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country FREE VISITOR GUIDE 2014 Jack and Agnes got married cliffs below the White Cliffs of Dover in 1914 just before the outbreak of World War One... Join them on their 100th Anniversary journey through the district and discover the hidden gems of White Cliffs Country. visit white DOVER • DEAL • SANDWICH 1 CONTENTS... Welcome 5 White Cliffs Country and the First World War 9 48 Hours 11 Dover 13 Deal 15 Sandwich 17 Castles and Forts 19 World War Two and more 21 Gardens, Parks & Wildlife 23 Get Active 27 Walks and Cycle Rides 28 Working Heritage 30 What’s On in 2014 34 Photography throughout this publication has been supplied by: Places to Go 38 Dover District Council; Places to Eat Paul Wells; 43 White Cliffs Countryside Partnership; Places to Stay 45 Peter Smith Photography; National Trust (credited against individual photographs) Dover Town Map 53 and individual advertisers. Deal Town Map 54 This publication was designed and produced by Sandwich Town Map 55 Dover District Council, Creative Design and Tourism Departments and printed by Adams Printers, Dover, on FSC paper. How to get here 56 Visitor Information Centres 56 For further information: Dover Visitor Information Centre 3 Dover Museum, Market Square, Dover, Kent CT16 1PB www.whitecliffscountry.org.uk Tel: 01304 201066 Email: [email protected] Web: www.whitecliffscountry.org.uk Dover Town Hall was once used as WELCOME... a pilgrim’s hostel - welcoming whitecliffscountry Great Britain and especially Dover, travellers from far and wide – try Our fictional First World as the ‘Gateway to Britain’, has been and catch one of the tours to see and War couple welcome you to praised for its warm welcome and the hear more about it. their personal anniversary Agnes gave legacy of the 2012 Olympic volunteer tour... greeters is now recognised across the Dover Castle sitting high on our up her job white cliffs is where Henry II world. We aim to reflect that when you in the Pay welcomed his guests from abroad, Office on arrive in White Cliffs Country. Whether wining and dining them in the marrying Jack catching a first glimpse of the sea from magnificent Keep, before they Jack in March 1914. rail or road or if your first sight of travelled to the capital. We can’t is in the In October, when the district is the mighty chalk cliff- promise you quite such regal Royal Navy Jack joined the face as your ferry reaches Dover harbour splendour but there are so many Volunteer RNVR she got a job - we want to extend that welcome. fascinating places to visit we are Reserve as a clippie on the sure you will forgive us! Anti-Aircraft Dover trams. She The neighbouring towns are no different. Corps Dover. felt herself lucky The motto of Deal is “Adjuvate Advenas” Walking, sailing, cycling, sightseeing - you can do it all in as Jack was in Dover or “Befriend the Stranger” and the town This Corps White Cliffs Country. Come for a week also has Welcome Walkers status. Along performed a and not going to the or a day, there’s a packed programme valuable task front. the coast, Sandwich has been offering planned for 2014. watching the skies a safe haven to refugees and visitors over Dover night since the Middle Ages. Have a great stay! after night for enemy Zeppelins 5 and aircraft. Photographs: Main picture: Iconic White Cliffs at St Margarets Bay. www.whitecliffscountry.org.uk Left to right: White Cliffs Country Greeters; pilgrims badge depicting Thomas Becket; the wonderful Stone Hall at Dover Town Hall; a King’s welcome at Dover Castle Great Tower Das Rathaus von Dover war einst eine WILKOMMEN... Pilgerherberge, in der Ankömmlinge von nah und Großbritannien und vor allem Dover, als fern herzlich empfangen wurden. Machen Sie das,“Eingangstor nach Britannien”, sind für sich ein Bild und nehmen Sie eine der Touren ihren herzlichen Empfang und das Vermächtnis in Anspruch, um mehr darüber zu erfahren. der freiwilligen “Greeters” bei den Olympischen Spielen 2012 gelobt worden, die nun die ganze Welt Das Schloss von Dover, das sich hoch oben auf ...les voyageurs de tous horizons. N’hésitez einer weißen Klippe befindet, ist der Ort, an kennt. Genau das versuchen wir zu vermitteln, wenn pas à emprunter les navettes du circuit Sie in White Cliffs Country ankommen. Egal, ob dem Heinrich der II. von England seine aus BIENVENUE touristique pour en savoir plus. Sie einen ersten Blick auf das Meer aus dem Auto fernen Landen angereisten Gäste begrüßte, oder dem Fenster Ihres Zuges erhaschen, oder ob um mit ihnen zu dinieren und ihnen Wein La Grande-Bretagne, et en particulier Douvres Le château de Douvres, sur les hauteurs Ihr erster Eindruck der Gegend von dem Blick auf auszuschenken, bevor sie in die Hauptstand dans son rôle de « Porte du Royaume-Uni », de nos falaises blanches, est le lieu den mächtigen Kreidefelsen entsteht, sobald Sie weiter zogen. Auch wenn wir Ihnen solch einen ont été louées pour leur accueil chaleureux où Henri II accueillait ses invités den Hafen von Dover per Fähre erreichen - diesen königlichen Empfang nicht bieten können, sind et l’héritage des agents d’organisation des étrangers, festoyant avec eux dans le Willkommensgruß der Natur möchten wir persönlich wir sicher, dass Sie uns dies nicht nachtragen Jeux Olympiques de 2012 est désormais reconnu werden, wenn Sie die vielen faszinierenden magnifique donjon, avant de se rendre unterstreichen. à travers le monde. Notre veillons à ce que Orte besuchen! à la capitale. Nous ne pouvons pas vous cela se reflète lorsque vous arrivez dans In den benachbarten Ortschaften ist es nicht promettre un banquet royal mais les lieux le Pays des falaises blanches. Par train ou anders. Unter dem Motto “Adjuvate Advenas” oder Wandern, Segeln, Fahrradfahren oder fascinants sont si nombreux à visiter par route, avec vue sur la mer, ou en ferry “Befriend the Stranger” (z. Dt. freunde dich Sightseeing - in White Cliffs Country ist que nous sommes certains que vous nous dans le port de Douvres avec vue sur les mich dem Besucher an) heißen wir unsere Gäste in nichts unmöglich. Sie haben die Wahl zwischen pardonnerez ! einer Woche oder auch nur einem Tag, für das immenses falaises de craie blanche, nous vous dem Städtchen willkommen, das außerdem “Walkers are Welcome”-Status als besonders Fußgänger- gesamte Kalenderjahr 2014 gibt es ein volles accueillons à bras ouvert. Randonnée, plaisance, cyclisme, visite, freundliche Stadt besitzt. Entlang der Küste Programm. le Pays des falaises blanches vous bietet Sandwich seit dem Mittelalter einen Les villes voisines ne sont pas différentes. attend. Pour une semaine ou une journée, sicheren Zufluchtsort für Abenteurer und Besucher. Genießen Sie Ihren Aufenthalt! La devise de Deal est « Adjuvate Advenas », découvrez le programme de 2014. ce qui signifie « L’étranger est notre ami », et la ville arbore également le pavillon du Passez un bon séjour ! réseau « Welcome Walkers ». Sur le littoral, Sandwich est un véritable paradis pour les 7 réfugiés et les visiteurs depuis le Moyen- âge. www.whitecliffscountry.org.uk La mairie de Douvres était autrefois utilisée comme hôtel pour les pèlerins, accueillant In late July 1914 12 ‘Tribal’ class destroyers arrived in Dover. White Cliffs Country and The Dover Patrol became one of the most important Royal the First World War... Navy commands of the To Dover goes the dubious honour of windows in the Rectory and knocked the First World War. Jack being the place where the first bomb gardener, Mr James Banks, out of a tree fell on British soil. Around midday he was pruning. and Agnes went up on December 24th 1914 a German plane onto the cliffs to was spotted over the town. Its pilot A moonlight raid on Dover at 1 a.m. see the fleet. Lieutenant von Prondzynski leaned over on 23rd January 1916 saw nine bombs the side of his plane and saw Dover dropped. One fell on the roof of the Castle and the great naval harbour some Red Lion Inn in St James’ Street, 5,000 feet below him. He lifted his bomb killing one man and injuring two others. in both hands as his knees held his “joy Another fell on the malthouse of the stick”, heaving the bomb over the side Phoenix Brewery and caused a fire which of the plane he let it fall. was soon extinguished. Three children were injured at Golden Cross Cottages. The bomb dropped towards the Castle but Lt. Prondzynski was about 400 yards By the end of the First World War, 184 short of his target, no mean achievement Photographs: bombs dropped from enemy aircraft and 23 Main picture:Royal Marines, Deal. in days when bomb-aiming instruments shells fired by enemy ships had fallen Left to right: All Clear Siren; were unknown. The tiny bomb landed in on the town. There were 113 air-raids Dover Siren, Lizzie; Dover Tram staff. the garden adjoining St James’ Rectory in all, 23 people were killed and 71 and made a crater about four or five injured. feet deep. The blast smashed some www.whitecliffscountry.org.uk 9 48 HOURS... 48 hours is not enough time to experience Day Two White Cliffs Country, but if that’s all you Soak up some café culture and shopping have then try some of our suggestions! in Deal. The colourful seafront plays host to a wide choice of excellent pubs Day One and restaurants. Wander through the High Street and explore fantastic small, It was Immerse yourself in history at Dover Castle independent shops and delicatessens, Christmas and experience the royal court of Henry II or which rival The Brighton Lanes! Eve 1914 travel deep into the White Cliffs and visit Head along to Sandwich and discover one and the the newly refurbished Wartime Tunnels.