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Foodie fossils
Fancy making your own fossil? Using things around the house you can see how fossils are formed in this easy to do experiment- find out...
Margate Caves
Feb 16, 20211 min read


Light bending experiment
Have fun from home and learn about light with our light bending experiment. Download the easy to follow the instructions below.
Margate Caves
Feb 16, 20211 min read

New website launch
We're launching our new website, we hope you like our new look. We decided to give the site a refresh and make it easier to update and use.
Margate Caves
Feb 9, 20211 min read

Funding success!
We have received the great news that, along with the Shell Grotto, we have received £48,200 from the government Culture Recovery Fund for...
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Oct 8, 20201 min read


RICS Social Impact Awards
We are very happy to share that we have won the South East RICS Social Impact Award for heritage. The awards recognise the built...
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Jun 10, 20201 min read


COVID-19 Update
The Margate Caves Community Education Trust is a small charity in its first year of trading. We’re sad to say that the COVID-19 emergency...
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Apr 29, 20201 min read


Happy Earth Day!
We've been preparing Earth Day challenges at the Caves - but as you can't come to us we thought we'd bring some of the challenges to you,...
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Apr 21, 20201 min read


Easter Crafts
We hope everyone is staying safe. If we were open this week we'd be running an Easter trail and crafts for the children... we can't bring...
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Apr 6, 20201 min read

The Caves Re-open for the 21st century
The Margate Caves re-opened its doors on Thursday 22 August 2019. Over 5,000 people came to visit the Caves during the first two weeks,...
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Mar 25, 20201 min read


MacEwen Award Commendation
We are very honoured that the Caves has been commended from 100s of other projects around the UK for the prestigious MacEwen Award. The...
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Feb 11, 20201 min read


Relaxed opening at the Caves
We are happy to announce we are hosting our second relaxed opening at the Caves on Saturday 22nd February from 5pm to 7pm. As well as...
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Feb 6, 20201 min read

We're Back!
The unprecedented heavy rain we experienced in Margate before Christmas caused a small chalk fall in the tunnel which needed to be fixed...
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Jan 16, 20201 min read