Plan your visit

We have a wide range of materials to support your visit and make school trip planning easy. Download our free resources to help you make the most out of your visit and create unique learning experiences before, during and after your trip.

We also offer free planning visits for group leaders once you have made a booking. Our Education Booking Team is on hand to advise and help you create the best possible school trip to suit your needs and area of study.

• Facilities
  • EDUCATION CENTRE: Available to pre-book, located in the Great Tower yard. Try on costumes, read about knights and princesses in our Story-Telling Room and get hands-on with our handling collection. 
  • PARKING: Free parking for cars and minibuses under 3m in height.  Coach parking available off site at council-run Pay and Display car park on Castle Hill.
  • TOILETS:  Toilets, including accessible toilets, located at all main areas of the property.
  • SHOP:  Two well-stocked shops on site which both sell a range of books and gifts. Goody bags are available to pre-order.
  • LUNCH: Two picnic rooms on site, available on a first-come, first-served basis. Also two cafés located on site, available for use by all visitors. 
  • ACCESSIBILITY:  Extensive grounds mainly accessible on tarmac paths, but some steep slopes.  Wheelchair accessible route available on request. Land train stops at various parts of the site and can be used by students with limited mobility.  Mobility scooters also available (to visitors over 18) if requested in advance.

• Hazard Information
  • Dover Castle Hazard Information Sheet.pdf

• Discovery Visits

  Our resources have been designed to provide you with everything you need to know about our expert-led Discovery Visits at Dover Castle. This Guide includes a breakdown of the learning objectives and details on how to prepare for the sessions, while our ready-made Risk Assessments take the hassle out of planning.

  • Dover Castle Discovery Visit Guide.pdf
  • Knights, Feasts and Garderobes Risk Assessment.pdf
  • Secret Codes and Ciphers Risk Assessment.pdf

• Learning Resources

  A Teachers' Kit is a free educational tool packed with everything you need to give your group a deep insight into the place you are visiting. Featuring historical information, suggestions for activities, and high-quality images, this resource is a comprehensive toolkit for group leaders of various subjects and key stages. Kits also include key site information, facilities, plans and hazard information.

  • Dover Castle Teachers' Kit (KS1-KS4+).pdf
    
    

  This activity will immerse your students in the world of WW1 codes and signals. Includes notes for teachers and activity sheets for students. 

  • Dover Castle First World War Team Training Assignment (KS3-KS4).pdf
    
    

  With all history GCSEs now requiring a study of the historic environment, we’ve also created a site proposal form to help you with your planning in conjunction with OCR.

  • Dover Castle OCR Spec B: History Around Us (GCSE).pdf
    
    

  TRANSLATIONS

  • Dover Castle Teachers’ Kit (French).pdf
  • Dover Castle Teachers’ Kit (German).pdf