Category Archives: Tourism

Roman Painted House

Posted on June 20, 2015 by Lorraine

The Roman Painted House is one of the finest of its type in Britain and a major tourist attraction. The story starts over 2000 years ago when the Romans came to the shores of Britain. It then moves to more … Continue reading →

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Admiralty Pier Part II from 1909

Posted on June 6, 2015 by Lorraine

Admiralty Pier is one of the major engineering feats of the late 19th – early twentieth century, and the story of its building was covered in Part I Admiralty Pier. Briefly, the first part of the Pier was started in November … Continue reading →

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Admiralty Pier Part I 1836-1908

Posted on May 9, 2015 by Lorraine

Admiralty Pier is one of the great British engineering feats of the 19th and early twentieth century. Since then it has played an important part in both national and local history. Part I of the story of the Admiralty Pier … Continue reading →

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Farthingloe – The Historic Valley of Legends and Outstanding Natural Beauty

Posted on November 29, 2014 by Lorraine

In September 2016 the Campaign to Protect Rural England (Kent) won an Appeal against Dover District Council to save the beautiful, historic, Farthingloe valley from development. Below is the story. Farthingloe is a dry, long valley with a gently sloping … Continue reading →

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Fairs

Posted on October 18, 2014 by Lorraine

In medieval times, the feast of St Martin, on 11 November, was Dover’s Holy Day or holiday and initially lasted three days. During that time merry-making took place close to St Martin-le Grand Church that was situated on the west … Continue reading →

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