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 […]
Our next workday at the Western Heights will be held on Sunday 16th August from 10:30 to 16:00. Work will take place across various parts of the site and we will also be preparing the North Entrance site ahead of the upcoming Dover Heritage Open Days event next month. If you’d like to volunteer with […]
Thanks to all volunteers who came to the WHPS July workday. Tasks completed by volunteers included: – Clearance of overgrowth at the top of the Grand Shaft – Sweeping of the stairs and entrance to the Grand Shaft – Weeding and tidying at the Grand Shaft and the Drop Redoubt Thanks also to regular WHPS […]
Thanks to all volunteers who helped on the very productive May 17th workday at our fabulous Drop Redoubt fort! Tasks accomplished included: – Moving rubble in Caponier 4 in preparation for new flooring – Painting the wooden parts of the casemates – Painting the crowd barriers – Mowing, strimming and weeding the Drop Redoubt site […]
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 […]
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, […]
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 […]