Margate Chess Club has now moved to the Church Hall beneath Union Church and you have to go down the hill at the side of the church (Pump Lane) and turn right (into Union Row) to find the entrance behind the black gates. The full address is:-

Union Church,
Union Crescent,
Margate,
Kent,
CT9 1NR

We still meet on Thursdays and tea and coffee making facilities are available for free.
There are 3 rooms we can use, so we can have a separate analysis room, and enough tables and chairs for league events to be held there, plus committee meetings. The venue is nice and quiet (no more noisy quizzes!) with no stairs to climb and wheelchair access too. We have been meeting there for a couple of weeks on a trial basis, and have now confirmed it as our new home. We leave the front door open until 7:30 when the clocks start, so ring the bell to be let in if you arrive later than this.
Parking is in the nearby streets and there are no restrictions after 5pm where the parking meters are in Union Crescent, with Addington Street & Addington Road (by the Post Office depot) also having places to park. There are also about 6 spaces on the opposite end of Union Row.

We used to meet here around 20 years ago, so I’m told, so we’ve “come home” effectively.

John Clarke,
Secretary of Margate Chess Club