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Daily Mirror
a day ago
- Daily Mirror
Seaside town loved by celebs thanks to charming beach and 'cool' streets
Margate has transformed into a trendy destination with its stunning beach, vibrant atmosphere, top-notch eateries and refreshing coastal air - no wonder celebs can't get enough of the place If you're seeking the perfect weekend escape from the hustle and bustle of London, this hidden treasure in Kent is just the ticket. Margate, with its beautiful beach, lively atmosphere, top-quality restaurants and invigorating sea air, is the ideal spot for families or couples looking for a romantic short break. You may hold dear memories of Margate from your younger years, but the modern-day Margate has so much more to offer. The town boasts an impressive culinary scene and a thriving arts community. But don't worry — while Margate has certainly moved with the times, it hasn't lost its quintessential seaside charm. Today, it provides the best of both worlds: it's fashionable and creative, yet still exudes that nostalgic British holiday vibe. And we can't overlook Margate Main Sands — home to some of the softest, golden sands stretching across 19 miles of stunning Kentish coastline. Margate's Cliftonville area has been hailed as one of the 'coolest' in the UK, and TimeOut has named the town as one of the top places to visit. It's no wonder that Margate has become a magnet for celebrities and Londoners alike, causing a surge in property prices. Keep a lookout and you might spot famous faces like Lily Allen, Sam Mendes, Olivia Coleman, and even some cast members from EastEnders, reports MyLondon. For unique experiences, Margate is the place to be. Attractions include the Margate Museum, the eccentric Crab Museum, the magical Shell Grotto, and the subterranean marvels of Margate Caves. The delightful Margate Old Town is packed with quirky, smaller museums and diverse shops spanning from vintage to modern styles. Celebrating its legacy as a coastal resort, Margate delivers all the classic seaside pleasures: numerous fish and chip outlets, ice cream vendors scattered across the seafront, beachside pubs, and even mini golf. A short walk from the shore sits Dreamland, a retro funfair that remains a beloved destination for families. The venue features traditional carnival rides, live music performances, and the Scenic Railway—Britain's oldest timber rollercoaster. After spending hours on the sand, Peter's Fish Factory at 12 Royal York Mansions in Margate offers glowing recommendations for your fish and chips fix. For those seeking a more formal dining experience, Margate also excels with food establishments like Angela's and Bottega Caruso, alongside trendy newcomers such as Sargasso and Fort Road Hotel. Those craving a cultural expedition should visit the Turner Contemporary gallery, which showcases diverse art exhibitions that easily match London's cultural offerings. Guests can participate in guided tours and activities or relax in the café overlooking the harbour. Should you be organising a weekend break, ensure you experience Margate's magnificent four-acre tidal pool, situated merely 1.4 miles from Margate Main Sands. The Walpole Bay Tidal Pool, loved by swimmers throughout the year and families, stands as the UK's largest and features "fresh water springs rising from the beach" within its boundaries. It provides a perfect location to breathe in the sea air whilst enjoying a swim or simply relaxing beside the water. To reach Margate by rail, the HS1 service from St Pancras to Margate takes just 1 hour and 20 minutes. Should you prefer to drive from London, follow the M2, A2, A299 (Thanet Way), then the A28.
Time Out
a day ago
- Time Out
Kew Gardens has opened a major new attraction with more than 6,500 plants
Kew Gardens has been helping Londoners escape from stuffy city life for nearly 250 years, and ideally, it would continue to do so for 250 more. That may not be possible, however, if climate change continues unchecked; which is exactly what the attraction's brand new Carbon Garden wants to draw attention to. Kew Gardens' new Carbon Garden is 'a curated selection of herbaceous perennial' or, in layman's terms, a long-term exhibition full of nice-looking, carbon-eating plants. It opened last Friday (July 25) and its goal is to illustrate to visitors through the medium of 'plant' just how severe the climate crisis is getting, and the role that nature has in combating it. Did you know that fungi could be valuable warriors in the fight against global warming? You certainly would after a trip to the Carbon Garden. In terms of what you'll be able to see there, it's pretty varied. Each plant selected, from flowers to trees to hedges and grass, demonstrates a different way in which carbon can aid or hinder the natural world. Built around a circular path, your journey begins in a 'dry garden', which includes a selection of 'drought-tolerant' plants, and ends in its rainy equivalent, built to show how we can 'manage water flow' in a climate-friendly way which draws carbon out of the air and into the ground. Right at the centre is a unique mushroom-shaped sculpture 'inspired by the symbiotic relationship between plants and fungi'. This also doubles as a bit of shade from the sun or shelter from the rain for us humans, and will facilitate school trips and community projects. Maybe mushrooms really are our friends. Richard Wilford, who designed the garden, described it as 'a unique opportunity to showcase our ongoing research, combining scientific insight with thoughtful design and beautiful planting to highlight the role of carbon in our lives,' adding; 'We hope the Carbon Garden inspires visitors to act and join us in shaping a more sustainable, resilient future for life on our planet.' You can access the Carbon Garden with a regular Kew Gardens ticket or pass. Even though the iconic glasshouse is shutting down for renovations, hopefully this means your visit to the Richmond park is still worth your time.
Metro
3 days ago
- Metro
Is Greggs the last bastion of a cheap sausage roll?
Pasties, pies and Wellingtons were staring back at Robbie Knox at the bakery in Balham, south London. Then he saw it. A sausage roll. But then Robbie, a 48-year-old writer and YouTuber, saw the price…. a whopping £3.50. 'This was 2010, and I remember thinking it was outrageous,'Robbie told Metro, 'but then eating it, it was one of the best sausage rolls I've ever had.' These days, though, Robbie has to pay slightly more than £3.50 for a sausage roll. Prices of one of Britain's most iconic snacks have skyrocketed in recent years. To see just how expensive the humble sausage roll is, Metro visited 40cafés, caffs, bakeries, butchers and diners in London. Of them, only 15 sold the pastry, mainly in upmarket coffee shops or train station bakeries. The most expensive sausage roll we found won't be too surprising to any foodies reading this -The Ginger Pig. The butcher's 'world-famous sausage roll', as the sign outside its Borough Market stand reads, is £7. West Cornwall Pasty Co. sells chunky sausage rolls for £6.39, with a smaller-sized one for £1 less at its Waterloo Station branch. Rise & Bloom, an independent coffee shop just south of Hoxton, have a price tag of £5.50 and is £6.50 on Deliveroo. Just by Russell Square, a branch of Store Street Espresso also flogged a BBQ-glazed sausage roll for £5.50. The speciality coffee shop sold what tabloids dubbed the 'world's most expensive sausage roll' in 2023, at an eye-watering £7.20. The bakery chain, Gail's, followed on a technicality – £5.30 if you want to eat in at the branch in King's Cross St Pancras, or £4.50 to go. Two cafe franchises – F**koffee and Loafing – both sell chunky rolls sprinkled with herbs and spices for £5, the same price as the luxury department store Harrods does. The cheapest sausage roll we found was at a kiosk within Baker Street called Treats, where riders can grab a beef sausage roll for £1.70. Another budget pork in a duvet of puff pastry was Nibbles, a sandwich shop by Angel, selling them for £2.50. While Maks News, a family-owned newsagent's on Columbia Road, has an in-store bakery that sells the go-to breakfast item for just £1.99. All three are still a few more pennies than one of the most famous sausage rolls in the UK – by the bakery giant, Greggs. A Greggs sausage roll once cost 85p – now it's at least £1.25, according to a Greggs price tracker. The exact amount you'll pay for your Greggs sausage roll depends on where you live. Metro paid £1.55 for one outside Liverpool Street. Based on our extensive research, Londoners have three options if they have a hankering for a freshly baked sausage roll: a cheap-ish one from Greggs or a pricier one from a posh coffee shop or a train station stand. Baked goods are more expensive for a few reasons, Ebony Cropper, a cost of living specialist at Money Wellness, told Metro. 'The cost of ingredients like pork, butter, and flour has all gone up because of global supply chain issues, climate impacts on crops and ongoing food inflation,' she said. 'On top of that, pasty shops are facing higher bills for energy, water and rent, alongside rising staff costs because of the increase in the National Minimum Wage. All these pressures get 'baked' into the final price.' As chefs experiment with the tried-and-true sausage roll recipe, none of these high-quality ingredients come cheap, explained Richard Price, a professional grocery buyer. 'When you're paying £5-£7 in a premium coffee shop, you're also covering the cost of the ambience, the quality of coffee served alongside, the packaging and the perceived exclusivity,' the founder of online supermarket Britsuperstore told Metro. Metro reporter Josh Milton was out and about for a whole day trying the nation's favourite pastry. This is his take on it all. I grew up in a cramped council estate in Romford – even Sainsbury's felt posh to me. So the thought of spending a fiver on a sausage roll brings me right back to wondering why my family never went on holiday like the other kids did. But if there's one thing that clocking 38,000 steps taught me, it's that you really do get what you paid for in the world of pastries. You know that a Greggs sausage roll will be good, but you also know it won't be dusted with herbs you've never heard of or packed with fillings you can't easily get in the supermarket. The Greggs roll has and always will be my go-to, even now that I'm a vegetarian who can easily wolf down four vegan ones in two minutes. Yet, if I'm in the mood to sit down and really appreciate this beloved parcel of pastry that has been popular in the UK for centuries, I know I'll have to spend a little more. Train station bakeries also tend to be more expensive as they don't have a steady flow of customers; rather, they're 'grab and go' types, Vix Leyton, a consumer expert at Thinkmoney, said. 'This, coupled with the fact there is a captive audience, without the time or the option to shop around, means you will often be paying a convenience premium for that pasty you were daydreaming about between Sheffield and Stockport,' she added. The Ginger Pig iconic breakfast snack has 200g of meat and 100g of puff pastry, a spokesperson told Metro. 'There's more meat than most burgers plus the equivalent of a posh croissant in every single one,' she said, adding that the bakers add a 'vaguely obscene quantity of real butter'. 'Mincing, laminating, chilling…it has to be done properly, no corners cut. Oh, and they simply must be enjoyed warm.' James Mitchell, the group head chef at the Jolene in Newington Green, told Metro that the bakery's rolls use 'rare breed pork from Swaledale, a Yorkshire-based butchers', called Middlewhite and Oxford Sandy pigs. 'The sausage meat is seasoned with red wine, fennel seeds, garlic and black pepper before being wrapped in Jolene puff pastry,' they added. 'The pastry is made with regeneratively farmed flour from Wildfarmed and cultured butter from the Estate dairy. 'The sourcing of the ingredients is key to what we do and we feel this really shows through in the sausage roll.' Not everyone can cough up a fiver for a sausage roll while they're rushing to work, as Laurence, a 29-year-old living in Hertfordshire, once did years ago as a prop worker. More Trending For his YouTube channel, Lets Test Laurence, he's wolfed down the 'most expensive sausage roll' in the capital (Harrods) and the most 'famous' one (Greggs, of course). He told Metro that even sausage rolls costing more these days make sense – it's London, after all. 'But for now, I'll continue to buy them,' Laurence said. 'Staple foods and drinks should be protected from inflationary pressures in London. 'Starting with beer and sausage rolls wouldn't be a bad place to begin.' Get in touch with our news team by emailing us at webnews@ For more stories like this, check our news page. MORE: McDonald's 'best burger by far' is finally returning — but there's a big catch MORE: McDonald's won't be bringing these massive boxes of fries to the UK and we're devastated MORE: Teen dies after getting sucked into meat grinder at burrito factory
