Walpole Tidal Pool 

A nice day in July, so as family are visiting from Hertfordshire (with young children) we decided to visit Walpole Tidal Pool.
The beach was not busy, a plus seeing we are still in this virus period. People kept distance and a fun day was had by all. There is a small shop/cafe on the beach but many seemed to bring lunch or small BBQ set ups. As you can see in the video you can take inflatables and boards into the tidal pool.
History
Walpole Bay Tidal Pool was built in 1937, one of two tidal pools constructed at the same time in Margate, the other at Marine Terrace opposite Cliftonville Lido. Both were constructed in order to make it possible for large numbers of people to bathe in the sea at all states of the tide because, owing to the gradual slope of the beach and the considerable tidal range, low water mark at spring tides could be as far as 300 yards from the promenades.
This tidal pool was designed by E A Borg, Borough Engineer of Margate but executed with modifications under his successor W L Armstrong using direct labour. It enclosed the foreshore with two side walls and an end wall on the seaward side with the natural chalk beach used as the floor of the pool, the slope giving a maximum depth at the seaward end of 6 feet 6 inches. The walls were built of interlocking concrete blocks, each about one ton in weight, with old tram rails concreted into the walls at intervals of 12ft, fixed in position by hand cranes. The work was carried out day and night to take advantage of every tide because at Walpole Bay it was never possible to work on the outer wall more than a few spring tides each month, as the neap tides never leave this position.
The pool covers over four acres and its dimensions are 450ft long, 300ft wide at the seaward end and 550ft long at the landward end. It cost circa £7,000. The top level of the wall was arranged so that the pool was completely submerged at every tide, ensuring a sufficient change-over of sea water twice a day. Fresh water springs rise from the beach within the walls providing fresh water from the floor of the pool. Originally two diving boards were provided.
And History on that lift I mentioned in the video:
History
The Cliff Lift, Queens Promenade, was built in 1934 for Margate Borough Council in order to provide easier access between Easter and September from the top of the cliffs along Queen's Promenade to the beach at Walpole Bay below, including the 1900 Walpole Bay Tidal Pool (Grade II). Until then access to the beach had been either through Newgate Gap or by means of the 1911 Cliftonville Cliff Railway which originally adjoined the Cliff Lift but was demolished in 1978. The lift was more manageable for the infirm, elderly and those with prams.
The structure is shown on the 4th Edition Ordnance Survey map of 1940. In the 1950s the lift cost 3d for adults and 2d for children. The structure was refurbished in the 1990s.
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