Dover is a
local government district in
Kent, England.
Dover is its administrative centre. It was formed on 1 April 1974 by the merger of the boroughs of
Deal,
Dover, and
Sandwich along with Dover Rural District and most of
Eastry Rural District. There are three towns within the district:
Deal,
Dover and
Sandwich; and the parishes below: The northern boundary of the district is the
River Stour; on its western side is the district of Canterbury; to the south the parish of
Capel-le-Ferne; and to the east the
Straits of Dover. The southern part of the latter is the point where the
North Downs meets the sea, at the so-called ‘
White cliffs of Dover’. Further north along the coast, from
Deal onwards, the land is at sea level, where the
River Stour enters the sea by a circuitous route. It is here, on the sand-dunes, that the
Royal St George's Golf Club, founded in 1887, and of international repute, is situated.