| |  |  Where To Find Us | | | We welcome your visit to us at Margate.Our offices, manufacturing, research and development facilities are all located on one site a few miles from the centre of Margate. Broadstairs and Ramsgate are similar distances away. Road, rail, air and sea offer a choice of routes. It is as easy to reach us from several of Europe's major cities as from many in Britain.
| |  |  | | We are less than two hours drive from the centre of London and about half an hour by road from Dover. The A2 from London which is dual carriageway, leads to the M2. Most routes to the area arrive by the M2 and A299. The distance from the end of the M2 to the Hilger Crystals factory is approximately 23 miles and takes about 35 minutes.Here is the recommended route from the M2 motorway.- Continue to the eastern end of the M2, which joins the A299 just after the Canterbury/Dover exit (A2).
- Continue along the A299 following the Ramsgate signs to where it meets the A253.
- Take the second exit at this roundabout (ie. straight on), signposted for Ramsgate (A253)
- Continue past Manston Airport (Kent International Airport) to the roundabout.
- Take the first exit onto the A256, signposted Broadstairs, and continue to the Westwood roundabout (Pearce Signs is on the left)
- Take the first exit onto the A254 and continue about half a mile to the Hornby/Scalextric factory on the left.
- Turn left into Enterprise Rd. Turn left at Continental Approach and continue along the left hand side of "Cummins Power Generation". The Hilger Crystals factory is at the extreme left hand side.
|  | | Trains run every half an hour from London (Victoria) and less frequently from Charing Cross, to Margate. There are also frequent trains from the Channel Ports. A taxi from Margate Station to our offices takes less than 10 minutes.
For a searchable train timetable, click here. |  | | London-Gatwick is the nearest major airport and you can reach Margate from there by road in about one and a half hours. London-Heathrow is just over two hours away by road. Manston Airport (Kent International Airport), which is only two miles away from Westwood, receives small charter planes and helicopters. |  | | The port of Dover is only 15 miles away. Using the Channel Tunnel you can travel from Calais, France to Folkestone, England in 40 minutes.
Call for detailed directions. |
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