The Bell Hotel, Sandwich, will offer a new Medieval Weekend experience

New Visitor Experiences Coming To White Cliffs Country

Future visits to White Cliffs Country are about to get even better – with new, exciting and personalized visitor experiences to be offered across Deal, Dover and Sandwich.

Bright Moon Tai Chi will offer new experiences on Deal Beach

From an immersion in Deal’s smuggling history during an evening tour of the quaint coastal town; to a journey through the forgotten history of Dover’s role in the wine and spirits trade; to yoga and wild foraging on a golfing weekend at a championship links course in Sandwich – these innovative and enriching new experiences will enable visitors to soak up the local history; art; culture; outdoor recreation; health, wellbeing and sporting activities; food and drink of White Cliffs Country and enjoy a flavour of “life like a local”:

Barnsole Vineyard will offer a new wine tasting experience * The Bay Trust will offer new off-season workshops * The Bell Hotel will offer a new Medieval Weekend in Sandwich * Betteshanger Park will offer new creative activities, based on the natural environment and Kent’s mining heritage within the park * Bright Moon Tai Chi will offer Chi Gong and meditation on Deal beach * Chequers Kitchen Cookery School will offer cookery workshops in partnership with accommodation providers * England Plus Tours will offer clifftop, seaside history and wildlife walks * The History Project will offer immersive ‘Smugglers’ evening tours in Deal * Kent Craft Hive will offer tile-making creative experiences using local plant material * Keep Your Fork will offer wellbeing walks for women * The Land Train will offer a tour highlighting historical places of interest and promoting local businesses * Princes Golf Club will offer golf with a professional, plus a yoga or foraging experience on site * Sandwich Guildhall Museum will offer tours of the Guildhall with afternoon tea * Vinoteq and Dover Tales will offer a journey through the forgotten history of Dover’s role in the wine and spirits trade * Ten Mile Collective will offer creative workshops in Dover * The Wild Kitchen will offer foraging for wild food on a bicycle tour.

Chequers Kitchen Cookery School will offer new workshop experiences in partnership with accommodation providers

The new visitor experiences will provide unique and Covid-safe opportunities for embracing the spirit of White Cliffs Country and will focus on sustainable tourism, with experiences that can be offered all year round and which use seasonal opportunity to their advantage.

The Wild Kitchen will offer foraging experiences with a bicycle tour

It follows a very successful response from businesses across Deal, Dover and Sandwich to the Interreg EXPERIENCE programme, launched by Visit Kent and part-funded by Dover District Council. More new visitor experiences are yet to be announced - including those being developed by Kent Downs AONB’s Countryside Experience Development Programme, which supports businesses, organisations and individuals to develop sustainable rural visitor experiences in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and along the North Downs Way.

You can now look forward to experiencing the natural landscapes, beautiful countryside, striking coastline, fascinating history and heritage, traditional culture and sporting opportunities with which White Cliffs Country is so richly resourced in new and creative ways. Why not start planning your future White Cliffs Country staycation today?

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