Time Ball Tower
Time Ball Tower is a maritime museum and former time signal in Deal. It is protected as a Grade II listed building. Look also at Deal Castle, 300 m away, first of 55 more within 15 km.
Museum in Deal
Inside Deal
Time Ball Tower is inside Deal’s built-up area, with 8 more places to visit within 5 km. Towns near it ↓
Grade II listed building
On the official list of protected heritage; Deal has 370 listed buildings in all, on its History page. About ↓
Written from OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, the ONS built-up areas and Met Office 1991–2020 averages.
The best months to visit
If warmth matters, go June to September: Deal reaches 19–22°C.
Time Ball Tower
Wikipedia covers it in 2 languages.
- Type
- Museum
- Listed
- Grade II listed building
- Wikipedias
- Covered in 2 languages
- Town
- in Deal
- Official site
- dealtimeball.co.uk
Getting to Time Ball Tower
Orange marks Time Ball Tower, and the numbered points match the list of places below.
© OpenStreetMap contributors · The dashed line is Deal’s built-up area. · ONS built-up area 2022
Which towns are near Time Ball Tower
Deal is the biggest of the 4 bases nearby (28,992 people). They run in order of distance, starting where it stands.
Deal
Sholden
Great Mongeham
Kingsdown
Compare the 4 towns
| Town | Where Time Ball Tower is | People | Places to visit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Deal | It’s in town | 28,992 | 9 |
| Sholden | 1.8 km west of it | 934 | 10 |
| Great Mongeham | 2.6 km west of it | 370 | 9 |
| Kingsdown | 2.8 km south of it | 1,687 | 13 |
More near Time Ball Tower
There are 55 within 15 km, 4 castles, 2 museums and a pier among them.
Castle · English HeritageDeal Castle300 m away2
Castle · English HeritageDover Castle12 km away3
Castle · English HeritageWalmer Castle2.4 km away4
CastleSandown Castle1.8 km away5
PierDeal Pier300 m away6MuseumMuseumKent MOMI400 m away7
MuseumDover Bronze Age Boat13 km away8GardenGarden · English HeritageThe Captain's Garden300 m awayWithin 15 km, close and well known first. Numbers match the map.
What people ask about Time Ball Tower
Where is Time Ball Tower?
Time Ball Tower is in Deal, Kent, inside the town’s built-up area.
What is Time Ball Tower?
Maritime museum and former time signal in Deal, England.
When is the best time to visit Time Ball Tower?
June to September are the warmest months in Deal, with afternoon highs of 19–22°C (Met Office 1991–2020 averages).
Is Time Ball Tower a listed building?
Yes: Grade II listed building.
What else is there to see near Time Ball Tower?
Within 15 km: Deal Castle (300 m), Dover Castle (12 km), Walmer Castle (2.4 km) and Sandown Castle (1.8 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)
- Time Ball Tower: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Deal Castle: JimRussell, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Dover Castle: Chensiyuan, 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
- 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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