Kingsdown white cliffs beach

Sunrising at Kingsdown White Cliffs beach in February

White Cliffs view of Kingsdown 

Spring certainly seems ready to arrive. The early morning sun at kingsdown beach makes the first swim of the year seem nearer. The new sea defences are holding well. They kept the stormy seas of 2016 in check, keeping this lovely seaside town safe. The combination of newly aligned groynes, boulders and beach replenishment, should last well into the future and hopefully beyond the 40 years of the previous groynes. Dover district council and east Kent engineering partnership did a sterling job.

Early February morning looking to Kingsdown White Cliffs

URGENT: Tell Dover District Council to save Kingsdown beach

Kingsdown White Cliffs beach and SSSI

The beaches at the foot of the White Cliffs of Dover need protection. A proposed development will result in 12 large mobile beach huts spoiling the wild beach at Kingsdown. The beach is set in an area of outstanding natural beauty, next to the conservation village of Kingsdown. As a Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and home to rare plants and wildlife, it has been enjoyed by generations of visitors, holiday-makers and residents for its beauty, tranquility and free access. This nationally important part the coastline with tales of smugglers, heroic rescues, Caesar's first landing and the first female swimmer to cross the Channel, ending at Kingsdown is now under threat.

Looking from Kent AONB to Kingsdown

If you care about Britain's beaches and its coastline, the environment and local communities, and want to protect what is precious about this White Cliffs beach, I need as many people as possible to do TWO things:

ONE: please sign the petition on Change.org
TWO: enter your comments on the DDC planning comment section of the website. I have provided an outline letter on my Change.org site but feel free to make your own comments.

In that way, future generations may be able to enjoy this unspoilt area too. There isn't much time: deadline 15 March. For full information about this application visit the Kingsdown Conservation Group website