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- Sep 17, 2017
- 1 min
Secret Postcard Auction
Thank you to everyone who joined us for the Secret Postcard Auction yesterday afternoon, to all the artists – over 80 of you – who...
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- Jun 28, 2017
- 1 min
Secret Postcard Auction Announced!
Artists are invited to create original postcard-sized artworks to feature in an exhibition and auction of work by new and...
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- May 8, 2017
- 1 min
Crowdfunder Results
Six weeks ago, The Margate Caves Community Education Trust launched our first Crowdfunder. Thanks to 166 pledges, ranging from £1 to...
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- Mar 23, 2017
- 1 min
Lottery Funding Secured and Crowdfunder Announced
We’ve Done It! Margate Caves will reopen in 2019. Following a seven-year campaign, The Margate Caves Community Education Trust is...
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- Nov 15, 2016
- 2 min
Big Lottery Funding Announced
We’re a step nearer reopening – the Big Lottery fund have today confirmed a grant of £422,000 to build our community rooms, which added...
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- Nov 12, 2016
- 1 min
An Ancient Coast
Around 7,000 years ago, sea levels rise across Europe forming the English Channel. Water levels continue to rise along the Kent coastline.
Margate Caves
- Nov 12, 2016
- 1 min
The Caves are Reborn from the Ashes of World War II
In May 1958 the Caves re-open again! James Geary Gardner, owner of the Chislehurst Caves, takes the lease.
Margate Caves
- Nov 12, 2016
- 1 min
Caves in Wartime
World War II forces the Caves to close and three years later, on 21 September 1941, the Vicarage above is badly damaged.
Margate Caves
- Nov 12, 2016
- 1 min
The Enterprising Vicar
Canon Michael Pryor is appointed to Holy Trinity and pays considerable attention to the Caves. He sets about revitalising them.