Kent
Dover District
Sandwich

Richborough Castle

Richborough Castle is a Roman Saxon Shore fort better known as Richborough Roman Fort. It is situated in near , . Substantial remains of the massive fort walls still stand to a height of several metres.
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  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: Roman fort
  • Also known as: “Portus Ritupis”, “Richborough”, “Richborough Fort”, and “Richborough Roman Fort”
  • Wheelchair access: yes

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Mary’s Church and Sandwich railway station.

Church
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St. Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the town of , , England. It is recorded in the National Heritage List for England as a designated Grade I listed building, and is under the care of the Churches Conservation Trust. is situated 1 mile south of Richborough Castle.

Railway station
Photo: Edward, CC BY-SA 3.0.
serves in , . The station, and all trains serving it, are operated by Southeastern. The station is 8+1⁄4 miles south of on the Kent Coast Line. is situated 1½ miles south of Richborough Castle.

Golf course
Prince's Golf Club is a links golf course located in in in southeast . Prince's is immediately adjacent to the more famous Royal St George's golf club, and both clubs lie on the same stretch of coastline as nearby Royal Cinque Ports Golf Club. is situated 1½ miles east of Richborough Castle.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Richborough and Ebbsfleet.

Village
Photo: Val Vannet, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a settlement north of on the east coast of the county of , England. lies close to the . The population of the settlement is included in the civil parish of Ash.

Village
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a hamlet near , , at the head of . Historically it was a peninsula on the southern coast of the , marking the eastern end of the Wantsum Channel that separated Thanet from the Kentish mainland. is situated 1½ miles northeast of Richborough Castle.

Hamlet
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a small hamlet immediately adjacent to in East , England. is situated 2 miles southwest of Richborough Castle.

Richborough Castle

Latitude
51.29297° or 51° 17′ 35″ north
Longitude
1.33203° or 1° 19′ 55″ east
Elevation
16 feet (5 metres)
United Nations Location Code
GB RIC
Open location code
9F3378VJ+5R
Open­Street­Map ID
way 257156063
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­archaeological_site
Open­Street­Map feature
tourism=­attraction
Open­Street­Map attribute
wheelchair=­yes
Geo­Names ID
2639391
Wiki­data ID
Q1309736
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Satellite Map

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Spanish—“Richborough Castle” goes by many names.
  • Catalan: “Rutupiae”
  • Chinese: “里奇伯勒城堡”
  • Chinese: “里奇伯勒堡”
  • Chinese: “魯特皮埃”
  • Czech: “římská pevnost v Richborough”
  • Dutch: “Richborough Castle”
  • Egyptian Arabic: “قلعة ريتشبورو”
  • French: “Rutupiae”
  • French: “Rutupiæ”
  • German: “Kastell Rutupiae”
  • German: “Rutupiae”
  • Italian: “Rutupiae”
  • Latin: “Rutupiae”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Rutupiæ”
  • Norwegian: “Rutupiæ”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rutupiae”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Rutupije”
  • Spanish: “Rutupiae”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Richborough Castle”. Photo: Midnightblueowl, Public domain.