Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs

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|image= Oldstairs Bay and former firing range from cliff top - geograph.org.uk - 348611.jpg

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|name= Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs

|aos= Kent

|interest=Biological
Geological

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|area= {{convert|207.7|ha|acre|abbr=off}}

|notifydate= 1987

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Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs is a {{convert| 207.7 |ha|acre|abbr=off |adj=on }} biological and geological Site of Special Scientific Interest which runs along the Kent coast between Dover and Kingsdown.{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003577&SiteName=dover&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Designated Sites View: Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs | series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 1 February 2018}}{{cite web|url= http://magic.defra.gov.uk/MagicMap.aspx?startTopic=Designations&activelayer=sssiIndex&query=HYPERLINK%3D%271003577%27|title=Map of Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 1 February 2018}} It is a Geological Conservation Review site{{cite web|url= http://jncc.defra.gov.uk/default.aspx?page=4174&gcr=213 |title= Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs (Cenomanian, Turonian, Senonian, Maastrichtian) |series=Geological Conservation Review |publisher=Joint Nature Conservation Committee|accessdate= 11 January 2018}} and a Special Area of Conservation,{{cite web|url= https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteGeneralDetail.aspx?SiteCode=UK0030330&SiteName=dover&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea=|title=Designated Sites View: Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs | series= Special Area of Conservation|publisher=Natural England|accessdate = 15 January 2018}} and part of it is The White Cliffs of Dover, owned by the National Trust.{{cite web|url=https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/the-white-cliffs-of-dover?PlaceMapClick=367|title=The White Cliffs of Dover|publisher=National Trust |accessdate = 15 January 2018}}

The cliffs have fossiliferous rocks dating to the Cretaceous between 99 and 86 million years ago, and they are historically important as many geological principles were tested there. The cliffs have many breeding sea birds, and there are diverse algae on the foreshore.{{cite web|url=https://designatedsites.naturalengland.org.uk/SiteDetail.aspx?SiteCode=S1003577&SiteName=dover&countyCode=&responsiblePerson=&SeaArea=&IFCAArea= |title=Dover to Kingsdown Cliffs citation|series= Sites of Special Scientific Interest|publisher=Natural England|accessdate= 1 February 2018}}

A public footpath runs through the site.