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Sovereign state
  
United Kingdom

Region
  
South East England

Admin HQ
  
Dover

University
  
South Kent College, Dover

Constituent country
  
England

Non-metropolitan county
  
Kent

Area
  
314.8 kmĀ²

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Status
  
Non-metropolitan district

Team
  
Deal & Betteshanger Rugby Club

Points of interest
  
White Cliffs of Dover, South Foreland Lighthouse, Dover Western Heights, Dover Castle, Samphire Hoe Country P

Destinations
  
Dover, White Cliffs of Dover, Sandwich, Deal, St Margaret's at Cliffe

Dover is a local government district in Kent, England. Dover is its administrative centre. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the boroughs of Deal, Dover, and Sandwich along with Dover Rural District and most of Eastry Rural District. There are three towns within the district: Deal, Dover and Sandwich; and the parishes below:

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Map of Dover District, UK

The northern boundary of the district is the River Stour; on its western side is the district of Canterbury; to the south the parish of Capel-le-Ferne; and to the east the Straits of Dover. The southern part of the latter is the point where the North Downs meets the sea, at the White Cliffs of Dover. Further north along the coast, from Deal onwards, the land is at sea level, where the River Stour enters the sea by a circuitous route. It is here, on the sand-dunes, that the Royal St George's Golf Club, founded in 1887, and of international repute, is situated.

In the district are industrial remains of the erstwhile Kent coalfield, situated around Tilmanstone and Betteshanger. Technically speaking, half of the underwater section of the Channel Tunnel is under British Sovereignty and thus part of the district.

Communications

Deal Timeball is a Victorian maritime Greenwich Mean Time signal located on the roof of a waterfront four-storey tower. It was established in 1855 by the Astronomer Royal George Biddell Airy in collaboration with Charles V. Walker.

Crossing Dover district are the Roman roads of Watling Street and that leading from Richborough. Today the main road, the A2, closely follows Watling Street to Dover.

References

Dover District Wikipedia