The Margate Shell Grotto is one of Kent, England's greatest cultural treasures. Some 4.6 million seashells line the walls of the subterranean passageway in ornate mosaics—but just as interesting as ...

Who built the Shell Grotto, and why do we care so much? By Gabrielle Schwarz Six years ago, during a trip to the seaside town Margate, England, my family and I visited a site known as the Shell Grotto ...

Artist Paul Hazelton, from Margate, says he feels it is his responsibility to restore the damaged wall of the Shell Grotto An artist is undertaking painstaking work to restore parts of the original ...

A mysterious shell grotto can be found tucked away in underground tunnels and has been described as the 'UK's strangest hidden gem'. Located in Margate, Kent, the Shell Grotto was accidentally ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Less than six feet beneath a residential neighborhood in the English seaside town of Margate lies a mysterious underground cavern.

A TRENDY seaside town has a bizarre underground attraction made of millions of shells. However, there is a long-standing mystery behind it – as no one knows why it was built. Hidden beneath Margate in ...

A benefit concert to raise funds for Margate’s mysterious and magical shell grotto is being held on Saturday, July 5, at the Hilderstone memorial theatre in Broadstairs. The show is in aid of The ...

The world is full of unsolved mysteries. Codes, puzzles, and cryptic public art tease us with their intrigue, and have left some of our most revered historians, cleverest cryptographers, and most ...

An artist is undertaking painstaking work to restore parts of the original wall of a Kent tourist attraction which was partly destroyed in a bombing raid during World War Two. Paul Hazelton says he is ...

Some believe it was a meeting spot for sea witchcraft A TRENDY seaside town has a bizarre underground attraction made of millions of shells. However, there is a long-standing mystery behind it – as no ...