Margate Winter Gardens

Management of the Margate Winter Gardens returned to Thanet District Council in August 2022. Bookings at the venue have since temporarily ceased. This is so that an appraisal of the building, which requires significant investment and repair, can take place.  

As part of the Margate Town Deal, we asked for some funding to support the development of a long-term plan for the Margate Winter Gardens. As a result, £300,000 has been allocated for the Margate Town Deal Winter Gardens project.

The funding will be used to examine the structure of the building and to commission an evening and night time economy review and strategy for Thanet, to support the Winter Gardens’ position in considering options for the venue’s future.

This first phase of studies will help us to go out to the marketplace and see what interest there is for leisure provision at the Margate Winter Gardens in the future.

We know that the Winter Gardens is close to the hearts of many people within the local community. And, that people want to ask questions about what the future might look like for the venue.

While we aren’t able to answer individual questions asked on this platform, we will review all of them. This will help us to get a better picture of what people most want information about.

We will use the most asked questions to guide what we include in the FAQ section on the Margate Town Deal project page - updating it with the things our community most wants to know.