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Dover Attractions
Listed below are attractions in Dover:
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On 25 July 1909 Frenchman Louis Bleriot became the first man to fly across the English Channel. To commemorate this achievement on 4 February 1910 a memorial was placed on the spot where the pilot landed within sight of the...
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Today it seems a celebrity is always about to swim across the English Channel, but when Captain Matthew Webb did it on 24th and 25th August 1875 he became the first man in the world to swim the twenty-one miles...
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Latest Dover Review
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Dover, the gateway to Europe. It is a somewhat overlooked town in terms of its tourism, but that is sad. People get off the ferries and speed as fast as they can to get to their onward destinations, never thinking to spend some time in the town. Dover has one of the best 11th Century Castles in the United Kingdom, if not the world, in Dover Castle. The town's museum has historical items dating back to Roman times, whilst Samphire Hoe, an artificial piece of land jutting into the... 
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- Patrick Boniface
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History always remembers the first man to achieve a remarkable feat and in flying across the English Channel that particular honour goes to Frenchman Louis Bleriot, but it was an Englishman who completed the first round trip just one year...
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The county of Kent has many area that are ideal for horse riding including the White Cliffs at Dover. Cornillo Riding School maybe quite hard to find without the aid of a sat nav system but is worth the effort....
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The mill is a historic building in Kent built in 1812 to supply flour to feed the troops camped out along the Kent coast awaiting a possible invasion by Napoleon. You may do tours of the mill and see all...
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The coastal town of Dover is famous for its cross channel ferry port and magnificent Norman castle, but not so well known for its lawn bowls club, which has a strong following in the Kent town. The perfectly manicured lawn...
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Dover Castle has been a defensive stronghold for over two thousand years. Long before the arrival of the Normans in 1066, this high land above the English Channel was an Iron Age hill fort, whose shape determined the stone fortifications...
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Dover Leisure Centre is a modern well equipped leisure centre that offers a wide range of sporting and fitness activities. The centre is located on Townwall Street and has plenty of cheap car parking nearby. The centre boasts swimming pools...
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The Port of Dover has since Roman times been a major route to and from the continent. Today the port is the busiest ferry terminal in the Europe, but to one side of the port is Dover Marina. This award...
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Dover Museum celebrates a long and interesting history of this Kent town which has for many generations been significant because of its proximity to France. Now a major shipping port, the seafaring element of the community cannot be underplayed...
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The Dover Patrol Memorial stands on the spot where the last bomb was dropped in 1918 at the end of the First World War. Throughout the war patrols of the English Channel were undertaken from Dover and the obelisk at...
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Dover Transport Museum has a large collection related to the history of public and private transport on display. As one of the most important port towns in the country, the museum does show a bias towards sea transport, although...
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Started in 1643 Dover Unitarian church can be found on Adrian Street near to the town’s main road and the bustling Marina complex. The founding fathers of the Unitarian church disagreed with many of the teachings and were later persecuted...
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Dover Watersports Centre can be found on the seafront near to the cruise line terminal. Run as a charity the centre focuses on getting people of all abilities out onto the water in a variety of craft, such as kayaks,...
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Located just outside of Dover is Farthingloe Farm. Farthingloe Farm is a working farm but one that is open to the public to see how organic farming can be carried out in partnership with nature. The farm has a number...
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The Napoleonic Wars saw a great many defences built around the coastline of Britain, one of the most unique parts of this construction is Dover’s Grand Shaft. The Grand Shaft is essentially a vertical tunnel 140 feet high cut into...
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Dover is a town steeped in military history with many monuments and memorials to the fallen of numerous campaigns, one such is the Indian War Memorial. The Indian War Memorial was erected in August 1861 by the men of the...
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Set within the former grounds of the historic Kearnsey Abbey just outside of Dover in Kent can be found Kearnsey Abbey Country Park. The park is laid out around a series of large ponds, which attract a wide variety of...
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Kearnsey Bowls Club can be found in the Dover suburb of River and has been in existence since 1906. The club has continued to grow and prosper and is a member of the Kent County Bowling Association. Regular club competitions...
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Hidden amongst the trees of the Western Heights overlooking the port of Dover in Kent is an important historic church dedicated to the Knights Templar. The remains of the church consist of just a broad outline. Work started on this...
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One of the most impressive buildings in Dover is Maison Dieu. In 1203 construction started of Dover’s current Town Hall, Maison Dieu but its original use was as accommodation to pilgrims. In the centuries since then the building has served...
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Within the shadow of the magnificent Norman stronghold of Dover Castle, there is a wonderful and beautiful place of peace and quiet in the otherwise hectic modern day town, that place is Maison Dieu Gardens. The gardens are named after...
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In two world wars, the Kentish town of Dover was at the forefront of the conflict and sustained terrible punishment from enemy guns, missiles and bombs, but it was the ships of the merchant navy that suffered the most. The...
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The North Downs National Trail runs from Farnham in Surrey to Dover in Kent and passes through many areas of outstanding natural beauty. If you’re a Chaucer fan, why not follow the Pilgrims’ Way which constitutes part of the...
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During the Second World War St James’ church was hit and destroyed by the German artillery fire and it has remained as a ruin ever since as a memorial to the people of the town who lost their lives during...
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Operation Fuller was the hurried and ill fated response to the German Navy’s famous Channel Dash in 1942 when three powerful Kreigsmarine warships daringly sailed through the narrowest part of the English Channel right in front of the British Defences....
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The Pines Garden lies in a hollow above the towering 200ft. White Cliffs of Dover. Our organic garden has six acres of undulating lawns, mature trees and flowering shrubs giving it open parkland peacefulness. But enclosed, more intimate areas can...
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Just above the beach at St Margaret’s Bay near Dover you can find an oasis of calm in the six acres of the Pines Garden. The Garden features a lake with a cascade and plenty of easy walking routes plus...
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During the Roman invasion of Britain Dover was one of the principal ports of the empire. A Great amount of money was spent by the Romans constructing buildings suitable for their occupation. One of the finest in Dover was discovered...
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With its close association with the sea the Cinque Port of Dover is the ideal place for the Royal Cinque Ports Yacht Club to be based. The yacht club was first established in 1872 making it the fifth oldest such...
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Samphire Hoe is the most recent extra large piece of land added to the United Kingdom. Located just a short distance from Dover, Samphire Hoe was constructed with the waste dug from the Channel Tunnel project and today is an...
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This lighthouse is one of the most striking landmarks on top of the White Cliffs of Dover, and is far more than just a building of interest architecturally. It was the place where Faraday did a great deal of...
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St Edmund’s Chapel is an unassuming small church on Priory Road, but it is one of the oldest buildings in Dover. The chapel was started in 1253 as a place where travellers and pilgrims could stop, eat and rest on...
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There are no half measures with the parish church of St Margaret of Antioch in St Margaret's Bay in Kent. The Church was started in 1140 by the Normans and inside the church visitors can find many fine Norman arches...
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Dover was in Napoleonic times on the frontline in the conflict between Great Britain and France and a great many fortifications were erected in the town including those at St Martins Defences in the Western Heights overlooking the port of...
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Dover’s main church is the impressive St Mary’s Church in the centre of the coastal town in Kent. The original building is thought to have been established in Saxon times, but was added to by the Normans in the 11th...
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St Nicholas Church in the tiny Kent village of Ringwould, not far from Dover, has been a part of the community for nearly nine hundred years and is one of only three churches in England dedicated to St Nicholas, who...
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The small St Paul’s Church is located in Maison Dieu Road and has been a feature of the town since its completion in 1868. The Roman Catholic Church has been renovated on numerous occasions over the years and suffered damage...
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The small community church of St Peter and St Paul is situated in the small village of River, near Dover. The church has a long history dating back to its foundation in Medieval times when it was originally dedicated to...
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St Peter’s Church in the small hamlet of Westcliffe, near St Margaret’s Bay is a charming little English country church. The church, when originally built in Saxon times was at the heart of a growing village but today the village...
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The trustees of the area created this museum in order to serve as a lasting memorial to the late Fred Cleary OBE. The collections change on a regular basis and tend to stick to an environmental theme and pieces...
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When coal was discovered in East Kent, a particular fine vein was located near to Dover and mined at Tilmanstone and Sandown coileries. For over a century Kentish miners toiled underground to retrieve the coal. Often the work was noisy,...
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Western Heights is a large fortification that was begun building during the Napoleonic Wars in order to protect the English stronghold harbour at Dover. Completed in the 1860s, the site forms one of the most impressive examples of its...
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Whinless Down Local Nature Reserve is a free to enter Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty located just a short distance from the centre of Dover in Kent. The area is awash with colour as the ancient chalk landscape and grassland...
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The ’White Cliffs of Dover’ need little introduction and are known throughout the world. Situated in the southeast corner of Kent, the cliffs are the first glimpse of England gained by many international visitors travelling from continental Europe. Best viewed...
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We stayed for a week just outside Dover and found plenty to do. Dover has a thriving port, with regular ferry crossings to France which were very reasonable. We went over to Calais for the day, which was great. The town is full of history and there is plenty to see, including a great museum. We had a really interesting visit to Dover Castle and managed a couple of short walks in the area. I recommend the Tourist Information Centre in the town. They were very helpful and gave us a pile of information on what was going on. There is a really nice restaurant, the Allotment, which we visited. Excellent food and the staff were most obliging.
- H. Connor
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