Western Heights Preservation Society
We are pleased to be able to announce that the Heritage Open Days booking link for Dover’s North Entrance is now live at Eventbrite, click here to access and book your place. Simply select the day you require and select your preferred tour time from the list of available times. Tours run every half hour from 1000 […]
All tours are now fully booked – we look forward to seeing you all on your tour! The Western Heights Preservation Society are pleased to be able to announce that we are opening the Napoleonic North Entrance road tunnels and gun rooms once again in 2022! This is a ‘once a year’ opportunity to […]
North Entrance Tours Travel Warning Saturday 21st September 2019 Well done to all those that have booked tours for North Entrance but if you are attending on Saturday 21st September please read the following message. Extinction Rebellion are holding a mass demonstration on Saturday 21st from 1000 to 1500 with the aim of shutting down […]
We are pleased to be able to announce that the Heritage Open Days booking link for Dover’s North Entrance is now live at Eventbrite, click here to access and book your place. Simply select the day you require and select your preferred tour time from the list of available times. Tours run every half hour from 1000 […]
January workday arrived and time to blow out all those Xmas cobwebs! Fortunately the day was sunny albeit a bit cold and ‘two skips Sunday’ as it was lovingly referred to by our volunters was born. The task was to clear the accumulated rubble from previous workays collected from various dumping sites around the ditch […]
The Western Heights Preservation Society are pleased to be able to invite you to their AGM to be held on Friday 1st February 2019 at St Mary’s Parish Centre, Church Street, Dover, CT16 1BY @ 7pm. Free parking is available at the adjacent Stembrook Car Park (CT16 1BW) Join us to hear about the work […]
‘Dover’s Forgotten Commando Raid’, a book researched and written by WHPS volunteer and committee member Phil Eyden and available exclusively from the Western Heights Preservation Society, describes the planning, execution and aftermath of a hitherto undescribed Commando raid to France. The 96 page book with over 30 photographs, many published for the first time, reconstructs […]
After months and months of sunshine the September Open Weekend arrived accompanied by weather warnings for the South East of torrential rain and driving winds! Oh the joy of hosting events in England. Despite this the intrepid and hardy WHPS volunteers set to and made sure everyone was aware via our social media platforms that […]
We are pleased to be able to announce that the Heritage Open Days booking link for Dover’s North Entrance is now live at Eventbrite, click here to access and book your place. You will need to enter the password Twiss1809 when prompted and register to view the full range of tours. Tours run every half […]
The August workday was tough!! Our plan was to revisit the sterling work done the two months before clearing the gun emplacements and cover them with weed control fabric and then gravel. This required large amounts af gravel (and people) to manage the logisitics of moving 100 x 25kg bags from the van down into […]