Category Archives: Buildings

Tides, Flooding, Western Docks & Esplanade Navigational Cut

Posted on February 16, 2019 by

Dover Harbour Board (DHB) is undertaking major reconstruction of the Port of Dover’s Western Docks. Highly controversial, on completion it will have a major impact on the town and port of Dover economically, socially, politically and environmentally. Within many of … Continue reading →

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Dover’s Seaplane Base and Mote Bulwark Part II

Posted on July 6, 2018 by

Part 1 of Dover’s Seaplane Base and Mote Bulwark started with the foundation of Mote Bulwark, the military site at the base of the Castle cliffs on the east side of Dover bay. This remained in the hands of the military … Continue reading →

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Dover’s Seaplane Base and Mote Bulwark Part I

Posted on June 30, 2018 by

Dover Seaplane Base and Mote Bulwark, the ruins of the latter can still be seen, were on the east side of Dover Bay close to the present day A20 access road to Eastern Docks. Although both played important roles in … Continue reading →

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Theatres Part II – to the Present Day

Posted on March 11, 2017 by

  Towards the end of the 19th century there were a number of theatres in Dover, as described in Theatres Part I. The oldest theatre still standing at that time was the Royal Clarence on Snargate Street. It was subject to a … Continue reading →

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Theatres Part I – to 1900

Posted on March 9, 2017 by

Dover’s theatrical connections go back at least to the days of William Shakespeare (1564-1616) when his theatre company, known as the King’s men’, visited the town. At the time, it is believed, Shakespeare was writing King Lear. It was seeing Dover’s Hay Cliff … Continue reading →

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