I went up the piggy steps above Malvern Road to Military Road today, and saw that all the little pathways where the allotments are, the steps and even Military road need a good weeding session, such as with a strimmer.
There is quite some neglect in this sense, and the presence of rows of stinging nettles between the blackberry bushes and the pavement would prevent people from even picking blackberries. A sad state of affairs.
These areas obviously do not come under WHPS supervision, being outside of the Scheduled National Monument area, and probably come under the sphere of local government.
I think that the DDC councillors who propagate Dover being a place for high-class residents from London, do not do much sight-seeing, to see whether public footpaths and steps are in a reasonable state of maintenance.
When you have to start carefully moving bramble branches with the tips of your fingers to pass through, and risk getting stung by nettles, it shows that arm-chair ideology doesn't always offer value for money
