Dover District

Dover District
Non-metropolitan district
Coat of arms
Dover shown within Kent
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Constituent country	England
Region	South East England
Non-metropolitan county	Kent
Status	Non-metropolitan district
Admin HQ	Dover
Incorporated	1 April 1974
Government
• Type	Non-metropolitan district council
• Body	Dover District Council
• Leadership	Leader & Cabinet (Conservative)
• MPs	Natalie Elphicke (Conservative) Craig Mackinlay (Conservative)
Area
• Total	121.56 sq mi (314.84 km2)
Area rank	130th (of 309)
Population  (mid-2019 est.)
• Total	118,131
• Rank	199th (of 309)
• Density	970/sq mi (380/km2)
• Ethnicity	99.5% White (British)
Time zone	UTC0 (GMT)
• Summer (DST)	UTC+1 (BST)
ONS code	29UE (ONS) E07000108 (GSS)
OS grid reference	TR315415
Website	www.dover.gov.uk

Dover is a local government district in Kent, England. The port town of Dover is its administrative centre. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the boroughs of Deal, , and Sandwich along with and most of Eastry Rural District.

Settlements[]

There are three towns within the district: Deal, Dover and Sandwich; and the parishes below:

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. 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.

See also[]

• Dover District local elections

External links[]

• Parish listing
• Deal High Street winner of the Telegraph's first High Street of the Year award
• Kent coalfield history
• Dover pictorial website
• Dover Community Radio (DCR)

Coordinates: 51°07′48″N 1°18′40″E / 51.130°N 1.311°E / 51.130; 1.311