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We’ve collected the stories of ordinary people to open a window onto life in Dover during the long, gruelling days during the Dunkirk evacuation.
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D-Day Deception: Operation Fortitude South
In 1944, Dover Castle’s tunnels played a supporting role in Operation Fortitude South, the elaborate deception that concealed the true location of the Allied invasion of western Europe from the Germans.
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Layout & Facilities at Peverells Tower, Dover Castle
Layout & Facilities at Peverell's Tower Holiday Cottage, Dover Castle.
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A huge fortification begun during the Napoleonic Wars and completed in the 1860s, designed to protect Dover from French invasion. Only the moat can be visited.
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Kenilworth Castle rebuilt in Minecraft after standing in ruins for over 300 years
Kenilworth Castle – one of England’s greatest fortresses – has been rebuilt for the first time in Minecraft. English Heritage is running workshops this summer so visitors can build famous castles in the shadow of the real thing.
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We asked our Facebook followers to name their favourite castle in England, and hundreds of you voted for the places you love.
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The man who built Dover Castle's great tower was one of England's greatest kings – Henry II. He also built the largest European empire of his age, the Angevin Empire, stretching from Scotland to the Pyrenees.
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History of Western Heights, Dover
A brief history and description of Western Heights, Dover, a vast fortification begun during the Napoleonic Wars and completed in the 1860s