Walpole Bay tidal bathing pool

Walpole Bay Tidal Pool

Margate

A vast Grade II listed sea-water pool on the Cliftonville shore, filled and refreshed by the tide.

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BeachTime here: 45 min – 1.5 h

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Hodge's Gap, Margate, CT9 3BG

Quick facts

The pool was built in 1937 and is Grade II listed.

It covers more than four acres, and the incoming tide refreshes it twice a day.

It lies about a mile east of Main Sands and needs no ticket or membership to visit.

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