Keep House
Deal, Kent

A family-run Victorian guest house recently renovated to a very high standard. Situated just across the road from Deal Castle, yards from the seafront and a few minutes walk from the town centre, Keep House makes an ideal base to explore Deal and the surrounding area. Guests can enjoy either a continental breakfast or a full cooked English breakfast. All our bedrooms have en-suite facilities, colour TV, tea and coffee making facilities, hairdryers, radio alarm clocks and fridges. The seafront is always a pleasant place to take a stroll. You can walk past the pier, Time Ball Tower and fishing boats, and visit historical Deal Castle, which was designed by Henry VIII. Or you can delve into the tiny narrow streets just off the front to discover the old fishermen's cottages and the town centre with plenty of shops, cafés, pubs and restaurants.

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A gem of a seaside town, unlike many others in England, Deal has remained delightfully uncommercialised. The pebbly beach is backed by paved sea defense walls and quaint historic housing that was once the haunt of Kent's smugglers. Small fishing boats are still hauled up along the front and the catch of the day may be sold from the back of the boat. From the pier, the view of Deal's front is a delight. Amongst the ancient colourwashed cottages you can pick out the distinctive Timeball Tower which ancient mariners depended upon to give them a visual signal of the accurate time. To the south crouches Henry VIII's fortress, Deal Castle, one of several built to defend England against invasion from the sea. .The main shopping street, packed with numerous small specialist shops is set back a couple of blocks from, and runs parallel to, the sea front.