Mergate: Margate's Mermaid Parade 2024 in pictures

Margate's sparkly celebration of seaside life

Mergate, Margate's Mermaid Parade returned this year for the second time, yesterday, June 1, celebrating the town's coastal spot and its people in a flourish of aquamarine sequins and glitter.

Taking its cues from Coney Island's Mermaid Parade, the march, and wider day, is a salute to seaside living and our responsibility to look after it.

At the same time, it is a joyous celebration of Margate's creative community, which has its own artistic relationship to the coast.

Equally as important, the parade is an opportunity to dress up, enjoy yourself and champion where you live — and here are some snaps of Margaters doing exactly that.