Dungeness Lighthouse

gallery_2_430_01Experience the magic of timeless Dungeness when staying at Pontin’s Camber Sands Holiday Park. Discover why the Ness is so popular with Art Directors and has featured it so many films and fashion shoots. The Old Lighthouse is a Historic Grade 11 building, surrounded by panoramic views of the East Coast countryside and the English Channel. Dungeness Lighthouse also offers unique and perfect views over the 500 cuspate shingle ridges that have formed the foreland, one of the largest in the world and the greatest example in the UK.

 

Learn how a Lighthouse works, and about the men who used to operate it.

Get to view the Great Lens and the Sector Light which, for 56 years provided a welcome landlight to vessels negotiating the perils of the English Channel. Admire the inspired industrial Victorian architecture of the distinctive black and white Tower, the Landmark of Dungeness

 

Whilst you are there enjoy local trails and walks to the beach, the RSPB Nature Reserve and the Lifeboat station. Cottages adapted from old railway carriages are a distinctive and picturesque feature of the area. There are also numerous rare invertebrates and protected wild plant species amongst the shingle.

 

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Adjacent to Lighthouse is Dungeness Station, the final stop of the famous Romney, Hythe & Dymchurch Light Railway re-opened after WWII in 1947 by Hollywood Stars Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy. The Railway runs a regular service through from Hythe for most of the year.

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Café, restaurant and local public house within a few minutes walk and local books, charts and postcards are available in the shop, along with Solleys famous ice-cream, favoured by the late Queen Elizabeth, the Queen Mother.

 

Dungeness Lighthouse - Further Information
Distance From Pontin's Holiday Park Approx: 21 minutes drive
Address Dungeness, Romney Marsh, Kent, TN29 9NB
Telephone 01797 321300
Website www.dungenesslighthouse.com
Admission Price - Adult £3.00
Admission Price - Child £2.00
Admission Price - Family 9 (2 adults, 4 Children)
Senior Citizen £2.50
Opening Times: 10.30am - 4.30pm
March - April: Weekends
May - June: Thursday - Friday & Weekends
July & August: Daily
September: Thursday & Friday & Weekends
October: Weekends
Bank Holidays: Weather Permitted
Pontin's is not responsible for the information you see on this page, it was correct at the time of going to print but is subject to change please contact the specific local attraction direct for accurate information, prices and opening times. This is only meant to act as a guide to help our guests locate things to do in the local area.

 

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