Henry’s
Henry’s opened as a pub on Margate High Street in late 2025, but the name is much older. The building was Henry’s Electricals, first opened in 1932 by Denis “Henry” Poupard, an electrical engineer who later worked on wartime radar technology. After the war, the business grew into a well-known Thanet electrical and photographic retailer, remembered as the first in Thanet to sell televisions. The shop closed in 2017 after more than 80 years. The new pub kept the Henry’s name, giving the former shop a fresh use while preserving a familiar piece of Margate’s High Street history.
Pub information
📍 Address
52 High Street, Margate, CT9 1DT
🕒 Opening hours
Mon–Thu 15:00–22:00; Fri–Sat 12:00–23:00; Sun 12:00–22:00
🍺 Beer
2 changing cask ales, alongside real cider and other drink options.
Inside
Inside feels very different from the electrical shop that once traded here, with the long former retail space now turned into a warm and colourful pub full of Indian-inspired décor. Different seating areas run through the building, from darker wood-panelled booths and carved screens to brighter front spaces filled with patterned fabrics, hanging lanterns and strings of coloured lights. Bollywood film posters, cushions, plants and small decorative details give the rooms a relaxed, slightly eclectic feel without losing the shape of the old shop. Large seafront windows at the back bring in plenty of light and wide views across Margate seafront, contrasting with the darker, more intimate seating further inside.
Getting to Henry’s
Bus: From the Thanet Loop at Cecil Street, Henry’s is a short walk along the High Street.
