Samphire Hoe

Samphire Hoe is a country park situated 2 miles west of in in southeast England. The park was created by using 4.9 million cubic metres of chalk marl from the excavations and is located at the bottom of a section of the White Cliffs of Dover.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: English country park
  • Also known as: “Samphire Hoe Country Park” and “Site A”
  • Address: Samphire Road, CT17 9FL

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Church of St Lawrence and Abbotscliff Tunnel.

Church
Photo: Nick Smith, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is situated 1 mile northwest of Samphire Hoe.

Tunnel
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is situated 1 mile west of Samphire Hoe.

Tunnel
Photo: Helmut Zozmann, CC BY-SA 2.0.
is a railway tunnel carrying the South Eastern Main Line between and in , UK. Completed in 1884, it was bored beneath the chalk Shakespeare Cliff along the south eastern coastline of England and allows services into and out of railway station. is situated 1 mile northeast of Samphire Hoe.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Maxton and Dover.

Suburb
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is an area in the west of , in the county of , England. also served as the terminus of the tramway system serving the town until its closure in 1938.

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is a major port town in East , facing into the English Channel. At just 21 mi from the French port of , it is the closest port to continental Europe on mainland Britain.

Village
is a village and civil parish on the White Cliffs of Dover, near in the district, in , England. Its name derives from a medieval French term meaning "chapel in the ferns". is situated 2½ miles west of Samphire Hoe.

Samphire Hoe

Latitude
51.10405° or 51° 6′ 15″ north
Longitude
1.26892° or 1° 16′ 8″ east
Open location code
9F334739+JH
Open­Street­Map ID
way 167792638
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Wiki­data ID
Q7410114
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In Other Languages

From Chinese to Russian—“Samphire Hoe” goes by many names.

Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Normal Ventilation System and Abbot’s Cliff Beach.

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