Dover Western Heights Preservation Society

The Western Heights Preservation Society (“WHPS”) is a volunteer run organisation and registered charity (no 1135556) set up in July 2000 to achieve the following goals;

To conserve, preserve and provide interpretation of the Western Heights fortifications in Dover.

To promote and publicise the Western Heights of Dover, a massive series of Napoleonic fortifications much amended over a period of 150 years or so.

To clear, tidy and protect the built heritage of Dover’s Western Heights.

Collect and disseminate information about the Heights.

As a volunteer organisation we provide a series Open Days, presentations, monthly guided tours and talks all designed to help the Society raise public awareness of the area. 

Our ongoing research helps us to better understand the development of the Western Heights throughout the nineteenth and twentieth centuries.  We also undertake monthly volunteer workdays.