Heathrow Airport 2 hr 1
Turner Contemporary (29 min.) dramatic spaces displaying art by jmw turner and contemporary artists in eye-catching gallery. Vicarage Lane (1 min) The Royal St George S Golf Club (13 min.) golf Walmer Castle And Gardens (8 min.) english heritage tudor castle often visited by the queen and queen mother plus gardens and tearoom Sholden New Road (4 min) Betteshanger Park (4 min.) cycle tracks fossil collecting archery and den building activities by wildlife-filled woodland. Howletts Wild Animal Park (23 min.) gorillas tigers and monkeys in a 90-acre park with keeper experiences and treetop challenge. Dover Castle (17 min.) military museum medieval underground works labyrinthine war-time tunnels with views and tours. Pegwell Bay (19 min.) picturesque bay offering a nature reserve the ruins of a hoverport & a replica scandinavian boat. Shell Grotto (29 min.) ornate unexplained network of shell-lined passages and a mosaic chamber with shell shop and cafe. Viking Bay (28 min.) beach Deal Castle (5 min.) 16th-century artillery castle with huge circular bastions for cannons linked by network of passages. Botany Bay (32 min.) public beach with views of cliffs and chalk stacks plus fossil hunting rock pools and nearby cafe. Walmer (7 min) Sholden School (3 min) Dover Museum (20 min.) museum telling the history of this important historic port town with a rare prehistoric boat. South Foreland Lighthouse (23 min.) guided tours & a tearoom in a 19th-century lighthouse the first to use an electric light. Wingham Wildlife Park (13 min.) zoo park with feeding sessions talks and conservation projects plus up-close animal encounters. |