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Kingsdown Road, DEAL, CT14 7LL

Apparently it was covered in ivy and the shrubs around dense preventing access.

The south end of the Queen Mother's Garden. Walmer 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 Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. 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/1013381 The gardens of the castle are on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens, grade II, and there is much history and detail at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000291

The castle later became the home of the Warden of the Cinque Ports, who converted it into a comfortable home and gardens.

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.

The Queen Mother's Garden, seen from the castle. Walmer 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 Lord Warden of the Cinque Ports. 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/1013381 The gardens of the castle are on the Register of Historic Parks and Gardens, grade II, and there is much history and detail at: https://historicengland.org.uk/listing/the-list/list-entry/1000291

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.