Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
- Posts: 3,370
I'm surprised theirs any spooks up there, the prices they charge to get in
Guest 767- Registered: 30 Aug 2012
- Posts: 458
Did you know that EH, in it's wisdom, has reduced entry prices by 50%! This is just for this month when the castle is closed all week! Well done EH!
Andy B
- Location: dover
- Registered: 10 Nov 2012
- Posts: 1,818
I think i saw a banner outside the castle advertising £10 per adult instead of the usual £16.50.Times are hard and if they was to charge say £10 for two adults + two children then i,m sure many more would visit.Even just for Jan/Feb.
Guest 767- Registered: 30 Aug 2012
- Posts: 458
The price per head/per family or whatever does not really matter, was matters is that the castle should be open for business so that we all can visit the site.Dover Castle is one of, if not the best example of a fortification from the 12th century in europe and it belongs to all of us, EH are no more the caretakers of it. They charge the earth for entry, and then close the castle for five days a week for five months of the year!
I was amazed and saddened by the lack of local outrage about it's winter closure when it came to pass. Did the good folk of Dover not know or notice, or was it just a complete lack of interest in one of the two most inportant features of our town, the other being the cliffs.
If we ignore what EH doe's at the castle then I hold out little or no hope for the guys working so hard in another major fort on the other side of the valley.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
phil,i agree about the castle being open,but only if its free entree to all,or a ticket set at a resonable price that allows entre for a whole year,simler to chatham dockyard and howletts.
Guest 745- Registered: 27 Mar 2012
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They don't go up there any more phil ,they cannot afford it
It was sixpence last time I went
Guest 767- Registered: 30 Aug 2012
- Posts: 458
Brian, a free scheme for locals was set up years ago by EH but was closed after a couple of years due to a lack of take up, there is still the option of jioning the Friends of Dover Castle, see thier website for details, or of course you can join EH.
The site costs a fortune to run,but how you rtaise money by closeing your busines is beyond me. Sadly free entry to all is just not an option.
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
it used to be free entry to castle grounds, and 2/6p to get in the keep or great tower as it is now calles,as for the underground tunnels they where hush hush top secret at the time.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
- Posts: 8,115
Just join English Heritage and you get a whole year free access to Dover Castle and many more places in return for a reasonable one-off membership! It you pay through direct-debit, free access is for 15 months.
There are also family membership cards where you can save even more!
Isn't this reasonable? Join English Heritage!
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
alex,two words not an option.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
phil
we all sent letters to e.h. here but no replies came back, not surprising as they were closing sites all over the country.
brian
one and a half times the daily admission fee would give you a years access.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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I'm a member of English Heritage and get excellent service, including frequent updates from EH on places to see, things to participate in, and last year the annual membership was £42, but I got a family membership card for £64.
There are so many places you can visit with that card, many free, others discounted.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
- Posts: 8,115
That said, how does one expect English Heritage to finance the upkeep of our Heritage and the excellent service they provide with personnel, if they didn't charge a membership fund?
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
howard,what price is ond and half daily admission work out to be.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
- Posts: 8,115
Brian, that I know, there is friends of Dover Castle and EH. Membership works out to be very convenient either way.
howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
- Posts: 62,352
brian
i believe it is about 24 quid but would come down when you reach 60, some great events during the summer.
my favourite is the falconry exhibitions.
Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
- Posts: 8,115
There is also a very good actor who impersonates King Henry II.
He speaks directly to the gathered crowd, as if to a medieval audience. You really learn history there, and have the impression of being in a 12th century court listening to Henry in person.
Then there are other enactments of everyday life as it would have been at that time, with various people dressed in costume participating.
When they're not present in person, there are laser-enactments (I think it's laser) where the actors are recorded and are seen in three-dimensional vision.
Add to that the free tunnel guides (if you're a member), it's all included. And all the explorations along the Castle walls.
And whenever there is a display, such as Howard often brings up on threads, as a member you can just enter free.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
Instead of closing Dover (Deal and Walmer too) Castle, EH should have offered 2 4 1 vouchers for guest house owners and hotels to give their guests.
This could have been put on their websites as as well as those of the two hotelier groups.
More people would have come to Dover out of season and so benefit most businesses here. I do believe that EH missed a trick and were wrong to just give up and close their sites.
I believe they have no interest in the well-being of the Towns where their sites are and yet those very sites benefit from people visiting those Towns.
Roger
Brian Dixon- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
- Posts: 23,940
howard,thats a bargin,seeing that i reached the milestone of the latter part of your post 16 months ago.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
- Posts: 10,540
Another point to consider, is that when someone buys a yearly season ticket, it will not include November through to March weekdays (Monday to Friday), so it will not be a full year.
Roger
