Welcome to the Timeball Tower website. The Tower is located on the seafront in Deal. This website will give you an insight into the Tower, what it is and information on exhibits and opening times. Visit the Photograph Galleries for a photographic tour of the museum.

The Deal Timeball is a Victorian maritime Greenwich Mean Time signal located on the roof of a waterfront four-storey tower in the coastal town of Deal, in Kent, England.

In the 1850s, a Time Ball was set up in the costal town of Deal to provide visual time signals for nearby shipping in the English Channel. It was administered by the Royal Observatory from 1864 until 1927 when it became obsolete and its operation was ceased.

Visitors to the tower can expect to see a fully-restored timeball mechanism, as well as a museum with exhibits on the history of the timeball and Deal’s maritime heritage. You are also able to climb to the top of the tower, where you can take in panoramic views of …

The Deal Timeball Tower is a must-visit for those interested in maritime history. Housed in an actual timeball tower, it served the crucial function of signaling the time to passing ships. Visitors can explore its significance in navigation and delve into the town's rich shipping heritage.

The museum features exhibits about the history of the tower and its use for navigation, signalling and precision electrical timekeeping, and the mechanics of the operating timeball.

Discover an iconic Grade II listed building on Deal seafront, which is a reminder of the importance of the town to the Navy in Georgian times.

Oct 16, 2021 · It's now a grade II listed building, hosting an award-winning museum that goes into the full detail of Deal's past as a proper maritime town. The tower is arguably one of Deal's …

The Deal Timeball Tower and museum is a Victorian maritime Greenwich Mean Time signal located on the roof of a museum that showcases exhibits about the history of the tower and its use for navigation aid, the fight against smuggling, signalling, and the mechanics of …

Fascinating little museum. Interesting history as a rare Admiralty semaphore tower, then a time ball tower. Learn about the significance of both. You can climb to the top of the tower and see the mechanism. Every hour the time ball is dropped. Only £3 entry fee.