Dover Castle - Absolutely magnificent - one of English Heritage's premier sites. Strategically placed on the famous White Cliffs of Dover it is rightfully named the "Key of England".

Two thousand years of history, from the Roman Lighthouse, the Iron Age Fort, a Saxon Church to the secret Wartime Tunnels, make this a must for your itinary.

The Norman Keep houses the latest exhibitions: Preparations for the visit of Henry VIII & the Seige of 1216. Deep inside the White Cliffs see where wartime personnel were stationed during World War II. The evacuation of Dunkirk was masterminded here.

For further information ring +44 (0) 1304 201628.

Roman Painted House - Fascinating, discovered by the Kent Archaeological Rescue Unit in 1970 (KARU) and built about A.D.200 as part of a large official hotel for leading Roman travellers crossing the English Channel. It stood outside the North Gate of the great naval fort of the Classis Britannica, but in A.D.270 the Roman army during the construction of a larger fort demolished it. Three of its main rooms were then buried substantially intact under its ramparts. Visitors can see the the various heating ducts & channels that kept the building comfortably warm 1,800 years ago.

For further information ring +44 (0) 1304 203279.

KINDLY CONTRIBUTED BY: Diane French

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