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Squeeze through 70 feet of tunnels lined with 4.6 million shells in Margate
Shell Grotto
The Shell Grotto is a Grade I listed underground passage covered in shell mosaics, found by accident in 1835 and still unexplained; a cheap, strange add-on to a Margate day out.
- Where
- Margate, Kent (day trip, ~75 miles) CT9 2BU
- Format
- Drop-in
- Cost
- £
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