Dover Museum
Dover Museum is a local history museum in Dover. Our list has 42 more places within 15 km; first among them is Dover Castle, at 800 m. Its Wikipedia coverage spans 3 languages.
Museum in Dover
Inside Dover
Dover Museum is inside Dover’s built-up area, with 22 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
Weather, month by month
If warmth matters, go June to September: Dover reaches 19–22°C.
Dover Museum
Local history museum in Dover, England, United Kingdom.
In Dover, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 3 languages
- Town
- in Dover
- Official site
- dovermuseum.co.uk/Home.aspx
Around Dover Museum, mapped
Orange marks Dover Museum, and the numbered points match the list of places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Dover’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Where people come from
Dover, with 36,349 people, is the largest of the 5. Each town here links to its own guide.
Dover
Guston
Whitfield
St Margaret's at Cliffe
Compare the 5 towns
| Town | Where Dover Museum is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dover | It’s in town | 36,349 | 28 |
| Guston | 1.5 km north of it | 1,684 | 25 |
| Whitfield | 2.7 km north of it | 6,509 | 24 |
| St Margaret's at Cliffe | 4.6 km northeast of it | 2,399 | 20 |
| Kingsdown | 8.9 km northeast of it | 1,687 | 13 |
Places to add to Dover Museum
42 more lie within 15 km, 4 forts, 3 castles and a museum among them.
Castle · English HeritageDover Castle800 m away2
MuseumDover Bronze Age Boat100 m away3
Fort · English HeritageDover Western Heights1.1 km away4
Castle · English HeritageDeal Castle12 km away5
Castle · English HeritageWalmer Castle10 km away6
Fort · National TrustFan Bay Deep Shelter3.5 km away7
FortAdmiralty Pier Turret1.5 km away8
FortFort Burgoyne1.3 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Before visiting Dover Museum
Where is Dover Museum?
Dover Museum is in Dover, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Dover Museum?
Local history museum in Dover, England, United Kingdom.
When is the best time to visit Dover Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Dover, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Dover Museum?
Within 15 km: Dover Castle (800 m), Dover Bronze Age Boat (100 m), Dover Western Heights (1.1 km) and Deal Castle (12 km).
Places: OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database Licence) and Wikidata (CC0), placed in the ONS 2022 built-up area (Open Government Licence v3.0). Visitor counts are the latest Wikidata gives, with their year.
Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (9)
- Dover Museum: Nessy-Pic, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dover Castle: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dover Bronze Age Boat: mari from tokyo, japan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dover Western Heights: Paul Wells, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Deal Castle: JimRussell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walmer Castle: Lieven Smits, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fan Bay Deep Shelter: Inklin235, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Admiralty Pier Turret: David Alan Moore, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fort Burgoyne: Chris, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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