The Medway Queen was built at the Alisa Shipbuilding Company in Troon, Scotland, in 1924. She was delivered to the New Medway Steam...

The Postern was a staircase designed to link a gun battery to a hospital within the fortification. This enabled any casualties from the...

The underground plotting room was built in 1941, it was dual purpose serving as the batteries plotting room and also the Fortress...

During World War Two this underground HQ was constructed within a preexisting cave system. The caves were selected due to the natural...

Nine Elms Cement Works was established in 1867 by the company Francis & Co. Within the cements works were nine bottle kilns these being...

This artillery fort was constructed as a result of the 1860 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom. It was built as part...

The Brennan Torpedo was designed by Louis Brennan. Brennan came up with the idea having seen a planning machine at work in 1874. By 1878...

This tunnel system was excavated by 172 Tunnelling Co, Royal Engineers at a depth of 60 feet below ground level in 1941 and was in...

Originally storage for Government Archives work began on construction of the Cabinet War Rooms in 1938. They are located beneath the...

In 1942 the Ministry of Aircraft Production informed the Treasury of their intention to build an Underground Factory known as a Shadow...

Built between 1940-1941 as part of a dispersal camp for personnel of the nearby RAF Airfield. It would have provided protection from...

The battery was originally built between 1874 and 1877 sitting on an artificial terrace that was cut into the hillside. It was armed with...

These Cold War Blast Shelters were built into a pre-existing trench system. Their purpose was to provide shelter from blasts for the...

During World War Two a Civil Defence HQ was set up within a section of the existing tunnels at Fort Amherst. The HQs purpose was to...

Designed to house a small detachment of care and maintenance crews for the artillery pieces, known as Invalid Gunners. The Invalid...

Originally built as a war shelter in World War One on top of a previously used mound. The war shelter was part of a nearby Anti Aircraft...

New Tavern Fort was constructed between 1780-1783. The fort takes its name from the New Tavern Inn that had stood on the site before the...

This coastal fort was constructed following the findings of the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom. Construction took...

During World War Two a pair of industrial Air Raid Shelters were constructed for the employees of the Cement Works on the opposite side...

Work began on the radio station in 1938 and was completed by 1942. It housed MUSA (Multiple Unit Steerable Antenna). This system was one...