Excavated and constructed in late 1940 these tunnels served as Brigade Battle Headquarters for the Army. The men based at the HQ were to...

Excavated at the start of the Second World War into a chalk hillside, this Deep Shelter was one of four proposed and built by the...

The second gun at South Foreland was installed in 1941, this was a 9.2inch gun “Prinz Eugen”. The War Shelter was located to the rear of...

The joint magazine for No 2 & 3 guns at South Foreland differed from the magazines for No 1 & 4 guns. The magazines were constructed in a...

These photos are from the magazine for the No 1 9.2inch Gun “Shoeburyness”. The underground Magazine was set back from the gun position...

Constructed during the 1860s the galleries contains three gun rooms that have semicircular vaulted casemates with timber floors. Each gun...

Hougham Battery was constructed in 1941 as a Coastal Battery and was equipped with 3x8inch mark VIII naval guns. It was manned by men of...

Construction of Drop Redoubt started between 1804-1809 and had the simple form of a pentagon. Trenches were cut into the hillside and...

Built in the late 1930s this heavy anti aircraft battery was armed with four 4.5-inch guns and a GL Mark IA radar system. Later during...

These tunnels were an expansion of existing tunnels at Dover Castle and were excavated in 1942 . They were used as a forward HQ providing...

Grain Tower is a defensive tower, constructed between 1848 and 1855, it was designed in the same way as the Martello Towers. It served as...

The earliest phase of the North Entrance dates to the Napoleonic period. Modernisation of the North Entrance began in 1860 and was...

Here are a few photos of some graffiti we found in a set of Chalk Galleries.

The battery was constructed between 1898-1900. It was armed with three 9.2-inch Mark X breech-loading guns with the main role of counter...

During 1941 a second bombing decoy was built at Luddesdown designated Q96B to deceive the enemy into bombing it rather than the airfield...

Built between 1861 and 1868 following on from the recommendations of the Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom that had...

Dunkirk was one of the first five operational stations which made up the so-called Estuary Chain Home layout, established in 1936-38....

Built as part of the Cold War precautions this post was designed to monitor nuclear blasts and radiation. It became operational in October...

Built between 1912-1914 this AA Battery was in service during World War 1 before being abandoned. At the start of World War 2 the battery...

Leybourne Grange was built as a hospital for juveniles, females and males who were considered mentally handicapped in 1936 by KCC. The...