South Foreland

South Foreland is a chalk headland on the Kent coast of southeast England. It presents a bold cliff to the sea, and commands views over the Strait of Dover. It is 3 miles (4.8 km) northeast of Dover and 15 miles south of North Foreland. It is the closest point on the British mainland to the European continent at a distance of only 20.6 miles (33.2 km).

This proximity gives it military significance and during World War II a coastal battery was sited on the headland along with a radar station. Lying between the busy port of Dover and the deadly Goodwin Sands, the two lighthouses were important for navigation but both have now been retired. Much of the area is now owned by the National Trust and is open to the public; it is traversed by the Saxon Shore Way.

There are two lighthouses on South Foreland: one which went out of service in 1910 and the upper light, now a National Trust property, which went out of service in 1988).

South Foreland marks the south-western limit of St Margaret's Bay (named after the village of St Margaret's at Cliffe). It is the geological counterpart of Cap Blanc Nez, at the northern extremity of the Boulonnais in the French département of Pas-de-Calais. The two are the landward ends of the Strait of Dover land bridge and their chalk geological stratum dictates the route of the Channel Tunnel.

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