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DARK MARGATE WALK

Sun, Nov 1, 11:00 AM UTC · The Margate Bookshop, Market Place, Margate, UK

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  "createdAt": "2026-10-10T19:40:07.900Z",
  "description": "![](https://r2.dandelion.events/2026/09/12/14/14/47/24d96b67-0d60-4d42-a8c8-7be7a578d177/385619c3-3273-4aa6-8e8c-24e4ebc349c2.jpeg)\n\n# **Dark Margate Walk**\n\n### ** By Dan Thompson - Unreliable Historian**\n\n#### **A Dead Good Festival Event**\n\n**Sunday 1st November**  \n**11:00am - 12:30pm**  \n**Meet-up point:** The Margate Bookshop, Market Place, Margate \n\n** £10**\n\n**Finishing point: **  Bar Nothing, 17 Cliff Terrace, Margate\n\nStep into the hidden histories and stranger stories of Margate on a **one-hour guided walk** with artist, writer, anarchist and self-confessed **unreliable historian Dan Thompson**.\n\nWandering through lost rivers, sacred springs, ancient burials and chalk secrets, Dan uncovers a dark, rotten and wonderfully unreliable Margate, exploring **two thousand years of local history and Kentish folklore**. From Iron Age hillforts and Roman echoes to a medieval harbour and a Brutalist tower block; from the Lion Queen of England and East End gangsters to Zeppelin, David Bowie and the first woman to teach astronomy to girls — this is Margate as you've never heard it before.\n\nBuilt on stories, strange connections and bad memories, the walk travels from prehistory to David Bowie's R&B band, uncovering the people, places and forgotten histories that have shaped this peculiar seaside town.\n\nThe walk lasts approximately **one hour to one and a half hours** , taking place on level ground with some gentle hills.\n\n**Ticket sales support the community programme at Marine Studios.**\n\nCome prepared to see Margate differently — to follow its forgotten paths, question its official stories, and meet the eccentrics and troublemakers hiding in its history. **Expect folklore, forgotten secrets and one or two mysteries to wrangle with along the way.**\n\n### After the walk, enjoy the  **Mystic Market ** at Bar Nothing\n\n###  (where the walk finishes)\n\n![](https://r2.dandelion.events/2026/09/22/14/41/32/822ff844-4dfe-4ac2-89af-5ced464957f7/a2f71e75-5679-486c-940a-29f043ac14e9.jpeg)\n\n**WHERE YOU’LL FIND**\n\n- **Witchy crafts & magical makers**\n- **Tarot & palm readers**\n- **Magickal** J **ewellery**\n- **Handmade broomsticks**\n- **Herbal remedies & plant alchemy**\n- **Esoteric books & otherworldly guides**\n\nBrowse the stalls, discover something strange and wonderful, have your cards or palms read, find a new book, pick up a piece of enchanted jewellery or simply settle in with good food and warming drinks.\n\n### FOOD & WARMTH\n\nWe’ll be serving up **delicious, comforting, seasonal food** , perfect for settling in and warming yourself after the walk.\n\n You can read [our ticket terms and conditions](https://docs.google.com/document/d/1ZSdrUX0V00eRRVd_brA3aKdIZYJ0307f5qk2icIuSdE/edit?tab=t.0) here. \n\n### **ABOUT YOUR GUIDE**\n\n![](https://r2.dandelion.events/2026/09/12/14/15/28/88d9a664-3386-4f73-870b-214c071722ee/bc70af6f-a10d-4443-ba12-e75c0dd1d698.jpeg)\n\n### **DAN THOMPSON**\n\n**Dan** is a historian, writer, anarchist, artist and storyteller based in Margate. Through his Seaside History Club, he explores the hidden, curious and often overlooked histories of coastal towns, bringing together local archives, folklore, archaeology and storytelling. \n\nHis walks and talks reveal the strange, magical and eccentric stories woven into Margate’s streets, buildings and shoreline, offering a fresh and often unexpected way of seeing the town and its past.\n\n[danthompson.co.uk](http://danthompson.co.uk/)\n\n[@danthompson33](https://www.instagram.com/danthompson33/)",
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