Castles and Forts

Richborough Fort was founded in AD 43 soon after the Romans landed in England to protect a major port of Read more…

Deal Castle is one of the earliest and most elaborate of a chain of Tudor artillery coastal forts, which also Read more…

The Norman Rochester Castle is strategically placed by the River Medway. Building started in 1087 and now you only have Read more…

Eynsford Castle is a very early Norman ‘enclosure castle’ (c.1085-7). Unlike a lot of castles at this time rather than Read more…

The Royal Military Canal was built between 1804 and 1809 as a strategic defence against invasion during the Napoleonic Wars Read more…

Sissinghurst Castle Gardens designed by poet and novelist Vita Sackville-West and her husband Harold Nicolson is set on the grounds Read more…

Scotney Castle is a Victorian country house and 14th-century ruined castle with a romantic garden and over 770 acres of Read more…

Hever Castle began as a country house, built in the 13th century. From 1462 to 1539 it was the seat Read more…

Upnor Castle is an Elizabethan waterfront artillery fort built in 1559 on the River Medway to protect warships moored at Read more…

The Drop Redoubt is one of the two linked forts on Dovers Western Heights. Linked to Citadel, by a series Read more…

Reculver Towers are all that remains os a Saxon church made within the remains of a Roman fort. Dramatic twin Read more…

Walmer Castle was originally built during the reign of Henry VIII as part of a chain of coastal artillery defences. Walmer Read more…