Dover

Properties and events in Dover

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Archive Access Days

Visitor Centre, Sandwich Road, Sholden, Deal, Kent, CT14 0BF
In person
Pre-booking not required

The Kent Mining Museum will not only be open every day of the Heritage Open Days week, but visitors will be able to get a closer look at some special items from the archives, such as the original Betteshanger Kent NUM banner!

Captain's Garden, Deal Castle

Opposite Deal Castle, Victoria Road, Deal, Kent, CT14 7BA
In person
Pre-booking not required

Historically this was an ornamental and a kitchen garden for the Captain of Deal Castle, a very prestigious post in its time. For years neglected, it is now being brought back into use.

Chapel of the Sacred Heart

318 Dover Road, Walmer, Kent, CT14 7NX
In person
Pre-booking not required

The only remaining part of the Convent of the Visitation, this Grade II listed chapel was designed in 1881 in Gothic style by Peter Paul Pugin and Cuthbert Pugin, but not completed until 1890.

CWGC Tours 2025 - Dover (St James's) Cemetery

Old Charlton Road, Dover, Kent, CT16 2QQ
In person
Pre-booking required

Join the Commonwealth War Graves Commission for a free tour of Dover (St James's) Cemetery.

Deal Angling Club

Deal Angling Club (1919), 13 The Marina, Deal, Kent, CT14 6NF
In person
Pre-booking not required

Originally built for the RNLI in 1883 as the North Deal lifeboat station, it is now the base for the Deal Angling Club.

Deal Masonic Hall

Deal Masonic Hall, Sondes Road, Deal, Kent, CT14 7BW
In person
Pre-booking not required

A rare chance to see inside the world of Freemasonry.

Deal Timeball Tower

Timeball Tower, Victoria Parade, Deal, Kent, CT14 7BP
In person
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Discover an iconic Grade II listed building on the seafront, which is a reminder of the importance of the town to the navy in Georgian times.

Dover's Gothic Revival: The Mayor's Parlour

Maison Dieu House, Biggin Street, Dover, Kent, CT16 1DW
In person
Pre-booking preferred

A debut since a recent major restoration, The Mayor’s Parlour is located inside Dover’s revived Medieval town hall known as Maison Dieu, now open following a multi-million pound restoration.

Gallows Field & Gazen Salts Nature Reserve

Ash Road, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9HN
In person
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Gallows field has become a grassland project for the reserve. It does, as the name implies, have a darker history.

Goodwin Sands Conservation Trust Exhibition

Deal Angling Club, 13 The Marina, Deal, Kent, CT14 6NF
In person
Pre-booking not required

The Goodwin Sands Conservation Trust's key aim is to raise public awareness of the importance and significance of the Sands, not only as part of our national maritime heritage and marine environment but also as a natural sea defence.

Leave to Land Exhibition at the Bell Hotel

1 Upper Strand Street, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9EF
In person
Pre-booking not required

The Leave to Land Exhibition is about the Kitchener Camp, where nearly 4000 men came in 1939 as refugees from Nazi Germany. The Bell Hotel has close links to the golf courses in and around the Sandwich Bay area, including the famous Royal St George's

Sandwich Guildhall

The Guildhall, Cattle Market, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9AP
In person
Pre-booking not required

Join us for a special Heritage Open Day and enjoy a rare opportunity to step inside some of the most historic and beautiful rooms in our civic building.

Sandwich Guildhall Museum

Sandwich Guildhall Museum, Cattle Market, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9AH
In person
Pre-booking not required

The museum tells the story of the ancient town of Sandwich through the ages from its very early beginnings up until the Second World War.

Sandwich Medieval Centre

The Quay, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9EN
In person
Pre-booking not required

This year Sandwich Medieval Centre will be looking at architecture and ironwork . Meet the blacksmith and a traditional timber framer. Take in the sites and sounds of the medieval workshop, play games and have a go at some amazing crafts.

St John's Cottages

1 St. Johns Cottages, Cattle Market, Sandwich, Kent, CT13 9AN
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Former Almshouses.

St. Leonard's Church, Deal

St. Leonard's church, Rectory Road, Deal, Kent, CT14 9LU
In person
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The Parish Church for Deal - dates back to at least 1180 and has been considerably modified ever since (described by one Bishop as 'the most cockeyed church in Christendom').

St. Martin's Church, Great Mongeham

St. Martin's Church, Northbourne Road, Deal, Kent, CT14 0HL
In person
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This church tucked away from the main road is a 'tour de force' of thirteenth century architecture, north and south aisles with narrow pillars create a large space for worship.

St. Nicholas' Church, Ringwould

Church Lane, Ringwould, Kent, CT14 8HR
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Grade I listed 12th century church with 14th century additions and a tower from 1628, much altered in the 19th century.

St. Nicholas' Church, Sholden

St. Nicholas Church, London Road, Deal, Kent, CT14 0AN
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This old church (13th Century) was built as a chapel of ease to Northbourne Church.

St. Thomas of Canterbury Catholic Church, Deal

Blenheim Road, Deal, Kent, CT14 7DB
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The church in late Norman style by F A Walters was officially opened on the Feast of St. Thomas of Canterbury in December 1885.