We left Dover Castle and drove over to the Langdon Cliffs Park - more commonly known as the White Cliffs of Dover. It is only about a mile away from the castle, and can easily be done in conjunction with it.
It was mostly a chance to walk some lovely rural coastline. The views are magnificent. If you look back, you can see Dover Castle perched on top of its hill.
Most importantly, it gave us a chance to walk the dogs before starting the drive back to London.
Radar towers, not unlike the ones that were positioned here during WWII, still stand and are in use today. Radar Towers were used for the first time in WWII to detect incoming German planes.
You can ultimately walk all the way up to an old Victorian Lighthouse. We weren't feeling that ambitious, but instead chose to enjoy only a 30 minute or so walk in along the cliffs. If you go, remember, 30 minutes in means 30 minutes out.
The views and the sheer drop down to the water is beautiful and spectacular. Even Pepper appreciated it.
The cliffs really are just made of white chalk. I found a piece on the ground, and thought about bringing it home, but then my environmental instinct thought better about it, and I put it back.
The whole trail is public property, but they do charge you to park your car in the visitor center parking lot.
Signs everywhere warn about getting too close to the edge, and they warn you to stay back at least 5 feet from it as it is still continuing to erode.
We were feeling a little hungry, but luckily there were wild blackberries growing all along the path. Yummy.
We ended our Dover excursion with a snack at the Dover Cliffs Visitor Center. I had the quintessential British Cream Tea with Scones and, well, Coffee. It was wonderful to sit on the deck enjoying the last bits of sun as the rain began to come in. Yes, our timing was good, and it was time to head home.
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