Torry Point Battery
Steep Holm Island
www.steepholm.org
Flat Holm Island
www.flatholmisland.com
Brean Down Fort
www.breandownfort.co.uk
Cork
Dundee
Bembridge Fort
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/bembridge-fort/
Bouldnor Battery (1941)
www.forestry.gov.uk/pdf/see-bouldnor-copse.pdf/$FILE/see-bouldnor-copse.pdf
Fort Brockhurst
www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/fort-brockhurst
Calshot Battery
www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/calshot-castle
Fort Cumberland
www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/fort-cumberland
Eastney Battery East
www.royalmarinesmuseum.co.uk
Fort Gilkicker
www.fortgilkicker.com
Golden Hill Fort
www.goldenhillfort.co.uk
Hilsea Lines
www.portsmouth.gov.uk/media/Hilsea_Lines_History_Leaflet.pdf
Horse Sand Fort
www.clarenco.com
Hurst Castle
www.english-heritage.org.uk/daysout/properties/hurst-castle
Lumps Fort
www.portsmouth.gov.uk/living/4534.html
Fort Nelson
www.royalarmouries.org/visit-us/fort-nelson
New Needles Battery
www.nationaltrust.org.uk/home/item280438
Nodes Point Battery
www.park-resorts.com/holiday-parks/isle-of-wight/nodes-point
Old Needles Battery
Point Battery
www.portsmouth-guide.co.uk/local/sqrntwr.htm
Fort Purbrook
www.peterashleyactivitycentres.co.uk
Sandown (Granite) Fort
www.isleofwightzoo.com/about-us.aspx
Southsea Castle Batteries
www.southseacastle.co.uk
Spitbank Fort
www.spitbankfort.com/
Fort Victoria
www.fortvictoria.co.uk
Fort Wallington
fwie.co.uk
Warden Point Battery
fortwardenheights.com
Fort Widley
Yaverland Battery
http://sandownbay.com
www.littlehamptonfort.co.uk
A talk by PFS member Lewis Sharp of his 2018 tour of 19th Century Russian and Prussian Fortifications in Poland.
2020 marks the centenary of the deployment of the para-military police force - the Black and Tans - in Ireland. Their indiscriminate and heavy-handed methods succeeded in dragging the IRA to the negotiating table but alienated the majority of the law-abiding Irish population. The talk on this fascinating and generally forgotten subject will be given by PFS member Richard Willcocks
A talk by Paul Vickers, Heritage Project Officer, Friends of Aldershot Military Museum
Fears over the future of Hurst Castle have been heightened after storm damage forced the historic building’s closure at the weekend. English Heritage, which owns the scheduled monument near Milford, has shut a number exhibition rooms for the foreseeable future after large cracks appeared in the walls and ceilings.read more ...
The 2019 issue of The Redan has been received from the printers, and will be distributed to members who attend this year's AGM on the 12th October. A general mail out to members who have renewed will commence from the 14th October.
The new PFS membership year commenced on the 1st October, and thanks to all members who have renewed, but a reminder to those who have yet to renew that their subscription for the 2019-2020 year is now in overdue.
The Peter Ashley Activity Centre at Fort Widley will be open for a unique evening on Friday 4th October with a tour of the Secret Nuclear Bunker. The two hour guided tour begins at 6.30 pm and will include access to the Nuclear Civil Defence Bunker and a talk about the changes to civil defence since the 1950s. The cost is £15 per person and does include refreshments, including Pompey Pals Ale. To book call Lydia on 02392 321223 or email: lydia@peterashleyactivitycentres.co.ukread more ...
Fort Cumberland Heritage Open Days will be from Friday 13th September to Monday 16th September. Full details and tickets are available on the website: www.heritageopendays.org.uk/visiting/event/fort-cumberland1read more ...