mr & Mrs Smith hotel participates in the World of Hyatt loyalty program. As a member, you can earn and redeem points and enjoy exclusive benefits for qualifying nights. .