Meetings / Events
26/07/2017 - PFS evening visit to Fort Purbrook
The PFS evening visit will be to Fort Purbrook on Portsdown Hill, from 1900hrs to 2100hrs.
Please note that this visit is only suitable for members who are capable of completing a route that involves navigating obstacles such as ropes, hanging curtain, piles of mats and other such items, and also that there is low lighting in many areas. Torches and suitable footware are essential.
There is plenty of parking on the approach to the fort.
23/09/2017 - PFS 2017 Outing to Fort Burgoyne
The PFS Annual Outing this year will be on the 23rd September to Fort Burgoyne, Dover, not visited by the Society as an organised visit before.
As with previous years the outing will begin and end at Fort Nelson, departing 0800 sharp and returning around 2000. Full details of the outing and an application form will be available in due course
27/09/2017 - Members' Photo Evening
PFS members are invited to share their fortification photographs with those at the meeting.
News
The Western Heights Preservation Society are pleased to announce
their Spring Open Weekend. On the 20th and 21st May the
Drop Redoubt fort and Grand Shaft staircase will be open to explore from 10:00 –
17:00 both days.
The PFS Committee is pleased to advise the membership that 2016 edition of The Redan is now being distributed, those to our overseas members having been just been mailed. The Redan to our UK members will be mailed on the 27th February.
Website Links
The following Links pages have been created to give easy access to other useful sources of Victorian Fort information:
- Specific British Victorian Fortifications within the British Isles:
- Specific British & Dominion Victorian Fortifications elsewhere in the world:
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Gazetteer web sites of Victorian Fort information:
- Web sites to Organisations interested in Victorian Fortifications and those of Archives containing Victorian Fort original documents: