Richborough Castle Museum

Richborough Castle is a Roman Saxon Shore fort better known as Richborough Roman Fort. It is situated in Richborough near Sandwich, Kent. Substantial remains of the massive fort walls still stand to a height of several metres.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include St Mary’s Church and The Crispin Inn.

St Mary’s Church

Church

Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

St. Mary's Church is a redundant Anglican church in the town of Sandwich, Kent, 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. St Mary’s Church is situated 1 mile south of Richborough Castle Museum.

The Crispin Inn

Pub

Photo: Cameraman, CC BY-SA 2.0.

The Crispin Inn is a pub, which is situated 1¼ miles south of Richborough Castle Museum.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Richborough and Ebbsfleet.

Richborough

Village

Photo: Val Vannet, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Richborough is a settlement north of Sandwich on the east coast of the county of Kent, England. Richborough lies close to the Isle of Thanet. The population of the settlement is included in the civil parish of Ash.

Ebbsfleet

Village

Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Ebbsfleet is a hamlet near Ramsgate, Kent, at the head of Pegwell Bay. Historically it was a peninsula on the southern coast of the Isle of Thanet, marking the eastern end of the Wantsum Channel that separated Thanet from the Kentish mainland. Ebbsfleet is situated 1½ miles northeast of Richborough Castle Museum.

Marshborough

Hamlet

Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.

Marshborough is a small hamlet immediately adjacent to Woodnesborough in East Kent, England. Marshborough is situated 2 miles southwest of Richborough Castle Museum.

Richborough Castle Museum

Type: Museum
Categories: tourism and tourist attraction
Location: Sandwich, Dover District, Kent, South East England, England, United Kingdom, Britain and Ireland, Europe
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Latitude

51.29242° or 51° 17′ 33″ north

Longitude

1.33203° or 1° 19′ 55″ east

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

9F3378RJ+XR

OpenStreetMap ID

way 199535423

OpenStreetMap feature

tourism=museum

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Notable Places Nearby

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