Western Heights Preservation Society
Sunday May 17th sees our next workday at the Drop Redoubt fort – all volunteers are welcome, as usual just bring sturdy footwear and your lunch. More info about our workdays HERE. We are also running tours of the fort for the public at 11:00 and 14:00. There are a few spaces left for the […]
Bat Walk around the Drop Redoubt fort on Friday 22nd May 20:30 – 22:00 BOOKING REQUIRED! WHPS are happy to be hosting our 3rd evening bat walk event, in collaboration with our friends Claire and Toby Munn of South East Ecology and Lauren Baker of White Cliffs Countryside Partnership. These are popular events and numbers […]
Sunday 19th April saw our return to the inside of the Drop Redoubt fort and our first tours of 2026. Thanks to all who came and also for the generous donations on the day! As a volunteer organisation and charity we really do rely on your support to keep these tours running and to look […]
Today at The Grand Shaft we hosted guest performers Tom White and friends of Sound Emergence, who entertained a crowd of visitors with an atmospheric soundscape designed to relax and enrich the spirit. Visitors were encouraged to sit on or walk around the Shaft’s three spiral staircases while enjoying the sounds and feelings of the […]
The next WHPS workday will be Sunday 19th April, all are welcome to come along and help! As usual after the winter break, we will be doing gardening and housework duties around the Drop Redoubt fort and generally getting things up and running again and back to normal. Volunteers are welcome to join from 10:30am, […]
Today we welcomed back a team of engineering students from East Kent College. As with their previous volunteering day in November 2025, the students did a good job of sweeping the Grand Shaft staircases, collecting litter, and weeding the paths and cobbles. A small team of WHPS volunteers were also present, mowing the grass and […]
WHPS volunteers returned to St Martin’s Battery on Sunday 15th March, as part of our continued effort to maintain this site and keep at bay anti-social behaviour, litter and overgrowth. The weather was favourable and the fresh air, activity and good company was enjoyed by all. A wide selection of volunteers took part with ages […]
In addition to our workday, on Sunday 15th March the Grand Shaft staircase and shop will be reopening for 2026. It will be open for visitors between 10am and 4pm. It will then be open again on the 3rd sunday of every month throughout the year and/or as part of other events – see our […]
The next volunteer workday will be held at St Martin’s Battery on Sunday 15th March 2026. This will be follow-up work from our January workday, to remove more vegetation overgrowth from around the battery site and we will be having another bonfire! As always please dress appropriately for the weather as this is outdoor work, […]
Fresh and new for 2026, we are pleased to announce we now have a YouTube channel! www.youtube.com/@WHPSDover On the channel we will be posting exciting and informative videos on topics such as: What volunteering with WHPS is like History of the Western Heights Stories of the soldiers and people who lived there Wildlife of the […]