{"id":1816,"date":"2022-06-15T10:42:33","date_gmt":"2022-06-15T09:42:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/?p=1816"},"modified":"2022-06-15T10:42:36","modified_gmt":"2022-06-15T09:42:36","slug":"incredible-castles","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/incredible-castles\/","title":{"rendered":"INCREDIBLE CASTLES"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

We are so very lucky to have so many beautiful castles within a short drive or train ride from Hilderstone. Some of them have the most beautiful gardens too, like Walmer Castle<\/a> and Leeds Castle<\/a> (not in Leeds – in Kent!). <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Without doubt, however, for Hilderstone students who are history lovers, the jewel of these has to be Dover Castle<\/a>, about 30 minutes’ by coach from Hilderstone, and one of our most popular excursions. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Dover Castle is England’s longest-serving fortress, with a history dating back over 9 centuries. The castle itself dates from the time of Henry II (1133 – 1189), but you can also visit a Roman lighthouse, a medieval church and take a tour of the Secret World War 2 tunnels.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The castle has been updated in recent years to include furniture and objects that recreate its history and bring it to life, as well as dramatic re-enactions by professional actors and locals at certain times! You really could spend a whole day here, and enjoy the beautiful views over the Channel to France.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Many thanks to Katharine Elvin for most of the photographs of Dover Castle. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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We are so very lucky to have so many beautiful castles within a short drive or train ride from Hilderstone. Some of them have the most beautiful gardens too, like Walmer Castle and Leeds Castle (not in Leeds – in Kent!). Without doubt, however, for Hilderstone students who are history lovers, the jewel of these […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":1829,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[295,402,6,13,7,9],"tags":[421,422,418,423,420,373,288,164,419],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1816"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1841,"href":"https:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1816\/revisions\/1841"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1829"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1816"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1816"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.hilderstonecollege.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1816"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}