White Cliffs and Lagdon Stairs and bay, Channel Geopark Transmanche

Start: Langdon Cliffs & Foxhill Down National Trust and Channel Geopark Transmanche Grid ref. TR 336 422

(S/E) With your back to the Visitor Information entrance, turn right and walk to the end of the building and reach some steps. Cross the road to go through a wooden gate hidden into the hedge. Walk down some steps to reach a T-junction where you turn right then left down steps to reach a viewpoint of the harbour. Walk down to the edge of the cliff.

(1) Turn left and keep walking straight along the clifftop for 190m or so before bearing left straight up the bank as the official path is overgrown. Reach a main path where you turn right. Before crossing the gate, enjoy views of the castle behind you, then carry straight on.

(2) Reach a path junction with a gate left and viewpoint right. Keep straight along the clifftop. Then keep your left hand (the right path is a dead end anyway). After 370 m or so, reach a gate and path junction at "Langdon Cliff" where you keep straight North.

(3) As you go, find a footpath left then at the top go right. Keep left along the way, leaving the cliff and seaside behind (This is a less busy route). At the bottom of steps, go through a gate on the left and reach another gate and junction at Wanstone where you turn right along a paved footpath.

At the next gate on your right, up the slope, turn right through it (Harbour Field). Keep straight along the top (ignoring paths going downhill on your right) and go through another gate to reach the official and well-maintained clifftop path. Cross the gate, turn right downhill. Just before the next gate, turn left.

(4) Then before a second gate, turn left again down steps towards Lagdon Stairs and bay. Be careful it is really steep. Follow the path which turns downhill along the cliff. Enter Langdon Bay Tunnel and at the end, reach a steep ladder and bay !!! Here be careful as it is slippery and you need to check out the tide! After enjoying this unusual place, walk up again.

(4) This time, walk left through the wooden gate and straight ahead. Keep straight to reach back to the main path again where you turn left towards the harbour.

(5) At the path junction keep straight uphill following the England Coast Path waymarker up the stairs. As the path flattens reach a wooden gate at "Langdon Cliff" where you turn right uphill (this time do not go through the gate). Walk through another gate at the top. As you walk downhill enjoy the view of the harbour and castle ahead of you. Cross the last wooden gate to reach back the car park and White Cliff car park and visitor centre.(S/E)

Start: Langdon Cliffs & Foxhill Down National Trust and Channel Geopark Transmanche Grid ref. TR 336 422

Parking : Find more information on the National Trust website here.
''The car park closes at 7pm each day.
National Trust members and Blue Badge Holders can park for free.
Car parking per car £6.00
Motorhomes are charged at £9.00 per vehicle and there is also a £25 charge for coaches.
If you arrive when the car parking booth is closed, you can pay for your parking using the Pay by Phone app our location code is 803459 for cars (£6) and 803461 for mobile homes (£9). Parking is valid for the rest of the day from when you pay.''

Facilities: Toilets and picnic tables at the start

Refreshments: At the start

Stiles: No stiles but gates

Note:If you wish to enjoy Lagdon Stairs and Bay please check the tide.

Find out about the cross Channel Geoparc Transmanche here.
The Cross-Channel Geopark is a cooperation between the Kent Downs National Landscape (England) and the Caps et Marais d’Opale Regional Nature Park (France) in celebration of our shared geodiversity. The ambition is to gain UNESCO status as the world’s first Cross-Border Geopark united by sea.

Also check Kent Down National Landscape website here.

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