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Fort Burgoyne

Fort Burgoyne is one of the places to visit in Dover. Another 23 places to visit lie within 5 km. It counts as a scheduled monument.

Photo: Fort Burgoyne, Chris (CC BY-SA 2.0)

Where

In Dover

inside the built-up area

Run by

The Land Trust

the operator on record

How well known

Top 46%

#3,928 of 8,556 places we list

Warmest months

Jun–Sep

highs of 19–22°C

In brief

Fort in Dover

Inside Dover

Fort Burgoyne is inside Dover’s built-up area, with 23 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓

Scheduled monument

On the official list of protected heritage; Dover has 140 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓

Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.

When to go

Warm months and wet ones

For warmth, aim for June to September (19–22°C highs in Dover).

Jan8° / 2°88 mm

Feb8° / 2°71 mm

Mar10° / 3°53 mm

Apr13° / 5°52 mm

May16° / 8°58 mm

Jun19° / 10°57 mm

Jul21° / 13°58 mm

Aug22° / 13°68 mm

Sep19° / 11°71 mm

Oct15° / 8°110 mm

Nov11° / 5°106 mm

Dec8° / 3°108 mm

Green months are the warmest. Typical afternoon highs and night lows in Dover, and rain in a month. Met Office HadUK-Grid 1991–2020 averages for Dover. Opening times change through the year: check before you go. Dover’s full climate →

About

Fort Burgoyne

Management falls to The Land Trust. Worth the trip, Dover Castle is 800 m off.

Dover’s listed buildings and monuments →

Type: Fort
Run by: The Land Trust
Listed: Scheduled monument
Town: in Dover
Official site: thelandtrust.org.uk/space/fort-burgoyne

Facts: Wikidata (CC0) and OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors).

The map

Locating Fort Burgoyne

On this map, Fort Burgoyne is orange and its neighbours are numbered.

Towns near it

Which town is nearest

In size, Dover comes first of the 4, with 36,349 people. Closest first, each of these towns names it on its page.

1 · It’s in town

Dover

36,349 people · 28 places to visit

2 · 300 m north of it

Guston

1,684 people · 25 places to visit

3 · 1.9 km northwest of it

Whitfield

6,509 people · 24 places to visit

4 · 3.4 km northeast of it

St Margaret's at Cliffe

2,399 people · 20 places to visit

Compare the 4 towns

Town	Where Fort Burgoyne is	People	Places to visit
Dover	It’s in town	36,349	28
Guston	300 m north of it	1,684	25
Whitfield	1.9 km northwest of it	6,509	24
St Margaret's at Cliffe	3.4 km northeast of it	2,399	20

Make a day of it

Pair Fort Burgoyne with these

Within 15 km are 43 places, among them 4 castles, 2 museums and 2 forts.

Castle · English HeritageDover Castle800 m away 2

MuseumDover Bronze Age Boat1.4 km away 3

Castle · English HeritageDeal Castle11 km away 4

Castle · English HeritageWalmer Castle9.1 km away 5

Fort · English HeritageDover Western Heights2.3 km away 6

MuseumDover Museum1.3 km away 7

Fort · National TrustFan Bay Deep Shelter2.7 km away 8

CastleSandown Castle13 km away

Within 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.

Fort Burgoyne: what to know

Where is Fort Burgoyne?

Fort Burgoyne is in Dover, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.

What is Fort Burgoyne?

Fort in Guston, Dover, England, UK.

Who runs Fort Burgoyne?

The Land Trust.

When is the best time to visit Fort Burgoyne?

June to September are the warmest months in Dover, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

Is Fort Burgoyne a listed building?

Yes: scheduled monument.

What else is there to see near Fort Burgoyne?

Within 15 km: Dover Castle (800 m), Dover Bronze Age Boat (1.4 km), Deal Castle (11 km) and Walmer Castle (9.1 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)

Fort Burgoyne: Chris, CC BY-SA 2.0, 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
Deal Castle: JimRussell, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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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