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Dover Castle, Kent, English Heritage photo library

Sleepover somewhere special this March

Bored of boutique hotels? Want a night away with a difference this March? Why not try an adult sleepover at Dover Castle or the Natural History Museum?

Great Tower Sleepover (photo © English Heritage)

Sleep like royalty with Dover Castle’s adult sleepover

For one special night you can live like royalty as you take an exclusive adult sleepover in King Henry II’s medieval Great Tower at Dover Castle…

Dover Castle, Kent, English Heritage photo library

Children’s festival at Dover Castle in Kent

Have you ever wanted to know if you would have made it as a jester or a fearless knight? Well now is your chance at Dover Castle…

Dover Castle, Kent, English Heritage photo library

Ghost tours for adults at Dover Castle

Join English Heritage on an evening guided tour through Dover Castle’s most haunted areas on 3rd February 2012…

Dover Castle, Kent, English Heritage photo library

Tunnel of terror and creepy crafts for Halloween at Dover Castle

Be prepared to be scared this autumn half-term as a frighteningly great day out at Dover Castle awaits…

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Time Travellers Go… Seafaring at Dover Castle

Time Travellers Go… Seafaring at Dover Castle in Kent this bank holiday weekend…

Time Travellers Go…WWII

Air raids, rationing, evacuation – how would you have fared during WWII? Find out at Dover Castle from 28th – 30th May 2011…

Time Travellers Go…Discoveries & Inventions

Budding Einsteins needed at Dover Castle, Kent for their Time Travellers Go…Discoveries & Inventions event…

Wanted: budding knights

School for budding knights at Dover Castle from 19th to 27th February 2011…

Medieval myths and legends at Dover Castle

Visit Dover Castle for stories of heroes and ghosts from 27th – 31st December 2010…

The Haunted Castle, Dover Castle, Visit Kent

Prepare to be frightened at The Haunted Castle

Be prepared to be scared this autumn half-term as a frighteningly great day out awaits at Dover Castle…

Dunkirk anniversary weekend at Dover Castle

When: 29th – 31st May 2010, 10am – 5pm Where: Dover Castle, Kent £: 15.90 (concessions 13.80, children 8 and family ticket 39.80).  English Heritage members: 2 (concessions 2, children 1 and family ticket 5). What is it? An event to mark the 70th anniversary of the evacuation of troops from France.  Take part in […]

Time to jest

When: 4th – 7th April 2010, 10am-6pm Where: Dover Castle, Kent £: 13.90 adults, 11.80 concessions 7 children, 34.80 family ticket and English Heritage members free.  All children are welcome to join in the Time Travellers Go… events.  An additional £1 will be charged on admission for every child, member and non-member, to help fund this […]

Curiosity of the Week

Woodhenge, Stonehenge’s lesser-known neighbour
Woodhenge - ©English Heritage, Historic England Photo Library

You have heard of Stonehenge in Wiltshire, but have you heard of its lesser known neighbour, Woodhenge? Find out more in our latest Curiosity of the Week…

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Fakes, forgeries and misinformation at Royal Society Late
Dragon Fish - The Royal Society Lates in March

Next month, the Royal Society’s Late event mixes tomfoolery with science as it tackles fake news and hoaxes…

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