This town made famous by its beautiful white cliffs is located on the Strait of Dover at England's closest point to continental Europe (21 miles away).Dover is located in the southeast of England and home to the world’s busiest shipping lane with regular ferry services across the channel to France. The town is known around the world for the famous White Cliffs of Dover, the first glimpse of England seen by passengers arriving from the Continent. A stay in Dover is not complete without a visit to Dover Castle, one of England’s most complete castles and home to an Iron Age hill fort, a Norman keep and St Mary in Castro church. It also boasts the remains of the Pharos, a Phoenician lighthouse, which is the tallest Roman structure in the UK.