Dover is a town and major ferry port in the home county of Kent, in
South East England. It faces France across the narrowest part of the English
Channel, and lies south-east of Canterbury; east of Kent's administrative
capital Maidstone; and north-east along the coastline from Dungeness and
Hastings. The town is the administrative centre of the Dover District and home
of the Dover Calais ferry through the Port of Dover. The surrounding chalk
cliffs have become known as the White Cliffs of Dover, and the narrow sea
passage nearby – the Strait of Dover. Its strategic position has been evident
throughout its
