'The Loveliest Skies in All Europe' ; Margate Is Ditching Its Kiss-Me-Quick Image to Capitalise On Its Artistic Heritage. David Spittles Finds Easy-Commute Sea-View Homes From 115,000

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ENGLISH landscape artist JMW Turner believed the Kent coastal resort of Margate had the "loveliest skies in all Europe". On a clear day, you can see all the way to Essex, and though that alone would not give many a reason to go there, Turner was right: Margate's skies, whether clear blue, brooding, or blazing with a sunset, are often glorious.

Sadly, the same cannot be said for the faded town below. Today, it is a very different place from the genteel resort that Turner knew in the 1830s when he painted more than 100 scenes from an unknown address in the old town.

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'The Loveliest Skies in All Europe' ; Margate Is Ditching Its Kiss-Me-Quick Image to Capitalise On Its Artistic Heritage. David Spittles Finds Easy-Commute Sea-View Homes From 115,000

However, every cloud has a silver lining. Margate is ditching its kiss-mequick image and going for gloss with a new town centre, a high-speed rail link to London (slashing train times to 80 minutes to tempt commuters), and an iconic new ...

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