Walmer
Walmer is a town in the district of Dover, Kent, in England. Located on the coast, the parish of Walmer is six miles south-east of Sandwich, Kent. The town's coastline and castle are popular amongst tourists.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Village with 7,950 residents
- Description: town in the district of Dover in Kent, England
- Also known as: “Walmer, Kent”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Walmer Castle and Deal Castle.
Walmer Castle
Photo: Lieven Smits, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Walmer Castle is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry VIII in Walmer, Kent, 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 Downs anchorage off the English coast.
Deal Castle
Photo: Lieven Smits, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Deal Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII in Deal, Kent, 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 Downs anchorage off the English coast.
St Mary’s Church
Church
Photo: JoshTilley, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, commonly shortened to St Mary's, is a church in the Church of England parish of Walmer, Kent, England.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Deal and Kingsdown.
Deal
Photo: Nilfanion, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Deal is a coastal town in Kent, England, which lies where the North Sea and the English Channel meet, 8 miles north-east of Dover and 8 miles south of Ramsgate.
Kingsdown
Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Kingsdown is a village on the English Channel coast of Kent. Parts of the village are built on or behind the shingle beach that runs north to Deal and beyond, while other parts are on the cliffs and hills inland.
Sholden
Village
Photo: Penny Mayes, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Sholden is a small village adjacent to the seaside town of Deal, lying on the road towards Sandwich in Kent, South East England. Sholden is situated 1½ miles northwest of Walmer.
Walmer
- Categories: town, civil parish, and locality
- Location: Walmer, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.20689° or 51° 12′ 25″ northLongitude
1.39992° or 1° 23′ 60″ eastPopulation
7,950Elevation
79 feet (24 metres)United Nations Location Code
GB WMFOpen location code
9F33694X+QXOpenStreetMap ID
node 29433470OpenStreetMap feature
place=village
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Walmer” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “والمر”
- Armenian: “Ուոլմեր”
- Asturian: “Walmer”
- Azerbaijani: “Uolmer”
- Basque: “Walmer”
- Bengali: “বালমার”
- Cebuano: “Walmer”
- Chinese: “沃尔默”
- Chinese: “沃摩尔”
- Chinese: “沃爾默”
- Dutch: “Walmer”
- French: “Walmer”
- German: “Walmer”
- Gujarati: “વોલમેર”
- Hebrew: “וולמר”
- Irish: “Walmer”
- Italian: “Walmer”
- Japanese: “ウェルマー”
- Japanese: “ウォルマー”
- Japanese: “ワルマー”
- Kannada: “ವಾಲ್ಮರ್”
- Korean: “월머”
- Ladin: “Walmer”
- Lithuanian: “Valmeras”
- Norwegian Nynorsk: “Walmer”
- Persian: “والمر”
- Polish: “Walmer”
- Portuguese: “Walmer”
- Romanian: “Walmer”
- Russian: “Уолмер”
- Slovenian: “Walmer”
- South Azerbaijani: “والمر”
- Spanish: “Walmer”
- Swedish: “Walmer”
- Tamil: “வாள்மேற்”
- Telugu: “వాల్మర్”
- Turkish: “Walmer”
- Urdu: “والمیر”
- Welsh: “Walmer”
- “Walmer”
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Localities in the Area
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Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Marke Wood Recreation Ground and Walmer Baptist church.
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