Lower Hope Battery
This battery is perhaps one of Cliffe’s least well-recognised pieces of ruined defence heritage. The initial Lower Hope Battery was built to defend the Thames …
Salt Lane Air Raid Shelters
Along Salt Lane in Cliffe lies an overgrown pair of air raid shelter tunnels installed to protect industrial workers of the Alpha cement works in …
Cliffe Explosives Factory
Also known as ‘Curtis & Harvey’s Explosive Factory’ this massive site feels somewhat like the Wild West and is accompanied by loads of sheep. It …
SS Richard Montgomery Wreck
The SS Richard Montgomery was a US Liberty Ship, constructed in 1943. In 1944 it was part of a convoy delivering explosives with 7,000 tonnes …
Maidstone Library Tower
In April 1959 proposals were revealed for a new County Library premises, which had been approved by the council but needed funding of £144,000 plus …
Southern Water Emergency Control Centre
Built during the Cold War, in the late 1980’s, this was one of three bomb-proof control centres constructed by Southern Water, although the only one …
RAF Detling Battle HQ
RAF Detling was a military airfield just outside of Maidstone, first opened prior to World War One as RNAS Detling (Royal Naval Air Service). Whilst …
Sarre Army Brigade Headquarters
The bunker was built in late 1940 as the South East Army Command Brigade Headquarters. It can be presumed that this was unlike most military …
Dover Castle & Secret Wartime Tunnels
Situated above the White Cliffs of Dover, this iconic castle has guarded our shores from invasion for 20 centuries and is the largest castle in England. …
Gravesend West Street Pier
Gravesend West Street Pier is the only remnant surviving of Gravesend West Railway Station. This station served as the terminus of the Gravesend West Line, …