Walmer

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Walmer is a town in the district of Dover, Kent, in England. Located on the coast, the parish of Walmer is six miles south-east of Sandwich, Kent. Largely residential, its coastline and castle attract many visitors. It has a population of 6,693, increasing to 8,178 at the 2011 Census. ()

Alternative names: Coordinates: 51°12'39"N, 1°23'60"E

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Walmer – popular in the area (distance from the attraction)

Nearby attractions include: Deal Castle, Walmer Castle, Hamilton Road Cemetery, Deal Timeball.

0.6 miN
16th-century coastal artillery fortress
Deal Castle, Deal
16 min walk • Deal Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII in Deal, Kent, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the strategically important Downs anchorage off the English coast.
0.7 miS
Garden, Park, Forts and castles
Walmer Castle, Deal
19 min walk • Walmer Castle is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry VIII in Walmer, Kent, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the strategically important Downs anchorage off the English coast.
0.4 miNW
Cemetery
Hamilton Road Cemetery, Deal
11 min walk • Hamilton Road Cemetery is a combined municipal and military burial ground situated in the coastal town of Deal, Kent, in South East England.
0.8 miN
History museum, Museum, Science museum
Deal Timeball, Deal
21 min walk • The Deal Timeball is a Victorian maritime Greenwich Mean Time signal located on the roof of a waterfront four-storey tower in the coastal town of Deal, in Kent, England. It was established in 1855 by the Astronomer Royal George Biddell Airy in collaboration with Charles V.
1 miN
Piers and boardwalks, Fishing spot
Deal Pier, Deal
25 min walk • Deal Pier is the last remaining fully intact leisure pier in Kent. It is the third pier to exist in Deal and was opened in November 1957 by the Duke of Edinburgh.
1 miN
City hall
Deal Town Hall, Deal
27 min walk • Deal Town Hall is a municipal building in the High Street in Deal, Kent, England. The town hall, which was the headquarters of Deal Borough Council, is a Grade II listed building.
0.8 miSW
Church
Old St Mary's, Deal
20 min walk • Old St Mary's Church, officially known as The Blessed Virgin Mary Church, is a grade II* listed Anglican church in Upper Walmer, Kent.
0.7 miS
Church, Gothic Revival architecture
St Mary's Church, Deal
18 min walk • The Church of Saint Mary the Virgin, commonly shortened to St Mary's, is a church in the Church of England parish of Walmer, Kent, England.
~1180 ftNE
Church
St Saviour's, Deal
6 min walk • St Saviour's is a church on the seafront of Walmer, Kent, United Kingdom.
1.1 miN
51°13'36"N • 1°23'60"E
St Andrew's Church, Deal
29 min walk • Church
0.8 miW
Museum
Mill Hill Anglo-Saxon cemetery, Deal
22 min walk • Mill Hill Anglo-Saxon cemetery is a place of burial located close to the town of Deal in Kent, South-East England. Belonging to the Middle Anglo-Saxon period, it was part of the much wider tradition of burial in Early Anglo-Saxon England.