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Samphire Hoe has a walking path which makes a full circuit of 2 kilometres (1.2 mi). The level of the path has mild slopes with an average gradient of 1:15, though a little steeper in places, and with cross slopes of up to 1:25. The nature trail within the Hoe is tarmac with fine gravel, but the
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that was once collected from the Dover cliffs; its fleshy green leaves were picked in May and pickled in barrels of brine and sent to London, where it was served as a dish to accompany meat. A 'hoe' is a piece of land which sticks out into the sea.
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Shakespeare Cliff tunnel; the remains of the platforms can be seen from the road to the car park, but trains still pass through. A community of fisherfolk and others once lived at the foot of Shakespeare Cliff.
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The site has a walking trail and serves as a wildlife area. Samphire Hoe has been managed by the White Cliffs
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In the 1980s the site was deemed the most suitable of 60 proposed to dump chalk from
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The ecology of
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that make up the park were totally reclaimed from the sea, the first job to be completed was the building of walls in the sea to create an artificial
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The name was coined by Mrs
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The park now attracts around 110,000 visitors per year, with 140,000 people visiting in 2021. Walking, cycling,
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was sunk there but this closed in 1921 after being very unsuccessful. These activities were served by
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Channel Tunnel equipment sheds.
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