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Samphire Hoe Country Park is a country park situated west of Dover in Kent in southeast England. The park was created by using 4.9 million cubic metres of chalk marl from the Channel Tunnel excavations and is found at the bottom of a section of the White Cliffs of Dover.〔 (The Official Samphire Hoe website )〕 The site is owned by Eurotunnel Ltd., and managed by the White Cliffs Countryside Project.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Hoe Picnic site )〕 It is accessible by the public via a single-track tunnel controlled by traffic lights, which crosses over the Kent Coast railway line. Visitor facilities are provided, including car parking, toilets and a tea kiosk. == Origin of the name== Samphire Hoe is named after the wild plant rock samphire that was once collected from the Dover cliffs; its fleshy green leaves were picked in May and pickled in barrels of brine and sent to London, where it was served as a dish to accompany meat. A 'hoe' is a piece of land which sticks out into the sea.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Samphire Hoe )〕 The name was coined by Mrs Gillian Janaway, a retired English teacher from Dover, by way of a public competition.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Talk on Hoe wildlife )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samphire Hoe Country Park」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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