It's one of England's treasured landmarks, and the country's largest castle in terms of square acreage. But Kent's Dover Castle – described as 'the key of England' – was badly damaged by the French in ...

An "astonishing" collection of historic graffiti made by soldiers in the 18th and 19th centuries has been discovered on the door of a castle in England. The door features around 50 examples of carved ...

We are at Dover Castle, more than 800 years after that French attack. It happened in 1216 with England in the grip of civil war (I thought we had only one, so I’m learning already). The Magna Carta ...

Historians were surprised to discover more than 50 carvings on the door, including initials, last names and depictions of hangings. English Heritage Starting in the 1790s, thousands of British ...

The quiet beep awoke me from my Channel daze."Welcome to France. Your phone calls will now cost....."What? But I'm not in France. I'm still in England and yet my phone calls and texts have doubled in ...

The port of Dover, just 23 miles by sea from nearby France, is many travelers’ first look at England. Even though the English Channel tunnel in 1994 has stolen some of Dover’s seaborne traffic, the ...

Despite the chilly weather and bare trees, there's still plenty of beauty to be found in the great outdoors this winter. Kent residents are particularly fortunate, with a wealth of stunning walking ...