Deal Castle
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Lieven Smits, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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- Type: Tourist attraction
- Description: 16th century coastal artillery fort, located in Deal, Kent, England, UK
- Also known as: “Artillery castle at Deal”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Deal Pier and Deal railway station.
Deal Pier
Photo: Jim Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Deal Pier is the last remaining fully intact leisure pier in Kent. It is the third pier to exist in Deal and was opened in November 1957 by the Duke of Edinburgh. Deal Pier is situated 1,800 feet northeast of Deal Castle.
Deal railway station
Railway stop
Photo: Joshua Brown, CC BY-SA 2.0.
Deal railway station serves Deal in Kent, England. The station and all trains serving it are operated by Southeastern. The station is on the Kent Coast Line 9.5 miles north east of Dover Priory and 86.75 miles south east of London Charing Cross. Deal railway station is situated 1,800 feet northwest of Deal Castle.
St Saviour’s, Walmer
Church
Photo: Stephen Craven, CC BY-SA 2.0.
St Saviour's is a church on the seafront of Walmer, Kent, United Kingdom. St Saviour’s, Walmer is situated 2,200 feet south of Deal Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Walmer and Sholden.
Walmer
Village
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 2.0.
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.
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.
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. Kingsdown is situated 2½ miles south of Deal Castle.
Deal Castle
- Categories: castle, military museum, fort, tourism, grassland, and historic site
- Location: Deal, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude
51.21944° or 51° 13′ 10″ northLongitude
1.40362° or 1° 24′ 13″ eastInception
1540Operator
English HeritageOpen location code
9F336C93+QCOpenStreetMap ID
way 127108128OpenStreetMap feature
historic=castleOpenStreetMap feature
landuse=grassOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionGeoNames ID
6286400Wikidata ID
Q1180981
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Ukrainian—“Deal Castle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حصن ديل”
- Basque: “Deal gaztelua”
- Cebuano: “Deal Castle”
- Chinese: “迪尔堡”
- Chinese: “迪爾城堡”
- Chinese: “迪爾堡”
- Danish: “Deal Castle”
- Dutch: “Deal Castle”
- French: “château de Deal”
- French: “Château de Deal”
- German: “Deal Castle”
- Irish: “Caisleán Deal”
- Japanese: “ディール城”
- Malay: “Istana kota Deal”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Deal Castle”
- Norwegian: “Deal Castle”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Deal”
- Swedish: “Deal Castle”
- Ukrainian: “Ділський замок”
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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 “Deal Castle”. Photo: Lieven Smits, CC BY-SA 3.0.