Dungeness

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There is the place, a tip of the country where several things are to be found.  Firstly it is the only officially designated ‘desert’ in the UK.  Not what you’d perhaps imagine as a desert, there is no sand only shingle, but it has the sense of desolation you might associate with one.  Secondly there is a lighthouse you can ascend which always yields good views of the surrounding area.  Finally, as glimpsed through this lighthouse glass there is the nuclear power station stating like a monument to Brutalism, ominous and imposing and dominating the landscape for miles.  Hopefully it will only ever be its aesthetic and concept that will be seen as malign.