Dover, sitting squarely on the south-east coast of England, has long been recognised as one of the country’s most strategically important sites, with a hill fort built here during the Iron Age; behind ...

It's one of England's treasured landmarks, and the country's largest castle in terms of square acreage. But Kent's Dover Castle – described as 'the key of England' – was badly damaged by ...

History: Unlock Dover and you unlock England. Two exhibitions highlight the castle's key role when the country was threatened with invasion. The first is a presentation using the latest light ...

By the late 18th Century Dover Castle had expanded again - three and a half miles of tunnels had been dug out, some of them 150 feet deep. The oldest tunnels were hewn out of the chalk bedrock in ...

This marked the close of Dover Castle’s extraordinary eight centuries at the heart of England’s defence. Or so we must hope. Dover Castle is just a 20-minute walk (uphill) from Dover Priory ...

A medieval fortress, the Dover Castle was called the Key of England. As the largest castle in England and the most dominant landscape of the town, its structure rises 375 feet above sea level.

True to life: Dover is one of the most realistically recreated medieval palaces Credit: English Heritage Next on your riveting schedule should be the castle itself. Building began after William ...