News for 2011
The Dover Western Heights Preservation Society would like to announce their second Open Weekend of 2011, which will take place on 22nd and 23rd October. The Drop Redoubt will be open to visitors again, as will the Grand Shaft. Re-enactors will be on site to make the weekend come alive before we have to close the drop Redoubt for the winter.
Entrance fees for the Drop Redoubt are £3 per adult and £1 for accompanied children. There is no fee for the Grand Shaft.
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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
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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 road at 10.00am on workdays, dates to the left.
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