Walpole Bay Tidal Pool

Landmark

Queen's Promenade, Cliftonville, Margate, CT9 2LJ

Free

Britain's largest tidal pool.

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About Walpole Bay Tidal Pool

This 4-acre Grade II listed tidal pool measures 137m (450ft) long, 91m (300ft) wide at the sea end and 168m (550ft) wide at the beach

Opened in 1937, it has a maximum depth of 2m (6ft 6in).

Maintained and cleaned 2025.

Nearest Transport

Harold Road Car Parkless than half a mile away

Cornwall Gardens On-Street Parkingless than half a mile away

Community By Shell Recharge Charging Stationunder a mile away

Margate Stationjust over a mile away

Bethesda Medical Centre Bike Racka couple of hundred meters away

LOOP - Warwick Roadless than half a mile away

Nearest Facilities

Harold Road Car Park Public Toiletsless than half a mile away

Hodges Gap Lifebuoyless than a hundred meters away

Palm Bay Beach Lifebuoya few hundred meters away

Popular Attractions and Places to Visit Near Walpole Bay Tidal Pool

The Oval Bandstand & Lawns

less than half a mile away

Margate

Attraction

Lovelys Gallery

less than half a mile away

Open 9 am–5 pm

Margate

Gallery

Quench Gallery

less than half a mile away

Closed Wed

Margate

Gallery

Salon Gallery

less than half a mile away

Open 11 am–5 pm

Margate

Gallery

The Lido Stores

under a mile away

Open 11 am–4 pm

Margate

Gallery

Margate Lido Complex

under a mile away

Margate

Attraction

Shell Grotto

under a mile away

Closed Wed

Margate

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Margate Caves

under a mile away

Open 10 am–5 pm

Margate

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TKE Studios

under a mile away

Closed Wed

Margate

Gallery

Joseph Wales Studios

under a mile away

Open 10 am–5 pm

Margate

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Liminal Gallery

under a mile away

Closed Wed

Margate

Gallery

King Street Studio and Gallery

under a mile away

Open 9:30 am–4 pm

Margate

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Anthony Giles Studio

under a mile away

Closed Wed

Margate

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Carl Freedman Gallery

under a mile away

Open 12–5 pm

Margate

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Eclectic Art Gallery

under a mile away

Closed Wed

Margate

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Turner Contemporary

under a mile away

Open 11 am–5 pm

Margate

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Gallery 7

under a mile away

Closed Wed

Margate

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Anthony Wait Gallery

under a mile away

Margate

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Other Popular Places of Interest and Things to See Near Walpole Bay Tidal Pool

Hodge's Gap

less than a hundred meters away

Margate

Landmark

St Anne's RC Church

a few hundred meters away

Margate

Church

Cliftonville Memorial Fountain

a few hundred meters away

Margate

Landmark

Sacketts Gap

less than half a mile away

Margate

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Nomad ClanRise Up Residency

less than half a mile away

Margate

Mural

Newgate Gap

less than half a mile away

Margate

Landmark

Jubilee Play Park

less than half a mile away

Margate

Park

William Foord-KelceyCounty Cricketer, Professor of Mathematics and Barrister

less than half a mile away

Margate

Blue Plaque

David ShillinglawRise Up Residency

less than half a mile away

Margate

Mural

Palm Bay Green

less than half a mile away

Margate

Park

Princes Walk

less than half a mile away

Margate

Park

Take Your Trash HomeRise Up. Clean Up. Margate x Louis Masai

less than half a mile away

Margate

Mural

Dalby Square Gardens

under a mile away

Margate

Park

Historic Telephone Box

under a mile away

Margate

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Saint Paul's Church

under a mile away

Margate

Church

St Michael and St Bishoy Church

under a mile away

Margate

Church

Breeze YokoRise Up Residency

under a mile away

Margate

Mural

Palm Bay Recreation Ground

under a mile away

Margate

Park

Popular Activities and Things to Do Near Walpole Bay Tidal Pool

Nearby Beaches

Walpole Bay Beach

a few hundred meters away

Margate

Beach

Palm Bay Beach

less than half a mile away

Margate

Beach

Fulsam Rock Beach

under a mile away

Margate

Beach

Margate Main Sands

just over a mile away

Margate

Beach

Popular Eats Near Walpole Bay Tidal Pool

Popular Drinks Near Walpole Bay Tidal Pool