heights

1. The History Located in the Kent town of Dover, the Detached Bastion is part of the Western Heights, which were a series of forts, strong points and ditches. They were built to supplement the ageing medieval castle designed to protect the country from invasion. Located between the Drop Redoubt...

Dawson's Heights is a large social housing estate in East Dulwich, London. It was designed by Kate Macintosh and built in between 1964 and 1972. The estate is built on top of a spoil tip from the creation of a nearby railway line. Dawson's Heights consists of two blocks of flats: Bredinghurst...

With the North Entrance being open only 2 weekends a year. Was a rare treat to be able to get on one of the tours (Having explored alot of the other forts and tunnels around Dover this was on the hadn't been able to get in list) the tour guide was brilliant and was a great explore. For context...

Brief History Standing on the high ground of Cheshire on the hill known as Pale Heights at 176 metres AOD in the Delamere Forest is this now virtually naked BT-Radio Tower. It was once one of the long distance microwave sites before fibre optics took over and use to have massive drum shaped 3.6...

We st er n he ig ht s. I ’m s ur e 99 I’m sure 99% of people who have ever been to Dover has done this location. So a brief history of the western heights... and a pics at the end are of the location and layout of this location. The remains of the south entrance of western...

The former Seaton Heights Hotel opened some time in the 70s and closed in 2005, the sports hall stayed open for a few months after but also closed. The owners lived on site for a while after its closure. Lots of potential developments have fallen through over the years. The most recent one...

Artisan Heights - Manchester. A nice easy one to finish the night, well I say that, that is if I trust my grip, and didn’t fancy a swim. And then once in the site we headed to the stairwell, which was locked, Doh! Ok, plan b.. we found quite possibly the smallest hole you could ever fit through...

I went down to Western Heights in Dover the other day for a dog walk, I knew it had been sealed off but I fancied going and walking around the outside of it. I was walking under the second bridge right by the old drawbridge and saw a large memorial up for a young guy. I had a little search and...

This is mount Hermon in Syria but has been occupied during the Israeli-Syrian War, so it now unofficial in Israel. At the end of this trench is a peacekeeper soldier. He's actually training the other soldier, they work for the UN. He is monitoring the cease fire between Israel and Syria...

Yes, this location has been explored by many. Its metaphorical, due to being very overgrown and not in the public eye- advertised by English Hertiage ownership. This fort is one of many forts across Britian that was built between the 18th and 19th century. The Western Heights, specifically, was...

Whilst down at the Jurassic coast accidently came across this gem... When it opened it had a restaurant, bar, gym, swimming pool, squash court and sauna. It has been abandoned since 2004/5 and has had numerous offers for planning permission for new hotels and apartments although they have all...

Brief History: The primary school closed in 2016, due to dwindling numbers, after 60 years of being the heart of a small community. Since then, various planning applications have all been rejected... so think this gem has some time to still stand & be left alone. The Explore: We arrived at the...

I see another great report was made yesterday about this place yesterday, this is my take on it. Visited with @Chloe Explores on an overcast day, about 3rd on the list of explores where we had no joy. A beautiful building set on a hill with a beautiful view. Im still not too sure how i...

The heights, Surrey Sept 20 Got a feeling this one's been kept quiet in a NP for a while maybe. I used to work and live fairly close to this place and didn't even know of its closure. After a phone call from the Explorer returns saying he was in my area at this place I just had to go and see...

The Citadel’s Southern Defences and Tenaille - Short Casemates and Long Casemates So what started as something seemingly quite easy myself and @The Wickerman had unknowingly embarked on what would become a 5 year long project of quite honestly the most physically and mentally demanding...