Walmer Castle, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Garden
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Walmer Castle, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Garden
Image: © Helmut Zozmann Taken: 26 Jul 2011
Walmer, Kingsdown Road, Walmer Castle, Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother Garden. Walmer Castle was built by Henry VIII in 1539–1540 as an artillery fortress to counter the threat of invasion from Catholic France and Spain. It was part of his programme to create a chain of coastal defences along England's coast known as the Device Forts or as Henrician Castles. It was one of three forts constructed to defend the Downs, an area of safe anchorage protected by the Goodwin Sands, in Kent, south east England. The other forts were at Deal and Sandown. The castle is now owned and managed by English Heritage.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.199978
Longitude
1.401958