England · Restored
Upnor Castle
Upnor Castle is an Elizabethan artillery fort on the west bank of the River Medway in Kent, built to protect the Chatham anchorage and dockyard. Constructed in the 1560s, it comprises a two‑storey main block protected by a low curtain wall, towers at the river frontage and a projecting gun platform into the river; it later became a naval magazine and is now an English Heritage property open to the public.
First raised
1567
Its prime
1567
Today
Restored
As it stood in 1567
The shape it held in its prime.
Low, two‑storey rectangular main block with steep gabled roof and chimneys set immediately landward of a low stone curtain wall; at the river frontage the curtain is punctuated by two stout towers and an arrow‑shaped gun bastion projecting into the Medway. Walls are built of local pale masonry, the gun platform has a sloped parapet with embrasures, and the complex sits directly on the riverbank with a narrow foreshore beneath it, complete and serviceable as an artillery fort.
Step inside
7 places to explore in 1567.
The record describes 7 distinct spots at Upnor Castle — including 2 interiors: inner courtyard, river tower interior (garrison accommodation). Create your own photoreal reconstruction and walk through every one — more scenes means more photos, more angles and more rooms of the immersive experience.
Create History
See Upnor Castle with the fires lit.
The artist rebuilds it as it stood in 1567 — a photoreal walk that belongs to you alone. Pay with coins, no subscription needed.
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