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Calendar
20th July
Workday
Sunday 13th July 1.00pm
WESTERN HEIGHTS LONG TRAIL £3
An anti-clockwise walk taking in 90% of the fortifications on the
Western Heights. See the Drop Redoubt, the North centre Detached
Bastion, the Citadel, Citadel Battery, the site of South Front
Battery, Victoria Hall and the site of the Garrison Chapel.
Profusley illustrated with images of long-demolished buildings.
LEADER: Jeff Howe and Paul Wells, Western Heights Preservation
Society (01304 241806).
MEET: St Martin’s Battery car park, South
Military Road, Dover (TR 314 407).
DISTANCE: 4 miles (4 hours).
GRADE: 3 (steep steps and slopes, rough terrain)
Sunday 10th August 2.00pm
WESTERN HEIGHTS - WOT NO ACTUAL BUILDINGS £2
An anti-clockwise walk taking in 90% of the fortifications on the
Western Heights. See the Drop Redoubt, the North centre Detached
Bastion, the Citadel, Citadel Battery, the site of South Front
Battery, Victoria Hall and the site of the Garrison Chapel.
Profusley illustrated with images of long-demolished buildings.
LEADER: Jeff Howe and Paul Wells, Western Heights Preservation
Society (01304 241806).
MEET: St Martin’s Battery car park, South Military Road, Dover (TR
314 407).
DISTANCE: 4 miles (4 hours).
GRADE: 3 (steep steps and slopes, rough terrain)
17th August
Workday
21st September
Workday
19th October
Workday
16th November
Workday
21st December
Workday
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Joining the Western Heights Preservation Society
All the members of the WHPS are volunteers who
are working together in trying to ensure that this magnificent
fortification remains for future generations to enjoy.
By joining us, you’ll be helping us to achieve that goal,
and you will be kept up to date with any news through our
regular newsletter.
Subscription is £5 a year, and you can either send your
remittance with the form below, or even come along to one of our
work days and join us.
To join the Western Heights Preservation
Society and help protect the future of these valuable
fortifications or simply to find out more please contact:
WHPS
PO BOX 366
DEAL, Kent. CT14 9XY
E-mail:
Click Here
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here for the application form
What Next?
WHPS has focused very strongly on the Drop Redoubt; so far this
is the only structure we have been able to open to the public.
The open days proved to be very popular , but there is so much
more to the Western Heights than the Drop Redoubt.
In future years we hope to open up the North Entrance for the
public to see. It is close to the Redoubt, but had a very
different structure and purpose. The Western Heights have been a
target for vandals for some time, and North Entrance is no
different. Graffiti and arson have only added to the neglect
North Entrance has suffered over the decades and we have got a
huge task on our hands to clean this part of the Heights up. The
ditch is very overgrown and two of the water tanks situated in
the North Entrance were filled with spoil from the construction
of the road in the 1960’s, which cut directly through the ditch
linking the Redoubt to North Entrance.
There is a great deal to be seen in North Entrance, including
gun rooms, rifle galleries, and many original features that give
an excellent idea of what it would have been like to defend
North Entrance in the nineteenth century!
Where Are We?
You will find us at the Drop Redoubt on the dates to
the left. Please click the thumbnails below.
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