cliffe fort

History Cliffe Fort is a disused artillery fort built in the 1860s to guard the entrance to the River Thames from seaborne attack. Cliffe Fort is one of 5 surviving coastal forts in the Thames and Medway; the others are Coalhouse, Garrison Point, Hoo and Darnet. All are these are Royal...

Cliffe Fort Sticking with the fort theme but Im afraid we didn't do it as well as the french as in my prev report. Cliffe Fort is a artillery fort built in the 1860s to guard the entrance to the River Thames from seaborne attack. Constructed during a period of tension with France, it stands...

Cliffe Fort - Report - cc2021 Cliffe Fort is a disused and abandoned artillery fort built in the cc1860s to guard the entrance to the Thames from seaborne attack. The fort was constructed during a period of tension with France. It stands on the south bank of the river at the entrance...

So, today was fun! Myself and forum member 13adg3r decided we would take a trip out to Cliffe and check out the ROC post and the Fort. The ROC post had been filled with a large concrete block so we headed to the fort. Firstly, sorry about the bad photos, didn’t have time to take good ones on...

A few days away was planned by myself, BigBadAsh, jp76 and non member Thrifty . I'd been to grain before and after posting, Styru had posted that he had spent the night on the tower and i always fancied a night out there so that was the plan, Cliffe Fort first then spend the night on the tower...

Cliffe Fort is a Royal Commission fort built in the 1860s on the edge of the Cliffe marshes on the Hoo Peninsula in north Kent, England to protect against invasion via the river Thames. It is opposite Coalhouse Fort in Essex: they are 2 km apart. Construction was difficult due to the marshy...

I had been here a couple of times before and on one trip I took the waders along and started to have a look at the ground floor. as I was the only one with waders and the water was quite deep I only looked at the first few rooms. Reef and I have been talking about this for a while and we...

History (wikipedia) Cliffe Fort is a Royal Commission fort built in the 1860s on the edge of the Cliffe marshes on the Hoo Peninsula in north Kent, England to protect against invasion via the river Thames. It is opposite Coalhouse Fort in Essex: they are 2 km apart. Construction was difficult...

I've always bypassed this site as its not really on the way to anywhere and it didn't look that interesting. After a conversation with The126 and him mentioning some flooded tunnels that need exploring I said 'I'm in!'. Very glad I went its a much more interesting place than I thought with...

Cliffe Fort lies on low lying ground on the Cliffe Marshes in Kent. It was built from 1860s to (along with other forts) protect London from the perceived threat of a French invasion force coming up the River Thames. Even during construction the fort suffered from subsidence, evidence of which is...

Very pleased to have the opportunity to get into this, one more to cross off my wish list. Sadly didn't have any waders, so the ground floor was ruled out. Cliffe Fort is one of the Palmerston forts, also known as Palmerston's follies, built in the 1860's to defend against potential waterborne...

Another hangover on a Saturday, another solo explore, another tick off of the hitlist. History from the always wonderful Underground Kent: After some trek to get to the actual Fort I made my way around the back to find the Brennan Torpedo, or rather what was left of it. Then I made my...

Intro. Sooooooooo yeah... god you must be thinking, not another bloody report from this place... haha well yes hello! ive been out with a few friends and decided to check out this place again.... Quite a relaxed explore... Histroy? well here it comes.. History Cliffe Fort is a Royal...

Visited with Obscurity and Storm Nice relaxed day lots of walking and a moment where we may have been told off for slipping under/between a conveyor belt..Nice little food break up top and no drams,Just a pleasant explore,and i love this place,allways looked at the pics just never got round...

nice chilly explore on the coast. easy to wander round and has some great character. a bit of history Cliffe Fort is a Royal Commission fort built in the 1860s on the edge of the Cliffe marshes on the Hoo Peninsula in north Kent to protect against invasion via the Thames. It is opposite...

After messing up the tide tables we lucked out at the grain battery so decided on a visit to Cliffe. Visited with Datsun,Rustproofhawk and Uri Built in the 1860’s, Cliffe Fort is one of the three Thames Side Forts that were designed to defend that Thames Estuary. It was also built to work in...

Cliffe fort For my first full exploration I decided to give cliffe fort a go. There was enough information available during my research for me to be confident enough to give this a try. The walk down to the fort is about a mile, past the sailing club, they didn’t seem to pay too much...

Visited with Catullus. We did both sites in one day, so I thought it would be easier just to post one report for both. Some history: Cliffe Fort was built in the 1860s to protect against invasion via the Thames. It was armed with 12.5-inch 38-ton and 11-inch 25-ton rifled muzzle-loading...

My first report(and proper explore!), so hopefully I've got this right! Wanted to go here for ages, and it didn't disappoint, its been done many a time before, but some history from Wikipedia: "Cliffe Fort is a Royal Commission fort built in the 1860s on the edge of the Cliffe marshes on...

I know this site has been done to death so I will keep the history short. Cliffe fort was built in the mid 19Th century as part of a the defence of the Thames as part of triangular set of defense paired with Shornemead and coalhouse fort. The fort is one of the first places to test...