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Ringwork on Castle Hill

Access unclearno public right of way confirmed — check locally before setting out

Earthworks onlybanks, ditches and platforms — read the ground, not walls

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Ringwork on Castle Hill preserves the earthworks of a former ringwork castle in Kent. It is one of three ringwork castles the Albion Guide charts in the county. It sits within the Kent Downs National Landscape.

Folkestone West Station is 1.7 km away to the south. For more of the same, Sandgate Castle and Saltwood Castle are close by.

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Photo of the Kent Downs, a National Landscape in Kent, south east England.Highlight

Kent Downs

You’re inside itNational Landscape near Charing

Chalk hills, ancient woods and orchards, ending in the white cliffs above the Channel

Photo along the North Downs Way, a 153-mile National Trail running from Farnham to Dover, south east England.Highlight

North Downs Way

National Trail

Pilgrim country: orchards, vineyards and chalk downs between Farnham and the white cliffs of Dover.

0.1 km NW · Kent & Surrey

Photo of Folkestone White Horse, a hill figure near Hythe, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Folkestone White Horse

Hill figure near Hythe

A modern galloping horse cut in 2003 on Cheriton Hill, looking down over the mouth of the Channel Tunnel.

1.6 km W

Photo: The Leas, a viewpoint near Hythe, Kent, south east England.Highlight

The Leas

Viewpoint near Hythe

A grand clifftop promenade above Folkestone, its lawns and bandstand looking out across the Channel.

2.6 km S

Photo of Folkestone Harbour Arm, a visitor attraction near Hythe, Kent, south east England.Highlight

Folkestone Harbour Arm

Attraction near Hythe

Folkestone's restored railway pier, now a walk of food stalls and bars out to a lighthouse and beacon.

3.3 km SE

Photo of St Leonard's, Hythe, a church in Kent, south east England.Highlight

St Leonard's, Hythe

Church near Hythe

Hillside church above Hythe whose vaulted ambulatory crypt holds a stacked ossuary of medieval skulls and bones.

6.1 km SW