Dungeness, Romney Marsh, Kent

#getgoing2025 Dungeness, Romney Marsh, Kent Dungeness might not be your typical postcard-perfect beach, but it’s a wild and wonderful place to explore. There’s a surreal clash between nature and man: industrial power stations tower over a protected wildlife sanctuary. Anglers, artists and ornithologists make the pilgrimage to this curious landscape, but the shoreline stretches for miles so it also makes a peaceful place to bring a picnic and watch common tern diving for fish (see if you can hold your breath as long as they do). The Fish Hut serves up fresh catch and cold drinks – well earned if you climb the 140 steps to the top of the old lighthouse. The sea here is not for swimming, but ask a local for directions to ‘the Long Pool’ in the forested area known as ‘the jungle’ – it’s not on any maps.