Dover Castle
Castle · A clifftop fortress above the Channel, with Henry II's Great Tower, a Roman lighthouse and tunnels dug into the cliff.
Dover
A Channel port under the White Cliffs, guarded by one of England's largest castles.
From King's Cross St Pancras: 1 h 18 min by train · 2 h 21 min by car
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Time there: 3–5 h to see its one place
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Dover sits at the narrowest point of the English Channel: France is about 21 miles away, and on a clear day you can see its coast from the clifftops.
Its castle has guarded the crossing since the Middle Ages, on a hill where the Romans had already built a lighthouse.
A path climbs from the east end of the town to the White Cliffs of Dover and the National Trust's visitor centre.
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