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White Cliffs of Dover from by Public Transport and Taxi?

Planning a day trip to the Cliffs of Dover without a rental car. Would rather not a tour bus. Was planning on taking the train to Dover Priory Station but there does not seem a great way to get to the National Trust other than walk from the station (a bit long considering we will be walking at the Cliffs) or take taxi.

So, a few quick questions...

1) Is it easy to get a taxi from the train station?

2) How much would a taxi cost? It seems to only be a few miles.

3) Is it possible to set up a taxi ahead of time?

Thank you for any help!!!!

Posted by
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If you are just going to see the sights, you might consider going to the Seven Sisters instead; they are also white (chalk? Limestone?) cliffs on the ocean, but a bit further south than dover; we went there by train and bus from gatwick airport and had a nice walk there.

The national park has a website with info: https://www.sevensisters.org.uk/plan-your-visit/getting-here/

You can google it for some beautiful pictures. I haven't been to Dover, so I can't compare, but this was really beautiful.

I have found uber to be really easy to use in Europe. I don't know about UK in general, or that area specifically, but might be a good option.

Posted by
8151 posts

For Dover there is a taxi rank outside Dover Priory Station (to use it's full name)- and there should always be taxis waiting on the rank.

It's only a couple of miles- reportedly it is £2.80 fixed charge + £1.16 per km- if those figures are correct it should cost about £5 to £6 each way.

But one of the town taxi companies is called Dover White Cliffs Taxi (what else?)- http://doverwhitecliffstaxi.com/ - so contact them for confirmation of the price and maybe pre-booking.

It's easier to walk back (as you are downhill) and detailed instructions (heading towards the White Cliffs) are on the NT website- https://nt.global.ssl.fastly.net/binaries/content/assets/website/national/regions/kent/places/the-white-cliffs-of-dover/pdf/walking-to-the-white-cliffs-of-dover---railway-station-version-final.pdf

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Perfect answer above! I am just confirming that I did exactly the above a couple years ago. Very easy.

If you are interested in WWII, Dover Castle has some interesting tunnel exhibits, as well as Medieval displays, and a WWI Command Post. Could possibly be combined depending on your time walking the Cliffs.