And even though it spans the narrowest section between England and France at the Straight of Dover, the Channel Tunnel is still 31 miles long and it runs as deep as 250 feet.
At the most cutting-edge retail stores —Victoria Beckham on Dover Street, for instance — you don't go and stand at any kind of cash register, when you decide to pay.
They were really keen to do their part. The women that were specifically here at Dover could really see that what they were doing was impacting directly on the war effort they could see how they were saving lives.
At the Siege of Dover in 1216, Prince Louis of France used both two tactics together to assault the castle gateway, allowing his forces to pour through an opening, take the barbican and kill its commander.
So she suggested I should go to Dover for a few days, to make sure that her house was still in good condition, and then to Canterbury, to visit the Wickfields.
The boss of the British port of Dover says he wants to reclaim land from the sea to create extra space for vehicles before new EU border controls come in next year.