Family Essentials
Food and drink: The Great Tower Cafe and the NAAFI Restaurant offer lots of variety, with sit-down and takeaway options. There's also a small tearoom by the tunnels. An ice-cream van is also open in sunny weather during school holidays.
Toilets: Male, female and disabled toilets are available in five different locations across the site.
Dogs: Dogs on leads are welcome in the castle grounds. Assistance dogs welcome throughout the site.
Parking: Free parking within the grounds for up to 200 cars, plus off-site parking at peak times.
Need more information? Our handy Plan Your Visit guide should be able to help with planning your castle adventure.
Plan your visitThings to see and do
The Great Tower Lookout
When you visit the Great Tower, make your way up to the rooftop for amazing 360-degree views across the English Channel. Can you spot these features?
- The Roman Lighthouse or Pharos is one of the oldest buildings in the castle grounds, dating from around 50 AD.
- Peverell's Tower, named after William de Peverell, a Norman knight from the Norman Conquest of 1066 – now one of the castle's two holiday cottages.
- How many cannons can you count from the roof? There are cannons from all eras in place around the castle's walls and defences.
What's On
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Medieval Season at Dover Castle
Sat 20 Jul - Sun 1 Sep 2024 -
Pirates! at Dover Castle
Sat 3 Aug - Sun 4 Aug 2024 -
Clash of Knights at Dover Castle
Sat 24 Aug - Mon 26 Aug 2024 -
Medieval Falconry at Dover Castle
Sat 21 - Sun 22 Sept 2024
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