Western Heights Preservation Society
Western Heights Preservation Society were proud to once again take part in the annual Heritage Open Days – England’s largest community-led festival of history and culture, featuring thousands of events across every region of England giving the public free access to sites of historic and cultural interest. On Sunday 13th September, WHPS volunteer Andy Rayner […]
Thanks to all who came and took part at our annual Open Weekend from 20th to 21st June, whether members of the public, families and children, volunteers or re-enactors. It was a splendid weekend with high engagement, good weather and lots of fun. We at WHPS look forward to doing it again next year. Thank […]
** THIS WEEKEND ~ 20th to 21st JUNE** The Drop Redoubt fort is OPEN this weekend for our annual summer Open Weekend event! The Western Heights Preservation Society are pleased to be able to invite you to their only public open weekend of 2026 at the Drop Redoubt on Dover’s Western Heights on Saturday 20th […]
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 […]
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 […]