English Heritage sites near Dymchurch Parish

Dymchurch Martello Tower

DYMCHURCH MARTELLO TOWER

1 miles from Dymchurch Parish

This is one of a chain of ingeniously designed artillery towers built around the south and east coasts of England from 1805 to protect against the threat of invasion by Napoleon.

Horne's Place Chapel

HORNE'S PLACE CHAPEL

9 miles from Dymchurch Parish

A rare survival of a fine domestic chapel, built for William Horne in 1366 and attached to his timber-framed manor house, which was attacked during the Peasants' Revolt of 1381.

St John's Commandery

ST JOHN'S COMMANDERY

12 miles from Dymchurch Parish

The flint-walled 13th-century chapel and hall of a 'Commandery' of Knights Hospitallers, later converted into a farmhouse.

Camber Castle

CAMBER CASTLE

13 miles from Dymchurch Parish

Enjoy a guided tour around this historic castle built by Henry VIII. Camber Castle lies between Rye and Winchelsea. The ruin of an unaltered artillery fort designed to guard the port of Rye.

Western Heights, Dover

WESTERN HEIGHTS, DOVER

15 miles from Dymchurch Parish

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.

Knights Templar Church, Dover

KNIGHTS TEMPLAR CHURCH, DOVER

15 miles from Dymchurch Parish

The foundations of a small medieval church, traditionally said to have been the site of King John's submission to the Papal Legate in 1213.

Churches in Dymchurch Parish

St Peter & St Paul, DYMCHURCH

Hythe Road, Dymchurch, Kent Dymchurch Hythe
07740 395497
http://www.dymchurchchurch.org.uk

Pubs in Dymchurch Parish

City of London

68-70 High Street, Dymchurch, TN29 0NL
(01303) 873979

A 16th century building which was initially built as a coaching inn and renamed the City of London, rumour has it that this was after a ship of the same name was blown over the seawall and collided with the inn in 1775. The pub remains a...
Hidden Treasure

30 High Street, Dymchurch, TN29 0NU
(01303) 874049

This is a family run friendly micropub in the heart of Dymchurch close to the historic Martello Tower, which is open to the public by appointment, and the beach. Real ales, usually one from a Kentish Brewer served through three handpumps w...
Neptune Pub & Carvery

127 Hythe Road, Dymchurch, TN29 0TS
(01303) 875710
neptunecarvery.com/

A spacious pub-carvery with low beamed ceilings, flagstone floors and a long bar adjacent to the New Beach Holiday Centre. There are several different areas for drinking with a mixture of furniture including bar stools, leather sofas and wi...
Ocean Inn

2 High Street, Dymchurch, TN29 0NG
(01303) 872152
oceaninn.co.uk

A traditional community pub built 1733, adjacent to the beach and the amusement park which is popular with young families. A large main bar with a separate dining area, rear patio, garden and children’s play area. The pub has a jukebox, p...
Royal British Legion Club

Memorial Hall, Sea Wall, Dymchurch, TN29 0TG
(01303) 872394
dymchurchlegion.co.uk/

Royal British Legion Club, Dymchurch
Ship Inn

118 High Street, Dymchurch, TN29 0NS
(01303) 874425
shipinndymchurch.co.uk

Opposite the historic church the Ship Hotel is another well-known smugglers inn, something of whose story is revealed in Russell Thorndyke’s books “Doctor Syn” and “Doctor Syn Returns”, for the author lived in Dymchurch for many years steep...