It is interesting to find maritime plants, such as the samphire, growing on their shores a thousand miles from the sea and more than a thousand feet above it.

It is interesting to find maritime plants, such as the samphire, growing on their shores a thousand miles from the sea and more than a thousand feet above it.

Samphire Hoe is a new piece of England created from 4.9 million cubic meters of chalk marl dug to create the Channel Tunnel.

This area also has samphire but also many salt pans.

Look for golden samphire that flowers from July to September, a scarce plant in most of Britain.

My sense of place found a plate of large juicy sweet cockles on a bed of crisp green samphire before me.

samphire cottage Sleeps 4/5 + cot, two en-suite rooms with 6 ft beds, sofa bed on mezzanine.

samphire flats.

It has an earlier season than marsh samphire, and is in season during spring, rather than summer.

This area also has samphire but also many salt pans.

Look for golden samphire that flowers from July to September, a scarce plant in most of Britain.

My sense of place found a plate of large juicy sweet cockles on a bed of crisp green samphire before me.

SAMPHIRE COTTAGE Sleeps 4/5 + cot, two en-suite rooms with 6 ft beds, sofa bed on mezzanine.

Follow this road west through farmland and samphire flats.

It has an earlier season than marsh samphire, and is in season during spring, rather than summer.