Museum · near Cliffs End · Kent

Richborough Castle Museum

Set 600 m southwest of Cliffs End is Richborough Castle Museum. Add Deal Castle, 9.5 km away, to a visit; it leads 49 places within 15 km.

Where

600 m

southwest of Cliffs End

Warmest months

May–Sep

highs of 17–23°C

In brief

Museum near Cliffs End

Just outside Cliffs End

Richborough Castle Museum is 600 m southwest of Cliffs End. Towns near it ↓

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

When to go

Choosing a month

Highs of 17–23°C mark May to September in Cliffs End.

Jan8° / 3°55 mm

Feb8° / 2°42 mm

Mar11° / 4°36 mm

Apr14° / 5°36 mm

May17° / 8°48 mm

Jun20° / 11°46 mm

Jul23° / 14°48 mm

Aug23° / 14°49 mm

Sep20° / 12°50 mm

Oct16° / 9°73 mm

Nov11° / 5°70 mm

Dec9° / 3°66 mm

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

About

Richborough Castle Museum

Type: Museum
Town: 600 m southwest of Cliffs End

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

Plan your visit

Practical information

Entrance fees

EntryA fee is charged

Hours and entry: OpenStreetMap contributors. They change through the year: check its site before you go.

The map

Where to find Richborough Castle Museum

Richborough Castle Museum is in orange, with the places near it numbered as below.

Towns near it

Towns a short way from Richborough Castle Museum

Of the 7, Minster (Thanet) is the largest, at 4,739 people. Each of these towns lists it on its own page of things to do.

1 · 600 m northeast of it

Cliffs End

1,284 people · 22 places to visit

2 · 600 m south of it

Sandwich

4,258 people · 10 places to visit

3 · 2.8 km southwest of it

Woodnesborough

368 people · 9 places to visit

4 · 3 km west of it

Ash (Dover)

2,529 people · 10 places to visit

Compare the 7 towns

Town	Where Richborough Castle Museum is	People	Places to visit
Cliffs End	600 m northeast of it	1,284	22
Sandwich	600 m south of it	4,258	10
Woodnesborough	2.8 km southwest of it	368	9
Ash (Dover)	3 km west of it	2,529	10
Worth	3.5 km south of it	701	12
Minster (Thanet)	4.2 km north of it	4,739	30
Eastry	4.4 km south of it	2,388	10

Make a day of it

Also within reach

There are 49 within 15 km, 3 castles, 2 museums and an abbey or priory among them.

Castle · English HeritageDeal Castle9.5 km away 2

Castle · English HeritageWalmer Castle11 km away 3

CastleSandown Castle7.7 km away 4

MuseumWhite Mill1.5 km away 5

MuseumCervia7.6 km away 6

Abbey or prioryMinster in Thanet Priory4.4 km away 7

Theme parkDreamland Margate11 km away 8

Historic houseGoodnestone Park9.1 km away

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

Richborough Castle Museum: what to know

Where is Richborough Castle Museum?

Richborough Castle Museum is 600 m southwest of Cliffs End, Kent.

What is Richborough Castle Museum?

Museum.

When is the best time to visit Richborough Castle Museum?

May to September are the warmest months in Cliffs End, with afternoon highs of 17–23°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).

What else is there to see near Richborough Castle Museum?

Within 15 km: Deal Castle (9.5 km), Walmer Castle (11 km), Sandown Castle (7.7 km) and White Mill (1.5 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 (8)

Deal Castle: JimRussell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
Walmer Castle: Lieven Smits, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Sandown Castle: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
White Mill: Nick smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Cervia: stavros1, CC BY 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Minster in Thanet Priory: Fred C. Palmer (died 1936-1939), Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
Dreamland Margate: Ruth Johnston from United Kingdom, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Goodnestone Park: Dhowes9, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

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