The Captain's Garden
Look for The Captain's Garden in Deal. Close by, within 5 km, are 8 more places to see. The site is looked after by English Heritage.
Garden in Deal
Inside Deal
The Captain's Garden is inside Deal’s built-up area, with 8 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Cared for by English Heritage
One of the places English Heritage looks after; members usually get in free. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The climate through the year
Afternoons in Deal reach 19–22°C from June to September.
The Captain's Garden
First among the places near it is Deal Castle, at 100 m.
- Type
- Garden
- Run by
- English Heritage
- Town
- in Deal
Where to find The Captain's Garden
Orange shows The Captain's Garden; numbers mark the places near it.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Deal’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Nearby towns
In size, Deal comes first of the 4, with 28,992 people. The town it is in comes first, then the others whose pages list it, nearest first.
Deal
Sholden
Great Mongeham
Kingsdown
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where The Captain's Garden is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deal | It’s in town | 28,992 | 9 |
| Sholden | 1.7 km west of it | 934 | 10 |
| Great Mongeham | 2.4 km west of it | 370 | 9 |
| Kingsdown | 2.5 km south of it | 1,687 | 13 |
What else is near The Captain's Garden
There are 54 within 15 km, 4 castles, 3 museums and a pier among them.
Castle · English HeritageDeal Castle100 m away2
Castle · English HeritageWalmer Castle2.1 km away3
Castle · English HeritageDover Castle12 km away4
CastleSandown Castle2.1 km away5
MuseumTime Ball Tower300 m away6
PierDeal Pier600 m away7MuseumMuseumKent MOMI600 m away8
MuseumDover Bronze Age Boat12 km awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
Questions about The Captain's Garden
Where is The Captain's Garden?
The Captain's Garden is in Deal, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is The Captain's Garden?
Garden.
Who runs The Captain's Garden?
English Heritage, so members usually get in free; check opening times before you go.
When is the best time to visit The Captain's Garden?
June to September are the warmest months in Deal, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
What else is there to see near The Captain's Garden?
Within 15 km: Deal Castle (100 m), Walmer Castle (2.1 km), Dover Castle (12 km) and Sandown Castle (2.1 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 (7)
- Deal Castle: JimRussell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Walmer Castle: Lieven Smits, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dover Castle: Chensiyuan, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Sandown Castle: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Time Ball Tower: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Deal Pier: Jim Osley, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dover Bronze Age Boat: mari from tokyo, japan, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
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