Full name | Hartsdown Park |
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Location | Margate, Kent, England |
Coordinates | 51°22′47″N 1°22′27″E / 51.37972°N 1.37417°E |
Owner | Thanet District Council |
Operator | Margate F.C. |
Capacity | 3,000 (400 seats)[1] |
Surface | 3G Artificial Turf |
Construction | |
Built | 1929 |
Opened | 1929 |
Tenants | |
Margate F.C. (1929–2002, 2005–present) Thanet Vikings (1986) |
Hartsdown Park is a football stadium located in Margate, Kent, England. It has been the home of Margate F.C. (known as Thanet United F.C. between 1981 and 1989) since 1929, apart from between 2002 and 2005, when the club was forced to share the grounds of other Kent clubs while protracted redevelopment work occurred.
Although the football club was able to return to the stadium in 2005, redevelopment work is still at a very early stage, and many of the ground's facilities are still of a temporary nature. Nonetheless, the club has extensive plans for the future development of the site.