Plan your visit
🦅 Birds🛝 Family🎠 Play
Public access Dogs welcome 14 ha
Getting here
51.20085, 1.39980
Open directionsv Walmer Castle is an artillery fort originally constructed by Henry VIII in Walmer, Kent, between 1539 and 1540. It formed part of the King's Device programme to protect against invasion from France and the Holy Roman Empire, and defended the strategically important Downs anchorage off the English coast. Comprising a keep and four circular bastions, the moated stone castle covered 0.
Read more on Wikipedia → Castle scheduled monument c. 1539
Visiting this summer
Seasonal nature notes and what to look for now
▾ 🐦 90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and House Sparrow ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food 🌤️ Visiting this summer
🐦 90+ species recorded in this area — summer evenings are best for activity; watch for Starling and House Sparrow ☀️ Summer family visits work well here — arrive early and plan for a longer stay ☕ Café on site — makes this an easy full-day family visit without needing to pack food ☕ Café🅿️ Parking🛝 Playground🚻 Toilets
🦅 Bird watching
Very strong match
Birds — Starling, House Sparrow, Blackbird +87 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland — woodpeckers, warblers and woodland birds
Free
🛝 Family friendly
Very strong match
playground, café, toilets
Free
🎠 Playgrounds
Very strong match
playground, toilets, café, parking
Free
Birds — Starling, House Sparrow, Blackbird +87 more · last seen 2026; Deciduous woodland priority habitat
Free
Historic site with public access
Free
🦋 Insect spotting
Strong match
Insects — Common Darter, Firebug, Helops caeruleus +68 more · last seen 2025
Free
Trails nearby Within roughly 5 km 3 signed routes nearby · 14 public paths nearby
Signed route nearby Public paths
Saxon Shore Way Walking route 262 km ▾
Named route Length 262 km Regional walking route
Show on map Miner's Way Trail Walking route 43.5 km ▾
Named route Length 43.5 km Round trip Regional walking route
Show on map King Charles III England Coast Path: Folkestone to Ramsgate Walking route ▾
Named route Ref ECP National walking route
Show on map 34 signed routes nearby
Signed route nearby
NCN National Route 1 Dover to Canterbury Cycling route ▾
Named route Ref 1 National Cycle Network
Show on map Skylark Trail Cycling route ▾
Named route Local cycle route
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.6 km ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 1.6 km National Cycle Network On-road Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 1.7 km ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 1.7 km National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 85 m ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 85 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map Main Route Cycling route 363 m ▾
Named route Ref 1 Length 363 m National Cycle Network Traffic-free Surface asphalt
Show on map 1 signed route nearby
Signed route nearby
Blue Trail Mountain bike route ▾
Photos Kitchen garden, Walmer Castle
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Nephrotoma flavipalpis
Nephrotoma flavipalpis
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
7-spot Ladybird Coccinella septempunctata
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Southern Hawker Aeshna cyanea
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Emperor Dragonfly Anax imperator
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Batman Hoverfly Myathropa florea
Otiorhynchus armadillo Otiorhynchus armadillo
Otiorhynchus armadillo Otiorhynchus armadillo
Drilus flavescens Drilus flavescens
Drilus flavescens Drilus flavescens
Rhinusa antirrhini Rhinusa antirrhini
Rhinusa antirrhini Rhinusa antirrhini
Conops quadrifasciatus Conops quadrifasciatus
Conops quadrifasciatus Conops quadrifasciatus
Issus Issus
Issus Issus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Lesser Stag Beetle Dorcus parallelipipedus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Marmalade Hoverfly Episyrphus balteatus
Great Green Bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima
Great Green Bush-cricket Tettigonia viridissima
Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum
Wool Carder Bee Anthidium manicatum
Kite-tailed Robberfly Machimus atricapillus
Kite-tailed Robberfly Machimus atricapillus
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
14-spot Ladybird Propylea quattuordecimpunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
22-spot Ladybird Psyllobora vigintiduopunctata
Red-veined Darter Sympetrum fonscolombii
Red-veined Darter Sympetrum fonscolombii
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Harlequin Ladybird Harmonia axyridis
Aphid Aphididae
Aphid Aphididae
Turnip Tigress Athalia rosae
Turnip Tigress Athalia rosae
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Swollen-thighed Beetle Oedemera nobilis
Woundwort Shieldbug Eysarcoris venustissimus
Woundwort Shieldbug Eysarcoris venustissimus
Eristalis Eristalis
Eristalis Eristalis
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
Large Red Damselfly Pyrrhosoma nymphula
St Marks Fly Bibio marci
St Marks Fly Bibio marci
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Black Clock Pterostichus madidus
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Dark-edged Bee-fly Bombylius major
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus
Firebug Pyrrhocoris apterus
Oedemera femoralis Oedemera femoralis
Oedemera femoralis Oedemera femoralis 