Explore the Royal Marines Heritage Trail

Experience Deal

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Useful info

  • Family-friendly
  • Groups welcome
  • Public transport nearby
  • Off-site parking (charges may apply)
  • Guide dogs, Hearing dogs and Registered assistance dogs welcome

Admission

Free entry

Contact

Despite not having a harbour, Deal was once a major port and has a long association with the Royal Marines who were stationed at barracks in Deal and Walmer from 1869 to 1996 when the corps relocated to Portsmouth.

Discover more about the fascinating history and the area's unique relationship with the Royal Navy. Follow a self-guided heritage walking trail beginning at Deal Castle and ending where Julius Caesar is believed to have first set foot on British soil in 55BC nearby. 

Look out for the 23 embedded bronze markers to direct you around the heritage trail through Deal and Walmer.

Pick up a copy of the RM Heritage Trail leaflet from one of the visitor information centres in the district or download a copy of the map from the Royal Marines Heritage Trails website. 

Guided tours and general enquiries

If you would  like to arrange a guided tour of the heritage trail or have any general enquiries, please contact the Royal Marines Association using the contact links provided here (by telephone is recommended). Tours are free of charge but donations are welcome.

 

Find out more about the Royal Marines in Walmer and Deal on the Royal Marine Heritage Trails website. 

 

Deal Castle with blue sky
Deal Castle with the clock tower of the building that was once the Royal Marines School of Music just visible in the background on the left.