WALMER CASTLE

Kent                                                                                                                     Map of trip

13th June 2015                                                                                                  Photos by Hetty

Walmer Castle and garden (English Heritage) is a Tudor castle (built 1540) that became a house, and inside are the Duke of Wellington’s Boots

It has a keep with four circular bastions, and a moat

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The Queen Mother’s Garden

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Strelitzia = bird of paradise flower

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The walls are very thick

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From the sea shore

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Next we walked along the sea front to another of Henry VIII’s castles at Deal

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