Kent Downs GeoAdventures - Folklore and Medicinal Uses of Chalk Downland Plants


  • When
  • Area Dover

When

Where

National Trust Additional Car Park
Upper Road
near St Margaret's-at-Cliffe
CT15 6HY

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Admission

Free event

Useful info

  • Available: Family-friendly
  • Available: Car parking
  • Not available: Public transport nearby

Contact

Join a slow, gentle walk around the relatively flat White Cliffs of Dover National Trust land to find, stop and hear about the amazing variety of plants, their folklore, medicinal and wildlife uses, and the wealth of animals that make the chalk habitats home.

  • Meet at the National Trust Additional Car Park (entrance opposite Sherley’s Farm). 
  • Terrain: rough Grass tracks and some surfaced or tarmac tracks.
  • Leader: Melanie Wrigley, National Trust Ecologist, White Cliffs of Dover.
  • Length and duration: 1.5 miles (2-2.5 hours)
  • Facilities: toilet facilities at South Foreland Lighthouse
  • Booking essential - limited places (30).
Chalk cliffs and grassy area overlooking Dover Harbour.
Explore the National Trust land on the White Cliffs with ecologist Melanie Wrigley.