historical place museum in Bekesbourne

The Pound Bar & Kitchen | Riverside Terrace | Guard Chamber Event Space | Westgate Towers Museum & Viewpoint | Escape In The Towers Escape Room

Evocatively sited amid the East Kent marshes, Richborough is perhaps the most symbolically important of all Roman sites in Britain, witnessing both the beginning and almost the end of Roman rule …

This great abbey, marking the rebirth of Christianity in southern England, was founded shortly after AD 597 by St Augustine.

Originating as a 13th-century wayside hospital, this flint and timber-framed building now displays Roman artefacts from nearby sites.