The WonderWorks
Museums & Science Centres · Margate, Kent
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Closed — opens tomorrow at 10am
🏠 Indoor0–11–33–55–88–1212–16Educational☔ Rainy-day friendlyBirthday parties
What’s there
- Café on site
- Birthday parties
Only facilities we’ve confirmed are listed — anything missing here we simply haven’t checked, rather than know to be absent.
The WonderWorks, formerly known as the Hornby Hobbies Visitor Centre, is a family-friendly hobby attraction on the Westwood Industrial Estate on the edge of Margate. Its exhibits trace the history of Britain's best-loved toys, with rare products from the Hornby, Scalextric, Airfix and Corgi archives, a history of Hornby's model trains from early home-made tin toys onwards, and large model railway and slot-car layouts to watch. Children can get hands-on with models and kits in the interactive experience area, and there is a shop stocking the brands on show plus a café serving hot and cold food. The site is a fit for model railway fans, car enthusiasts and families looking for a rainy-day outing, and it has an accredited Kent Children's University learning destination status. Group and birthday bookings are available by arrangement.
Stuff to take with you
The things people wish they’d packed for a day out like this one.
Refillable water bottleMost places will fill it for free.
Snacks that survive a rucksackCheaper than the café, and buys you twenty minutes.
Wet wipes
Small first aid kitPlasters solve more days out than anything else here.- Audiobook or story CD
- Nappy sacks
- Teething gel
- Face wipes
Bum bag
Portable phone charger
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Photos: 維基小霸王, CC BY-SA 4.0 · Renée Kools, CC BY 4.0 · Plusea, CC BY 2.0
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