D2 Heavy Anti-Aircraft Battery ( Wanstone battery ) - Dover March Open weekend

 D2 Heavy Anit - Aircraft Battery 

 Date:  March 

Location:  Dover 

Public or Abandoned: Open weekends 

Demolished: No 

Why on google I stumbled across Wanstone battery in Dover, having seen stuff online before I was interested in seeing the battery but didn't have a clue how to, after asking online I come to find out that there was an open weekend (25/26th march ), Other than it pouring down with rain most of the day it was a really good and interesting tour of the D2 heavy anti-aircraft battery and it also nice the fact they are brought back to life so people can visit it, so I recommend  keeping an eye out for open days 

So according to the NT website, the said is said to have first come around in the 1920s and was, the site was used in both WW1 & WW2 

the battery had a total of 4 gun battery 

it said that the site was manned by 233 men, 

The site would have 2 magazine rooms that would sit between each gun placement, 

it said that the site that held the 3.7in D2  was occupied until the end of 1945, 

and around late 1950 the site fell abandoned.  and the site was left to nature . 

the land was acquired by nation trust in 2017 and between 2017 & 2022 a total of £199,000 grant has been given to them via Nation lottery fun to do work on the site and bring it back to life.