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Marine Road, DEAL, CT14 7DN

The roof appears in need of attention, as there are several missing tiles so this may be the reason for the scaffolding.

In the distance, on the left, the clock tower of Admiralty Mews is encased in scaffolding. Admiralty Mews was the site of the former naval hospital that was built in 1812, after the hospital was struck by lightning. It is now residential housing.

On 22nd September 1989 the Provisional IRA exploded a time bomb at the Royal Marines School of Music housed here. Eleven musicians were killed. The full story can be seen here - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deal_barracks_bombing A memorial bandstand was constructed at Walmer Green to the memory of those who "only ever wanted to play music". It has the names of the eleven who lost their lives around the base - see http://www.geograph.org.uk/photo/5070008 The surviving barracks at Deal were converted into flats when the base was decommissioned in 1996, and the School of Music is once again based in Portsmouth from where it had moved to Deal in 1950.

Marine Road has some substantial villas with views out to sea.

Planning permission has been granted by Dover District Council under application number DOV/15/00371 for the “installation of replacement PVCu fascias, soffits and windows”. This was Image after the work had been completed.

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The long distance path (on the left) leads beside the cyclepath (on the right) towards Deal. It leads beside the shingle beach between Kingsdown and Walmer. Deal Castle is on the left.

The view from the castle, looking southeast. Deal Castle is an artillery fort constructed by Henry VIII, between 1539 and 1540. It was built to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the strategically important Downs anchorage with sixty-six firing positions for artillery. The castle was seized by Royalists during the Second English Civil War of 1648–49. In the 18th and 19th centuries the building was altered to form a private house for the castle's captain. Today in the care of English Heritage and open to the public. A Scheduled Ancient Monument with details at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1013380 Deal is a coastal town in Kent, 14½ miles southeast of Canterbury and 8 miles northeast of Dover. A former fishing and garrison town overlooking the anchorage in the Downs, Deal was one of the Cinque Ports in 1278, and grew into the busiest port in England. Today Deal is a seaside resort, its quaint streets lined with ancient buildings.