Nice English Heritage castle & grounds on the Kent coast a short drive from Deal. This 16th century Tudor coastal fort is fully intact & refurbished as a residence of the Warden of the Cinque Ports. So it’s part fort, part country mansion & there are some interesting artefacts & a small museum across several rooms dedicated to the Duke of Wellington who died here in the 1850s. The real attraction here though are the great gardens & woodland trails with childrens play features scattered in the woods & sunken quarry gardens. There are two cafe eating areas, a picnic area ,toilets & a new education room facility. A very pleasant place to spend half a day.

A very interesting historical castle and the volunteer staff all very helpful and informative. There is a bedroom where Queen Victoria slept in on one of her visits.The cafe is very good especially for jacket potatoes and salads. The gardens are well maintained and a ‘special’ is the tropical plants in the hothouse. Visitors can go down steps and walk around the grassed moat which is also planted up. Another attraction is a further part where steps lead you down to a large dell where there are large trees and paths and logs laid out almost like an adventure playground. Not suitable for pushchairs but older children would enjoy. At the top are several original cannons with plenty of chairs to sit on and look out at the sea.

Lovely walk along sea front from Deal to Walmer castle, found it very interesting to see difference from purely military Deal castle to one lived in and converted over time. Gardens beautiful. Well worth a visit.

Beautifully maintained castle, devoted in lots of ways to the Duke of Wellington who defeated the enemy at the Battle of Waterloo. In his study, there is his camp bed which he took everywhere with him (even No. 10 Downing Street when he became Prime Minister after his soldiering had finished), plus the chair in which he died! There is also his writing desk which could be raised to alleviate his bad back! Amazing! The volunteers are extremely knowledgeable and enthusiastic. The grounds are also very beautiful and interesting. The Queen Mother's Rose Garden is a sight to see. We had tea in a lovely little cafe in one of the greenhouses. We fed a very tame robin which followed us. What a fabulous day at Walmer Castle! Highly recommended!

One of Henry the Eighths many fortifications around the south coast. The inside of the house is very interesting as it has a lot of original Duke of Wellington artefacts and history which I wasn't aware of. He died there. The grounds are well kept and lovely- what is unique about Walmer is how much of the interior is original, in other words it hasn't been reconstructed as is the case with many other NT and EH places. For example Wellingtons boots are there + the chair he died in.

Lovely day out. Beautiful gardens and well laid out woodland walk, including play areas for the children. There was a very helpful and informative gentleman in the house itself and I appreciate the way he was with my young children.

The castle has some great exhibits & history both long ago & quite recent. The gardens are lovely & you could easily be entertained for an afternoon. However, what makes this experience great was the volunteer guides. They had so much interesting information about Walmer castle, the guides were chatty, friendly & willing to give you a talk about lots of things inside the castle, their delivery of these talks was great, not stiff & informal but more warm, like you were having a chat. We found this style of talk much more interactive & informative. Thank you to the staff at Walmer Castle for such a great visit.

Always pleasant here, beware of wasps in August! Have been visiting for many years love the gardens, the 'keyhole' in the vista has been re-instated in the trees to the west, plenty of colour in the gardens. Got pestered by a room attendant who would not get the message to just leave me to look myself. Imparted wrong historical information regarding the Iron Duke, I knew more than he did, I had to walk off!! Spoilt the house visit entirely.

We visited Walmer castle after a visit to Dover and it was a surprisingly interesting place, we had also planned to visit Deal castle which is a few mins away but would have spent longer here as more to see. The castle has a few state rooms to look at and exhibits about the Duke of Wellington which we didn't realise. Gardens were very nice and they have a couple of small play areas too which was good as we had younger kids with us, they had activity books as well. Overall a lovely place to explore and hadn't realised the late Queen mother used to visit often.

The castle is full of interesting items and info about Duke of Wellington. The grounds are stunning... full of beautiful and unusual plants particularly in the dry moat. I really liked seeing the kitchen garden in particular. Staff were very welcoming. Recommend stopping at the tea room for a hot drink and slice of cake. This is an English Heritage site - entry is free to EH members.