Download the Lower Leas Coastal Park Map & Leaflet

Larger print or different format? Wildlife History Relaxation The park’s geology and coastal setting provide the Once a wild foreshore, landslips in 1784 created finest examples of his work. The Leas Cliff Hall was Starting from the Leas Bandstand, the Zig Zag Prˇekladatelská Pomoc basis for a rich flora and fauna, particularly for the park’s basic landform. In 1828, the Earl of opened in 1927 as a replacement for a much Path takes you down to the 350-seat Lower Leas migrating birds and insects. The thin, sandy soil is Radnor built a toll road smaller concert room called the Leas Shelter. The Amphitheatre where a programme ideal for native wild plants, while the south-facing providing an easy route opening by Prince Henry was broadcast live to the of free events, including music, Pomoc w tłumaczeniach undercliff has a mild microclimate for wildlife that is between the harbour and nation by the BBC. magic, comedy and drama, is held CoastalThe Lower ParkLeas unusual elsewhere in the country. Sandgate. An original toll each summer. Pomoc pre prekladaní During 2007 the Coastal Park received a total of house remains within the Historically the cliff-face and undercliff four awards; the prestigious Green Flag awarded Nearby is the South East’s largest Tercüme Yardımı park. Either side of the toll Coastal Park were mainly grassy slopes. In the by the Civic Trust, best regional and best overall free adventure playground complete road, land was cultivated 1880s, pines and holm oaks were Regeneration Project from the Royal Town Planning with sunken pirate ship, zip lines and grazed. Old field 01303 853000 planted, followed by self seeded Institute and winner in the Landscape category of and over 12 metres of tube slides! Folkestone, Kent boundaries are still in sycamores, which created coastal the Kent Design Awards. Careful, you may have difficulty in evidence and the Cow Path reminds us of the getting your children to leave! drove route from The Leas. Shepway District Council are keen to continue consulting the public on the future development of The Formal Zone between the Amphitheatre and In 1843, the railway arrived and Folkestone grew the Coastal Park through a “Friends of the Park” the Leas Lift has been sympathetically restored to quickly from a small fishing town into a major group. If you are retain the spirit of the historic park. resort with visitors from London, including Edward, interested in Plants throughout the park have been Prince of Wales. In the park, tea rooms, shelters joining the group selected for their resistance to and woodland walks were provided among the woodland with a lower please leave your drought and the salt air. newly planted holm oaks and canopy of hawthorn and contact details pine trees so that people Interpretation panels help visitors ground cover including with any of the could “take the air”. to understand the park and there stinking iris. The undercliff staff on site. is even a ‘Pierscope’ provides a habitat for The Leas Lift opened in 1885 to view the Pier, butterflies, bees, to improve access between now long since woodpeckers and blue tits. On the seashore, gulls the seafront and the upper demolished. (Much wheel overhead as shags skim the surface searching Leas. The park and seafront less expensive than for fish. Explore rock pools at Mill Point during low with their new pier, switchback building a new one!) tide to find sea anemones, crabs and starfish. ride, and beach amusements were so popular that a second lift was added in 1890. The remains of a The SUSTRANS National Cycle further lift serving the Metropole can still be seen, Network Route 2 passes through and yet another lift connected the western end of the park. The route is the Leas with Sandgate. complemented by artwork, including entrance features The Zig Zag Path was built in 1921 as a new and hand-sculpted benches. attraction and to provide work for the unemployed. A labyrinth, designed by a local As natural as it looks, the cliff-face and grottoes are artist, has been added to stimulate creative entirely artificial, being built of mostly waste thinking using sandstone recovered from material and coated in special cement called the underpass in the town centre. Pulhamite after its creator James Pulham. Now a wildlife listed structure, the path is one of the country’s history relaxation Produced by ARC Creative Design Ltd. www.arccreativedesign.com The Metropole The Grand Cycle Route 2 Leas Lift to Sandgate to A259 Vinery Warden Bandstand Zig Zag Path Leas Cliff Hall to Folkestone to A259 Town Centre P Clifton Crescent P to harbour & Sunny Sands P WC Pierscopes Labyrinth Mermaid Café Amphitheatre Lower Leas Coastal Park Metropole Steps.

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