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The Albion Rooms, Margate, Kent

Michael Edwards enjoys the coolest B&B in Margate, The Libertines’ Albion Rooms.

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Margate harbour

 Insider’s Guide to Margate, Kent

Locals may not like Margate’s nickname – Shoreditch-on-sea – but Michael Edwards finds there’s more than a grain of truth in the comparison.

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National Trust Cream Teas At Sissinghurst Castle Garden. Indulgent cream teas amongst flora and fauna

Anthea Gerrie enjoys the delights of a COVID-friendly cream tea amongst the flora and fauna of Sissinghurst Castle Garden.

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Thackeray's Restaurant

Thackeray’s Restaurant. Tunbridge Wells

Thackeray’s Honesty menu is a bit risky for the house because of the considerable investment in presentation as well as the preparation of special dishes not on the regular menu.

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Driving the Kent Coast to Dungeness

The road to Dungeness, site of lighthouses old and new and a partially-decommissioned nuclear power station, offers every kind of driving challenge, from where a few pleasantly twisty miles lead to the mediaeval hilltop town of Rye

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For what looks like an unassuming little restaurant in the depths of the Thanet hinterland, The Corner House in Minster has garnered a great deal of attention over the past five years.

The Corner House, Minster. Excellent foodie destination.

For what looks like an unassuming little restaurant in the depths of the Thanet hinterland, The Corner House in Minster has garnered a great deal of attention over the past five years.

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