"Wonderfully desolate place caused by natural forces."
"Stunning natural beauty. A desolate place under a moody autumn weather."
"A beautiful natural area with great views."
"This is a truly amazing place. A unique experience: what a landscape!"
"A beautiful yet surreal place to visit... A super peaceful sunny afternoon out with hardly anyone around when we visited mid week in June..."
Cons:
"The place can be quite bleak I would imagine, but on a clear and bright day this is a great place to visit."
"But don't walk over too much of it, it is a fragile landscape. Keep to the designated paths."
"The landscape itself is empty (desert-like) there are things to do, the mini train being one of them - not like a children's train either it is a genuine line which is amazing!"
"Dungeness can be a slightly bleak landscape in grim weather, it is almost entirely flat with little vegetation."
"This is a largely shingle landscape which is of important natural status, however, my experience is of blasted, forsaken place."
Facilities & Amenities
Pros:
"A nice attraction to see while visiting Dungeness. Friendly staff and nice historic lighthouse."
"Stopped at the lobster pot for fresh lobster sandwich which was good and well presented."
"Great food as well. Try the pilot or the shack on the beach."
"Clean and tidy in the shop, efficient and friendly."
"Food and drink are available at the Britannia Pub and Dungeness Light Railway Station Cafe. Both serve excellent local caught Fish served with quality chips."
Cons:
"NEEDS a decent cafe! This would bring more punters in to admire the birds and make it a proper day destination."
"No toilets available."
"Sadly there were no locals to chat with."
"There is a self service hot drink machine at the visitor centre, but no coffee shop."
"The carpark closes in the evening and there is an admission fee to walk in the nature reserve."
Accessibility & Cost
Pros:
"You can walk for miles...and the journey there is very scenic as you ride along in the Small steam train."
"No parking charges and there's normally lots of parking about."
"Free parking. Nice pub and fresh fish shack."
"Coming here is quite easy by car, plenty of parking."
"There are public toilets down at the little train station."
Cons:
"Considering I visited in December, when there was only one other paying customer, I thought the parking costs rather high at £8.50 for the day."
"Sadly you cannot take dogs round the reserve, even quiet ones on a lead."
"Went into the visitors centre and was greeted by a very pleasant lady who told me I could not take my dog on to the reserve."
"Drove 1 mile at 5mph from the road along a gravel road through some very uninspiring scenery."
"Be prepared for plenty of walking across heavy shingle beach if you want to get to the sea."
Wildlife & Nature
Pros:
"A unique and strange place to visit, teeming with wildlife and plants."
"It is also abundant in nature with reportedly 1/3 of all UK plant species growing wildly here."
"It is home to many uncommon plants, insects and spiders and is also a great place to see migratory birds in the spring and autumn."
"Wonderful place to see wildlife. Birds, insects and reptiles in abundance."
"Yet it possesses a rich and diverse wildlife within the National Nature Reserve."
Cons:
"Desolate, over run with people, which can't be good for the wildlife."
"The terrain can be very cold if it is windy."
"This is the bleakest and windiest place we've ever visited."
"Personally, I find places like this a bit bleak."
"Dungeness has a unique, other world feel to it."
Experience & Atmosphere
Pros:
"Being here honestly feels post apocalyptic, it's a truly incredible place to go especially during the summer."
"So laid back and relaxing, definitely worthy of a visit of what an old English seaside town is like."
"Love it here! So peaceful and strangely 'apocalyptic ' looking."
"A vast expanse of beach shingle with some amazing fine sand revealed at low tide."
"Beautiful day and night. Worth the trip to explore, see the old railway carriages now as homes, visit the lighthouse, the Dymchurch to Hythe miniature railway."
Cons:
"It's good for a short time but not a lot to do."
"Not a great walk - you’re on tarmac most of the time and the landscape didn’t change."
"Now this is a strange place to review !! We're pleased we travelled here, but .... couldn't honestly say to anyone that it was worth the drive."
"There's not much to do or see."
"Would have been nice to have a play park or something around as not much else to do there."