Dover
Kent has many wonderful towns including Dover - a major port town on the south-east coast, famous for its white cliffs.
Dover has been a strategically important port for thousands of years. Don’t miss the many museums including the Dover Museum in Market Square, the Dover Transport Museum, and the Princess of Wales Royal Regiment Museum within Dover Castle. The Old Town Gaol in Biggin Street can also be visited.
There are two Roman lighthouses on either side of the town. One on the Western Heights, whose ruins are now within the Drop Redoubt, and the other which still stands in the grounds of Dover Castle. There is a very well preserved Roman mansion and parts of a Saxon Shore Fort.
Dover Castle was seized by William the Conqueror after the Battle of Hastings and he transformed it into the magnificent castle it is today. During World War II the famous White Cliffs upon which the castle stands were the hiding place for the operations unit where Churchill oversaw the Dunkirk invasion. The tunnels used all those years ago are now open to the public.
The Port itself was established in 1606 and nowadays, thousands of cargo ships and over 15 million passengers travel through the port every year.