Walmer Castle

Walmer Castle is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry VIII in , , between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the strategically important off the English coast.
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  • Tourist attraction
  • …is also known as “artillery castle at Walmer”
  • …is operated by English Heritage
  • …dates from 1540
  • Description: castle in Kent, England
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Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Mary’s Church and Old St Mary’s, Walmer.
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The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, commonly… is situated 1,400 feet west of Walmer Castle.
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Old St Mary's Church, officially known as The Blessed… is situated 3,100 feet west of Walmer Castle.
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serves in , England. is situated 4,000 feet west of Walmer Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Walmer and Kingsdown.
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is a town in , in England.
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is a village on the coast of .
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is a village and electoral ward near in , England.

Walmer Castle

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Latitude
51.20009° or 51° 12′ 0″ north
Longitude
1.39943° or 1° 23′ 58″ east
Open location code
9F33692X+2Q
Open­Street­Map ID
way 39218139
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­castle
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Geo­Names ID
2634862
Wiki­data ID
Q2543161

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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Welsh—“Walmer Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: “قلعة وولمر”
  • Armenian: “Ուոլմերի ամրոց”
  • Azerbaijani: “Uolmer qəsri”
  • Basque: “Walmer gaztelua”
  • Belarusian: “Ўолмэр (замак)”
  • Catalan: “Castell de Walmer”
  • Chinese: “沃爾默城堡”
  • Danish: “Walmer Castle”
  • Dutch: “Walmer Castle”
  • French: “Château de Walmer”
  • German: “Walmer Castle”
  • Hebrew: “וולמר”
  • Irish: “Caisleán Walmer”
  • Italian: “castello di Walmer”
  • Italian: “Castello di Walmer”
  • Italian: “Walmer Castle”
  • Japanese: “ウェルマー城”
  • Japanese: “ウォルマー城”
  • Macedonian: “Валмерски замок”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Walmer Castle”
  • Portuguese: “Castelo de Walmer”
  • Russian: “замок Уолмер”
  • Russian: “Замок Уолмер”
  • Russian: “Уолмер”
  • Scottish Gaelic: “Caisteal Walmer”
  • Slovenian: “Grad Walmer”
  • Slovenian: “Walmer Castle”
  • Spanish: “Castillo de Walmer”
  • Swedish: “Walmer Castle”
  • Turkish: “Walmer Kalesi”
  • Welsh: “Castell Walmer”

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