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The Mechanical Elephant

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Open, closes
28-30 Marine Terrace Margate CT9 1XJ
Accessible Breakfast Dine In Outdoor Seating Sunday Lunch Sports/TV Great View WiFi
Food Hygiene Rating 5££
Wetherspoons on the sea-front

About The Mechanical Elephant

The Mechanical Elephant was a popular attraction in Margate, a petrol engine driven life-size elephant which carried children along the seafront.

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Nearest Transport

Belgrave Road Car Parka couple of hundred meters away
Belgrave Road On-Street Parkinga couple of hundred meters away
GeniePoint Charging Stationa few hundred meters away
Margate Stationless than half a mile away
Margate High Street Bike Racka few hundred meters away

Opening Hours

Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Sun

Popular Nearby Eats

Life is a Beach

nearby
Open
Margate
££Icecream

O Vesu

less than fifty meters away
Margate
££Pizza

Provisions Coffee

less than fifty meters away
Margate
££Coffee

Rad Burger

less than fifty meters away
Margate
££Burgers

Sunset Fish Bar

less than fifty meters away
Open
Margate
££Fish & Chips

Domino's Pizza

less than fifty meters away
Open
Margate
££Pizza

Sands Cafe Bar

less than fifty meters away
Margate
££ Cafe

Atlantis Fish & Chips

less than fifty meters away
Margate
££Fish & Chips

Birdie Macs

less than fifty meters away
Margate
££Chicken

Beano Cafe & Family Restaurant

a couple of hundred meters away
Open
Margate
££ Cafe

Clock Tower Kebabs

a couple of hundred meters away
Open
Margate
££Kebabs & Burgers

Chix Stock

a couple of hundred meters away
Open
Margate
££Chicken

Cinque Ports

a couple of hundred meters away
Open
Margate
££ Pub

Cafe de China

a couple of hundred meters away
Open &
Margate
££Chinese & Szechuan

Roller Cafe

a couple of hundred meters away
Margate
£££ Restaurant

Sea Shed

a couple of hundred meters away
Margate
££ Kiosk

Giorgios

a couple of hundred meters away
Open
Margate
£££Italian & Mediterranean

Cafe Darcy

a couple of hundred meters away
Open
Margate
££ Cafe
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Popular Nearby Drinks

Hall By the Sea

less than fifty meters away
Margate
££ Venue

Sands Cafe Bar

less than fifty meters away
Margate
££ Cafe

Beano Cafe & Family Restaurant

a couple of hundred meters away
Open
Margate
££ Cafe

Cinque Ports

a couple of hundred meters away
Open
Margate
££ Pub

Sea Shed

a couple of hundred meters away
Margate
££ Kiosk

Cafe Darcy

a couple of hundred meters away
Open
Margate
££ Cafe

Justines

a couple of hundred meters away
Open
Margate
£££ Nightclub

Margate Beach Club

a few hundred meters away
Open
Margate
££ Bar

Marina Cafe

a few hundred meters away
Open
Margate
££ Cafe

3 B's Kitchen

a few hundred meters away
Open
Margate
££ Cafe

The Clockwork Cocktail Company

a few hundred meters away
Open
Margate
££ Bar

Costa Coffee

a few hundred meters away
Open
Margate
££Coffee

HOFFS

a few hundred meters away
Open
Margate
££ Cafe

Buoy and Oyster

a few hundred meters away
Open
Margate
£££Seafood

Morelli's Gelato

a few hundred meters away
Open
Margate
££Icecream

Where Else?

a few hundred meters away
Closed Thu
Margate
££ Bar

The Glass Jar

a few hundred meters away
Open
Margate
£££ Bar

Big Shot

a few hundred meters away
Open
Margate
££ Cafe
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Popular Nearby Attractions and Places to Visit

Dreamland

Dreamland

a couple of hundred meters away
Open
Margate
Attraction

The Margate School

a few hundred meters away
Open
Margate
Gallery
Viking Coastal Trail

Viking Coastal Trail

a few hundred meters away
Margate, Broadstairs & Ramsgate
Day Trip

LIMBO

a few hundred meters away
Closed Thu
Margate
Gallery

Margo in Margate

a few hundred meters away
Open
Margate
Gallery

Matthew Penn at The Black Gallery

a few hundred meters away
Margate
Gallery

Kavel Rafferty

a few hundred meters away
Margate
Gallery

Carl Freedman Gallery

a few hundred meters away
Open
Margate
Gallery
Margate Old Town

Margate Old Town

a few hundred meters away
Margate
Attraction

Anthony Giles Studio

less than half a mile away
Closed Thu
Margate
Gallery

Pie Factory

less than half a mile away
Open
Margate
Gallery
Crab Museum

Crab Museum

less than half a mile away
Closed Thu
Margate
Museum

Gallery 7

less than half a mile away
Open
Margate
Gallery

Eclectic Art Gallery

less than half a mile away
Open
Margate
Gallery

Anthony Wait Gallery

less than half a mile away
Margate
Gallery

King Street Studio and Gallery

less than half a mile away
Open
Margate
Gallery
Old Kent Market

Old Kent Market

less than half a mile away
Open
Margate
Attraction

The Harbour Arm Gallery

less than half a mile away
Margate
Gallery
See all Attractions and Places to Visit in Margate

Popular Nearby Places of Interest and Things to See

Jubilee Clock Tower

Jubilee Clock Tower

less than a hundred meters away
Margate
Landmark
Marine Gardens

Marine Gardens

a couple of hundred meters away
Margate
Park
Sea Shed Mural

Sea Shed MuralThe Margate Drop - Louis 'Masai' Michel

a couple of hundred meters away
Margate
Mural

Dreamland Cinema PlaqueFilm Cell

a couple of hundred meters away
Margate
Plaque

Robert Calvert and Space RockWriter, Poet, Musician and Band

a few hundred meters away
Margate
Blue Plaque

Henry FrederickDuke of Cumberland and Strathearn

a few hundred meters away
Margate
Blue Plaque
Standing Stones

Standing StonesPaul Wehrle and Suzannah Dunn

a few hundred meters away
Margate
Sculpture

Thomas Stearns EliotPoet

a few hundred meters away
Margate
Blue Plaque
Marine Terrace Tidal Pool

Marine Terrace Tidal Pool

a few hundred meters away
Margate
Landmark

Eliot Shelter Gardens

a few hundred meters away
Margate
Park

George IVMonarch

a few hundred meters away
Margate
Blue Plaque
Nayland Rock Shelter

Nayland Rock Shelter

a few hundred meters away
Margate
Landmark

Margate Baptist Church

a few hundred meters away
Open
Margate
Church

Karl MarxRevolutionary, Author

a few hundred meters away
Margate
Blue Plaque
Lifeboatman Memorial Statue

Lifeboatman Memorial Statue

a few hundred meters away
Margate
Sculpture

Richard BarhamAuthor

a few hundred meters away
Margate
Blue Plaque
Hawley Square

Hawley Square

a few hundred meters away
Margate
Park

Phyllis BroughtonDancer and Actress

a few hundred meters away
Margate
Blue Plaque
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