Royal Military Canal
![The Royal Military Canal at Hythe](/Images/godic/202502/08/Royal_Military_Canal_at_Hythe4330.JPG")
![A modern sculpture of soldiers of Royal Staff Corps at Hythe, commemorating the construction of the canal.](/Images/godic/202502/08/Statue_of_soldiers_of_Royal_Staff_Corps._-_geograph.org.uk_-_5667214330.jpg")
![One of the numerous surviving pillboxes built on the Napoleonic era rampart of the canal in 1940.](/Images/godic/202502/08/Pill_Box,_Royal_Military_Canal_-_geograph.org.uk_-_3945604330.jpg")
![A view over the canal near Rye.](/Images/godic/202502/08/Royal_Military_Canal_near_Rye4330.jpg")
The Royal Military Canal is a canal running for 28 miles (45 km) between Seabrook near Folkestone and Cliff End near Hastings, following the old cliff line bordering Romney Marsh, which was constructed as a defence against the possible invasion of England during the Napoleonic Wars.