Samphire Hoe is a country park situated 2 miles west of Dover in Kent in southeast England. The park was created by using 4.9 million cubic metres of chalk marl from the Channel Tunnel excavations and
Samphire Hoe, at the base of the cliffs
Samphire Hoe. In the background are the tall twin portals to the Shakespeare Tunnel, in the middle is the road access tunnel to the Hoe, from the A20 above the cliff, and on the right is one of the Channel Tunnel equipment sheds.
Samphire Hoe beneath the White Cliffs of Dover looking towards Folkestone.
The Channel Tunnel, sometimes referred to as the Chunnel, is a 50.46-kilometre railway tunnel beneath the English Channel which connects Folkestone in the United Kingdom with Coquelles in northern Fra
Samphire Hoe
…park situated 2 miles (3 km) west of Dover in Kent in southeast England. The park was created by using 4.9 million cubic metres of chalk marl from the Channel Tunnel excavations and is located at the bottom of a section of the White Cliffs of Dover. The site is owned by Getlink, and managed by the White Cliffs…
One of the southern tunnel boring machines
Class 319 EMUs ran excursions into the tunnel from Sandling railway station on 7 May 1994, the first passenger trains to go through the Channel Tunnel.
The Channel Tunnel exhibit at the National Railway Museum in York, England, showing the circular cross section of the tunnel with the overhead line powering a Eurostar train. Also visible is the segmented tunnel lining.