Exploring Sussex: Shoreham Fort

I know I had a brief walk around Shoreham Fort recently, but I went back to meet, Gary Baines, the chairman of the charity that is dedicated to restore and protect the fort.
Gary took me inside the the famous tunnel, to inspect the canon he keeps down there and gave me a better understanding of the fort's history and the plans for the future.
Check out the Shoreham Fort website: www.shorehamfort.co.uk
In the 1850’s, when French intentions caused apprehension, it was then decided to man and defend the harbour mouth with a permanent fort. The newly constructed harbour entrance, as it was then, was selected as the site for Shoreham Fort - just on the wide shingle spit immediately to the west. This was so that the guns could defend and command the harbour entrance, its approaches and the beach.
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[@kevinpredragovich2737]

Absolutely love seeing these places being protected and restored! What a great project.

[@RichardVobes]

Kevin Predragovich Totally agree.

[@lawxxxx9853]

What a worthwhile project! Had no idea the fort is now open. Will visit soon!

[@RichardVobes]

law xxxx You should. it is great. Thanks for watching.

[@paull2613]

Lovely surprise no idea it had been taken in hand and restored. Was there twenty years plus ago and was very sad to see how sorry it all looked. Just great

[@henryvagincourt4502]

First rate stuff, cheers Richard, Ill look up Shoreham Fort and look in when im next down south.

[@tallpojjy]

This is a fantastic project and a terrific video, I have only just seen it. Great work at the fort.

[@SimonBrown]

A wonderful video. Congratulations to Gary and the team for such dedicated work.

[@RichardVobes]

Thanks Simon - a fascinating place. Gary and the team are doing great things, I agree.

[@tamaragostelow9035]

Superb. Being a bit of a military history 'buff' nice to see these important relics being restored and not forgotten. Thankyou Bald Explorer ! :)

[@RichardVobes]

Thank you very much - glad you enjoyed it.

[@john07973]

Very interesting will check out next time I'm in Sussex

[@philipnaylor9020]

Another fab video, I've been away for a couple of weeks with very limited internet so I've got a marathon of 15 videos to catch up with tonight..... can't wait 👍🏻

[@HenrysAdventures]

Great video! Somewhere to visit when I'm down that way.

[@sarahlavalley8556]

Great visit to the fort. Enjoyed it very much

[@RichardVobes]

Sarah LaValley Thanks for watching Sarah.

[@GarryVaux]

Food for thought and food for fort :)

[@RichardVobes]

Yes indeed!

[@tooyoungtobeold8756]

Interesting video. Thank you. More about the stolen gun please.

[@RichardVobes]

I don't know any more about the stolen gun.

[@frankparsons1629]

Lived in Shoreham in the 50's and knew of it but not "open" to the public then.

[@vintagecreativemedia]

Great. This kind of thing seems like the natural progression of why you have been doing.

[@RichardVobes]

vintagecreativemedia I sort of look at these type of videos as specials. Hopefullt more to follow.

[@Gez-C]

Great video, have you ever been to Newhaven fort? That's really interesting over there

[@RichardVobes]

I haven't. I haven't even been to Newhaven, but I aim to rectify that. I hope to cover a few more forts actually, now I have this one as a demo of what I can do.

[@Gez-C]

Think you should head to the fort for sure, have been there several times and well worth a visit, if you did go down and want company then let me know will join you :)

[@RichardVobes]

pastyhead80 Sounds great. I need to check it out.

[@neilwilson5785]

The French were building powerful ironclad ships. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/French_ironclad_Gloire

[@Duffy512]

Very interesting again. Must have taken a long time for local labourers to build that fort. How long did it take to build?

[@RichardVobes]

I am not sure Ian. I think a couple of years.

[@albertcollins6364]

Ian The fort was a prototype to all the Palmerston Forts and so had to be built quickly. The fort therefore was built in only 6 months 😳