Harwich Redoubt Fort - Essex

 Harwich Redoubt Fort 

 Date:  May 

Location: Essex 

Public or Abandoned: public 

Demolished: No 

We planned our tip up here a few weeks beforehand when the day came we drove almost 2hr here, there is an admission fee of £4 and they do take cash & card  the fort is not that big but worth a little visit, it also well hidden too we drove past it twice, there lots of different displays and within the rooms too, The stairwell is also one way down and one way up witch is great, you can easily spend up to 2hr here too  there some nice  view from the top of the fort too if you go on a nice day like we did there a  small breeze too 

so it said that harwich readout fort was built in 1808 and was used to help protect against Napoleonic invasion, it also said that this beautiful fort is grade 2 listed as well, and the fort is run by volunteers the fort was used in the wars ,  in 1969 the fort started to get restore, Harwich  redoubt fort  has been classed as an ancient moment  

Beacon hill fort - Harwich

 Beacon hill fort 

Date:  May 2022

Location: Harwich

Public or Abandoned:   Public

Demolished:   No

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The exploration around the fort was a nice one - we had access to almost all of the fort which was nice - they had opened up almost every building so you can go in and have a look and made it safe for you to walk around - almost all the fort has been left how it was and there hardly any modification done to it other than some part ways put into the woods/buildings cleaned up, what was also nice is the fact they had a key system where you put a key on a hock outside the building so the building not bombarded with load people so you are able to take your time and have a proper look around.

The beacon hill fort is said be built between the late 19th/early 20th century

according to the website ( here ) the fort was used in ww1 & ww2, the site also included 6 gun emplacements - sadly by the end of the war the fort became abandoned for a very long time, until 2017 when it was turned into a tourist attraction