Rochester Castle
Rochester Castle stands on the east bank of the River Medway in Rochester, Kent, South East England. The 12th-century keep or stone tower, which is the castle's most prominent feature, is one of the best preserved of its time in England or France.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Rochester Cathedral and Rochester Christmas Market.
Rochester Cathedral
Church
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Rochester Cathedral, formally the Cathedral Church of Christ and the Blessed Virgin Mary, is in Rochester, Kent, England. The cathedral is the mother church of the Church of England Diocese of Rochester and seat of the Bishop of Rochester, the second oldest bishopric in England after that of the Archbishop of Canterbury. Rochester Cathedral is situated 470 feet east of Rochester Castle.
Rochester Christmas Market
Marketplace
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Rochester Christmas Market is a marketplace.
Rochester Guildhall
Museum
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The Rochester Guildhall is an historic building located in the High Street in Rochester, Kent, England. It is a Grade I listed building. Rochester Guildhall is situated 680 feet northeast of Rochester Castle.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Rochester and Rochester Riverside.
Rochester
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Rochester is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Chatham and Gillingham it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.
Rochester Riverside
Locality
Rochester Riverside is a large-scale urban regeneration district located on a 74-acre brownfield site between the River Medway and the railway line in Rochester, Kent, England.
Strood
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Strood is a town on the River Medway in the north of the English county of Kent. Together with its neighbouring towns of Rochester and Chatham it forms a large urban area known as the Medway Towns.
Rochester Castle
- Type: Castle
- Description: castle in Rochester, Kent, South East England
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Medway, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Welsh—“Rochester Castle” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “قلعة روتشستر”
- Armenian: “Ռոչեսթեր ամրոց”
- Basque: “Rochesterko gaztelua”
- Catalan: “castell de Rochester”
- Catalan: “Castell de Rochester”
- Cebuano: “Rochester Castle”
- Chinese: “羅切斯特城堡”
- Danish: “Rochester Castle”
- Dutch: “Rochester Castle”
- Finnish: “Rochesterin linna”
- French: “château de Rochester”
- French: “Château de Rochester”
- German: “Rochester Castle”
- Hebrew: “טירת רוצ’סטר”
- Italian: “castello di Rochester”
- Italian: “Castello di Rochester”
- Japanese: “ロチェスター城”
- Malay: “Istana kota Rochester”
- Persian: “قلعه روچستر”
- Portuguese: “Castelo de Rochester”
- Russian: “Рочестерский замок”
- Slovenian: “Grad Rochester”
- Slovenian: “Rochestrski grad”
- Spanish: “Castillo de Rochester”
- Swedish: “Rochester Castle”
- Tamil: “உரோச்சட்டர் கோட்டை”
- Turkish: “Rochester Kalesi”
- Ukrainian: “Рочестерський замок”
- Vietnamese: “Lâu đài Rochester”
- Welsh: “Castell Rochester”
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