Plan your Visit
Hours & Admission
Opening Hours
The Museum is open every day between 10AM and 5PM.
Admission
Visitors must buy a ticket to Dover Castle to visit the museum. Regimental association members receive a concessionary rate to enter the castle.
Our Museum Friends receive unlimited visits to both the Castle and the Museum as part of their membership fee.
Directions
The Museum is located inside the Keep Yard at Dover Castle.
Find us on the opposite side of the yard to the shop and cafe, next to Arthur’s Hall.
Reach Dover Castle on Stagecoach in East Kent buses 81 and 93.
The nearest rail station, Dover Priory, is a mile’s walk from Dover Castle. Southeastern Railway trains from the South East Coast mainline and Chatham mainline stop at Dover Priory.
National Cycle Network Route 1 passes Dover Castle.
Dover Castle is easily accessible from both the A20 and A2; follow the brown and white tourist signs.
For your satnav, our postcode is CT16 1HU.
Parking is free either at the castle or its external car parks. The car parks open at the same time as the castle and museum.
Accessibility
- We welcome all visitors to the PWRR Museum. The Museum is 100 metres from the accessible car park inside Dover Castle.
- The museum is step-free to accommodate wheelchairs, mobility scooters and baby buggies, but can be narrow in places due to the nature of the building.
- The doorways in the museum are all 762mm wide, and may present a challenge for larger wheelchairs and mobility scooters.
- There are a number of sound effects around the museum, including gunfire.
- There are places to sit around the museum for those who need them.
- Guide dogs and other assistance animals are welcome in the museum.
Please visit our access guide for more information.
Group Visits
Group education visits to the museum are free of charge.
If you would like to book an group trip to the museum, please contact info@pwrrqueensmuseum.co.uk with the date you would like to visit, and how many people will be in your party. We will do our best to accommodate you.
