Heritage Open Days 2026 and North Entrance Tours

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 […]

WHPS Workday Report – Aug ’26

Sunday 16th August saw our final workday inside the Drop Redoubt fort for this year. September brings our North Entrance tours as part of the wider Heritage Open Days event – click HERE for tickets to the tours and more info. These tours are free but pre-booking is essential. Workdays will then continue over autumn […]

Merry Christmas!

On this eve of Christmas (cunningly known as Christmas Eve  ) the committee of the Western Heights Preservation Society extend to all of our volunteers, supporters and contributors a very Merry Christmas. Thank you for all your help and efforts throughout the year, we are proud to have worked alongside you and delivered much benefit to […]

EKC Engineering Students at The Grand Shaft

We were proud to host Engineering students from East Kent College at the Grand Shaft on 12th November who carried out exceptional work of cleaning and maintenance of the Grand Shaft site. Tasks completed on the day included: – Rubbing down and preparing railings ready for future painting – Gathering and removing leaf matter – […]