Margate is a small seaside town on the Channel Highway between North-West Bay and the Snug Tiers, 7 kilometres (4 mi) south of Kingston in Tasmania, Australia.

Margate is part of the Kingborough Council and is a frequent stop for those travelling south towards Snug, Kettering or Bruny Island.

The town itself has a range of shops, schools and religious buildings as well as several notable features, including the Dru Point Bicentennial Park on the edge of North-West Bay.

A fair percentage of the population commute into the greater Hobart area while the rest are employed locally in either the service industry or commercial enterprises such as the Tassal fish factory or the Austal shipyard.

An observatory was set up on a small island at the mouth of the North West Bay River to observe a solar eclipse and a number of Aboriginal people were encountered during the expedition's stay.