This Shell Grotto is Beautiful! 🐚 #history #england #kent @HistoricEngland
This Shell Grotto is Beautiful! 🐚 #history #england #kent  @HistoricEngland
Uploaded August 2025 | Updated September 2026, 1 hour ago
Margate's mysterious Shell Grotto contains 4.6 million shells. 🐚

Discovered by chance in 1835, nobody knows who built this amazing place, or why.

Tell us what you think the Shell Grotto was for in the comments.
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