English Heritage has announced a reconstructed Roman gateway and rampart providing panoramic views across Richborough Roman Fort and Amphitheatre in Kent will open to the public today 19 April. Standing…
Spruced up Tram shelter at the junction of Elms Vale and the old A20 By Brian Wimsett – Editor of the Alkham Newsletter… For people who lived in Dover as…
The historic ruins of the 12th century Parish Church of St James the Apostle in Dover are to be removed from Historic England’s Heritage at Risk Register following a conservation…
The historic tram shelter Photo: DDC A spectacular restoration of a historic tram shelter to mark the 125th anniversary of the first tram journey in Dover has been completed. A…
Preparing the Dover Tram Shelter for a 125th Anniversary paint job Photo: DDC Dover District Council (DDC) is repainting the historic 1931 tram shelter at Elms Vale in the original…
Feeding the Royal Navy from Dover’s historic Maison Dieu Photo: DDC Discover the fascinating story of Dover’s victualling yard, which supplied ship’s biscuit and beer to the Royal Navy from…
Maison Dieu in Dover A £10m reawakening of the Grade I Listed Maison Dieu will see the restoration of internationally significant decorative schemes by the renowned Victorian neo-Gothic architect, William…
Leas Pavilion restoration With all pre-commencement approvals now in place, work to return the Grade II-listed building to its former glory can begin. Selahattin Yalcin, Development Director at Gustavia, which…
Restoration works to stabilise St James’s Church completed… Stonemasons used Jurassic limestone from Caen to repair and replace stonework using traditional techniques and hand-carving A programme of restoration works by…
Finds from test pits included fragments of medieval window tracery, butchered animal bone and decorated late medieval or Tudor tile Photo: DDC Ever wanted to be an archaeologist? Now’s your…
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