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Château
Deal Castle
Artillery fort built by Henry VIII in 1539-40, with six inner and outer bastions, now run by English Heritage.
Un mini-guide de
Deal
A shingle seafront, a pier and two Tudor castles
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Bienvenue dans le quartier
A shingle seafront, a pier and two Tudor castles
Deal is a coastal town where the North Sea meets the English Channel, about eight miles north-east of Dover. A long shingle beach runs the length of the town, with the pier in the middle and Deal Castle, one of Henry VIII's artillery forts, at the southern end of the centre; Walmer Castle is a short walk further south.
Behind the seafront, Middle Street and the streets around it are lined with fishermen's cottages and Georgian houses; White Cliffs Country says the Middle Street conservation area was the first in Kent, designated in 1968. The Timeball Tower and Deal Museum tell the story of the town and the Downs anchorage offshore.
Points forts
Par où commencer
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Château
Walmer Castle
Henry VIII artillery fort with four round bastions and gardens, run by English Heritage, south of Deal on the seafront.
Jetée
Deal Pier
Opened in 1957, the last fully intact leisure pier in Kent, in the middle of the seafront.
Musée
Timeball Tower
Waterfront tower whose rooftop timeball, set up in 1855, gave Greenwich Mean Time to ships offshore; now a museum.
Musée
Deal Museum
Maritime and local history museum in St George's Road, close to the High Street.
Église
St George's Church
Church of St George in the town centre, close to Deal Museum.
Itinéraire Site web Report a problem with St George's Church
S'orienter
Sur la carte
The map shows Deal and the streets around it. The Getting there page lists nearby stops and stations.
Bons plans d'initiés
Avant de partir
1
Walk to Walmer
The seafront promenade leads south from Deal Castle to Walmer Castle and its gardens.
2
Check castle opening days
English Heritage runs both castles. In November 2026 it listed Deal Castle as open at weekends only and Walmer Castle's interiors as closed for maintenance.
3
Look round Middle Street
The narrow lanes between Middle Street and the beach hold most of the old houses.
4
Combine with Sandwich or Dover
Sandwich is one stop north and Dover a few stops south on the same line.
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- Deal (area photo): Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Deal Castle: JimRussell, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Walmer Castle: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Deal Pier: Jim Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Timeball Tower: N Chadwick, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Sandown Castle: Oast House Archive, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Dover: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Canterbury: Hans Musil, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
- Whitstable: Michael Garlick, CC BY-SA 2.0, source
- Margate and Broadstairs: DeFacto, CC BY-SA 4.0, source
Photos from Wikimedia Commons, used under the licences shown. All photo credits
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