A mile along the clifftop trail from the South Foreland Lighthouse, you will reach the delightful village of St Margaret’s Bay, a gap in the chalk with a sun-trapping shingle beach. This is England's closest point to France and many a cross-Channel swimmer has stepped into the briny waves here.
St Margaret’s Bay
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