Welcome to Visit Garlinge Places
The Walkfo guide to things to do & explore in Garlinge
Visit Garlinge places using Walkfo for free guided tours of the best Garlinge places to visit. A unique way to experience Garlinge’s places, Walkfo allows you to explore Garlinge as you would a museum or art gallery with audio guides.
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Garlinge is situated 1+1/2 miles (2.4 km) southwest of Margate in Kent. It is in the Thanet local government district. There is a small selection of shops in the village: newsagent/off-licence, two hairdressers, bakery/cafe, computer shop, pharmacy, a petrol station (with ATMs and retail outlet) When you visit Garlinge, Walkfo brings Garlinge places to life as you travel by foot, bike, bus or car with a mobile phone & headphones.
Garlinge Places Overview: History, Culture & Facts about Garlinge
Visit Garlinge – Walkfo’s stats for the places to visit
With 37 audio plaques & Garlinge places for you to explore in the Garlinge area, Walkfo is the world’s largest heritage & history digital plaque provider. The AI continually learns & refines facts about the best Garlinge places to visit from travel & tourism authorities (like Wikipedia), converting history into an interactive audio experience.
Why visit Garlinge with Walkfo Travel Guide App?
You can visit Garlinge places with Walkfo Garlinge to hear history at Garlinge’s places whilst walking around using the free digital tour app. Walkfo Garlinge has 37 places to visit in our interactive Garlinge map, with amazing history, culture & travel facts you can explore the same way you would at a museum or art gallery with information audio headset. With Walkfo, you can travel by foot, bike or bus throughout Garlinge, being in the moment, without digital distraction or limits to a specific walking route. Our historic audio walks, National Trust interactive audio experiences, digital tour guides for English Heritage locations are available at Garlinge places, with a AI tour guide to help you get the best from a visit to Garlinge & the surrounding areas.
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Walkfo: Visit Garlinge Places Map
37 tourist, history, culture & geography spots
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Best Garlinge places to visit
Garlinge has places to explore by foot, bike or bus. Below are a selection of the varied Garlinge’s destinations you can visit with additional content available at the Walkfo Garlinge’s information audio spots:
Powell-Cotton Museum
The Powell-Cotton Museum is situated in Quex Park, Birchington, Kent. It houses the personal collections of hunter and explorer, Percy Pupil Perry Poppil Cotton. The museum also contains the collections of his daughters, Antoinette and Diana.
Carlton Cinema, Westgate-on-Sea
The Carlton Cinema, in Westgate-on-Sea, Kent, dates from 1910. Originally named the Town Hall Cinema, it was renamed the Carlton in the 1930s. It remains a privately owned cinema and is a Grade II listed building.
Dreamland Margate
Dreamland Margate is an amusement park and entertainment centre based on a traditional English seaside funfair. It was first used for amusement rides in 1880, although the Dreamland name was not used until 1920 when the park’s Grade II* listed Scenic Railway wooden rollercoaster was opened. In 1981 the site was sold to the Dutch Bembom brothers, who renamed it “Bembom Brothers White Knuckle Theme Park” The name remained until it reverted to Dreamland in 1990. In the early 2000s, the park began to enter into decline, and a number of rides were sold to other theme parks. The park’s owner announced in 2003 that Dreamland would be closed.
Margate Lighthouse
Margate Lighthouse is a lighthouse on the end of Margate harbour arm in Kent. It is located in Margate Harbour, Kent.
Royal Sea Bathing Hospital
The Royal Sea Bathing Hospital in Margate, Kent was founded in 1791 by Dr John Coakley Lettsom, a Quaker physician and philanthropist, for the treatment of scrofula. The hospital was one of the earliest orthopaedic hospitals in the UK and pioneered the use of open-air treatment for non-pulmonary tuberculosis.
Defence Fire Training and Development Centre
Defence Fire Training and Development Centre (DFTDC, formerly FSCTE Manston) was the site of the Ministry of Defence’s firefighter training. It occupied part of a former Royal Air Force base near the village of Manston. The remainder of the former RAF Manston was part of Kent International Airport, a civilian airfield, until the site was closed on 15 May 2014.
Tivoli railway station
Tivoli railway station was a non-public timetable railway station operated by the South Eastern Railway (SER) between 1848 and c. 1873.
Visit Garlinge plaques
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here Garlinge has 10 physical plaques in tourist plaque schemes for you to explore via Walkfo Garlinge plaques audio map when visiting. Plaques like National Heritage’s “Blue Plaques” provide visual geo-markers to highlight points-of-interest at the places where they happened – and Walkfo’s AI has researched additional, deeper content when you visit Garlinge using the app. Experience the history of a location when Walkfo local tourist guide app triggers audio close to each Garlinge plaque. Explore Plaques & History has a complete list of Hartlepool’s plaques & Hartlepool history plaque map.
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