Samphire Hoe
A country park at the foot of the cliffs, made from Channel Tunnel spoil, with chalk grassland, ponds and a pebble beach.
From King's Cross St Pancras: 1 h 51 min by train · 2 h 24 min by car
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Time there: 1–2 h
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Quick facts
Almost 5 million cubic metres of Channel Tunnel spoil were piled behind a 1.7 km sea wall, creating about 45 hectares of new land at the foot of Shakespeare Cliff.
It opened to the public in 1997 and is managed by the White Cliffs Countryside Project.
Its habitats include chalk grassland, sea buckthorn scrub, ponds, rockpools and a pebble beach.
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