Dover: The White Cliffs, South Foreland and the Castle Tunnels
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Dover: The White Cliffs, South Foreland and the Castle Tunnels
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The White Cliffs rise about 110m above the Channel at Dover, walked from the Langdon Cliffs visitor centre. Along them, South Foreland Lighthouse was the first to be lit by electricity, in 1858, and Marconi received the first ship-to-shore radio message here in 1898, and in 1899 made the first international radio transmission from it, to France. Henry II's castle stands above the town, and from the Secret Wartime Tunnels beneath it the Dunkirk evacuation was directed in 1940; in Dover Museum is a Bronze Age boat some 3,500 years old.
Required Activities
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of 4
Walk the White Cliffs of Dover from the Langdon Cliffs visitor centre along the top of the chalk cliffs, about 110m above the sea
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of 4
Tour South Foreland Lighthouse, the first lighthouse to be lit by electricity, in 1858, where Marconi received the first ship-to-shore radio message in 1898
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of 4
Tour Dover Castle, Henry II's 12th-century fortress, and go into the Secret Wartime Tunnels from which the Dunkirk evacuation of 1940 was directed
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of 4
See the Bronze Age Boat at Dover Museum, some 3,500 years old
Walk the White Cliffs of Dover from the Langdon Cliffs visitor centre along the top of the chalk cliffs, about 110m above the sea
Tour South Foreland Lighthouse, the first lighthouse to be lit by electricity, in 1858, where Marconi received the first ship-to-shore radio message in 1898
Tour Dover Castle, Henry II's 12th-century fortress, and go into the Secret Wartime Tunnels from which the Dunkirk evacuation of 1940 was directed
See the Bronze Age Boat at Dover Museum, some 3,500 years old
Before you go
South Foreland Lighthouse tours run from mid-March to October, and in winter Dover Castle opens only at weekends.
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