Dover Transport Museum
In Whitfield stands Dover Transport Museum. There are 19 other places to visit inside 5 km. Dover Castle comes next on our list, 3.3 km away.
Museum in Whitfield
Inside Whitfield
Dover Transport Museum is inside Whitfield’s built-up area, with 19 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.
When to go
Warmest in Whitfield are June to September, at 19–21°C.
Dover Transport Museum
Museum in Dover, England, UK.
In Whitfield, inside the town’s built-up area.
- Type
- Museum
- Town
- in Whitfield
- Official site
- dovertransportmuseum.org.uk
Know before you go
- EntryA fee is charged
Its place on the map
Orange: Dover Transport Museum.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · Numbers: the places near it, as listed below. The dashed line is Whitfield’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Nearby towns
Dover, with 36,349 people, is the largest of the 5. Its own town leads; the rest list it too, closest first.
Around Dover Transport Museum
Around it, within 15 km, lie 48 more, including 4 castles, 2 museums and 2 forts.
Castle · English HeritageDover Castle3.3 km away2
Castle · English HeritageDeal Castle11 km away3
MuseumDover Bronze Age Boat3.4 km away4
Castle · English HeritageWalmer Castle9.4 km away5
Fort · English HeritageDover Western Heights3.6 km away6
MuseumDover Museum3.3 km away7
Fort · National TrustFan Bay Deep Shelter5.1 km away8
CastleSandown Castle12 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions about Dover Transport Museum
Where is Dover Transport Museum?
Dover Transport Museum is in Whitfield, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Dover Transport Museum?
Museum in Dover, England, UK.
When is the best time to visit Dover Transport Museum?
June to September are the warmest months in Whitfield, with afternoon highs of 19–21°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near Dover Transport Museum?
Within 15 km: Dover Castle (3.3 km), Deal Castle (11 km), Dover Bronze Age Boat (3.4 km) and Walmer Castle (9.4 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 Transport Museum: Chris Allen, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dover Castle: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Deal Castle: JimRussell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dover Bronze Age Boat: mari from tokyo, japan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walmer Castle: Lieven Smits, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dover Western Heights: Paul Wells, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dover Museum: Nessy-Pic, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Fan Bay Deep Shelter: Inklin235, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sandown Castle: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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