Tourist attractions Dover

A 4km-walk along the clifftop leads to South Foreland lighthouse , from where there are extraordinary views of the cliffs, Dover, the Channel and, on a clear day, France.

The Romans built a lighthouse (Pharos) on this site, and a church (St Mary de Castro) was later founded by the Saxons. William the Conqueror reinforced the fortifications, and the superb keep was added around 1180, with a surrounding wall. The Const..

There are just two Roman Churches in Dover. St-Mary's Church remains in tact but St Jame's Church is in ruins. The Hall of Maison Dieu (14C.) and Maison Dieu House (17C. have also survived, both in Biggin Street and Waterloo Crescent by Phill..

This Roman house has the most attractive murals seen in an interior north of the Alps. It also has a wall that formed part of a Saxon fort.

In a spacious setting, relics from every period of the town's long history are exhibited here, including a piece from a 3100 year-old bronze age boat, discovered close to the museum in 1992.

On the chalky embankment you will see the elaborate 5km fortifications which rise up from the port towards the cliff named by Shakespeare, amongst which are the redoubt built in 1808 and the magnificent triple stairway of the big well (42m), desi..

Walmer Castle was turned into an elegant home with some fine 18C gardens . Once official residence of the Lords Warden of the Cinque Ports (five ports: Dover, Hastings, Hythe, Sandwich and Romney), the castle recently became the Queen Mother's. Th..

To resemble the rose of the Tudors, the solid castle built under the reign of Henry VIII was designed with "petals", concentric bastions where heavy arms were used to fight off attacks from the sea.

Richborough Roman Fort was erected during the Roman invasion and is where Emperor Claudius' invading forces probably landed in AD 43. Roman Rutupiae remained one of the province's most important ports, and was later the headquarters of the troops res..