Dover Arts Development will soon unveil “CHALKUP21,” a 21st-century architectural coastal trail along the Strait of Dover. The 17-mile trail that winds along the coast between Folkestone and Deal, will connect nine buildings and public artworks, all built in the past 17 years. These include “The Wing” at Capel Le Ferne (2015), the Samphire Hoe Education Shelter (2014) and on the Dover Esplanade, Tonkin Liu’s “Three Waves” (2009), the Dover Sea Sports Center (2010) and Alma Tischler Wood’s “North Downs Way” START/FINISH line (2010); the National Trust Visitor Centre (1999), the Pines Calyx (2006) at St Margaret’s Bay and the Niall McLauglin Deal Pier Café (2009).It will take around two days to complete the entire trail in Britain’s busiest passenger port, notes The Guardian. For this project, Dover Arts Development has collaborated with well-known architect Charles Holland, Dover’s Destination Manager Diederik Smet, the North Downs Way National Trail Manager Peter Morris, the project’s PR person Alice Bryant and graphic designer Edda Jones. The project runs from April 2017 through December 2018 and will include a series of events led by artists over the next twenty months to highlight different aspects of the trail, Trail plaques, the new sculpture, collaborations and exhibitions.Dover is frequented by around 13 million cruise and ferry passengers but with this project, the city hopes to attract cultural tourists who are interested in iconic contemporary architecture as well as walkers, cyclists and local residents making use of the National Trail walking routes and Sustrans bicycling routes. The project is supported by £57,050 of funding from Arts Council England and an additional £24,000 from local partners.Click here to view the slideshow. Read more