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How to Find Samphire Hoe
Grid Reference
British National Grid
TR 29401 39048
Degrees
51.10480°N, 1.27553°E



Follow the A20 along the sea front at Dover, towards Folkestone. You will go past the western docks and begin to ascend on a duel carriageway. Follow this for approximately a mile, until you see a turning for ‘Samphire Hoe’ – take this. You may have to wait a minute or so in a layby before the traffic lights here change to green and you can enter the tunnel down to the Hoe.

At the end of the tunnel, continue on to the car park. Parking tickets for the day cost £2.00. There is also a shop and facilities here.

Follow one of the paths to the west across the nature reserve. After about 15 minutes you will reach the beach, with its towering cliffs.

 


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UK Fossils Management - Alister Cruickshanks & Roy Bullard
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