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Description: There were no workers experienced in mining in Kent when coal was discovered in 1890. All the workers had to be
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/Miners.aspx

Description: Kent was almost entirely an agricultural county when coal was discovered in 1890. With projections of up to 50,000 miners
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/Housing.aspx

Description: Kent coal was some of the most difficult coal to extract and hence some of the most expensive in Britain. The
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/The-end-of-Kent-Coal.aspx

Description: When the coalfield closed in the 1980's it left behind acres of land ravaged by tips and industrial sprawl, and poverty
Url: /Exhibitions/Coal-Mining-in-Kent/History/The-future-of-the-former-Kent-coalfield.aspx

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Market Square, Dover CT16 1PH

Opening hours
April-September:
Monday-Saturday 9.30am-5pm
Sunday 10am-3pm

October-March:
Monday-Saturday 9.30am-5pm

Closed Christmas Day, Boxing Day and
New Year's Day

New Street, Dover CT17 9AJ

Opening hours 2026
Open from Friday 3 April - Saturday 31 October

School holidays: Thursday-Sunday 10am-4pm
Term-time: Saturday only 10am-4pm

Please see website or social media for re-opening updates.

Dover Museum
+44(0)1304 201066
museumenquiries@dover.gov.uk

Roman Painted House
+44(0)1304 201066
RPH@dover.gov.uk

Admission to both sites is free

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