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Then and Now: A look back at 60 years of the High Down rocket testing site Free

Thursday 2111.00amJuly
2016

Talk

Needles New Battery

High Down
Totland Bay
PO39 0JH

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Then and Now: A look back at 60 years of the High Down rocket testing site Free

Source http://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/events/15a3e3fe-b3a5-4216-b653-c707b529daf8/pages/details

Rocket gantry

Look back at 60 years of the High Down Rocket Testing site with an introduction to the exhibition, followed by a short walk to the site of the rocket gantries.

Find out how the headland has evolved and become an AONB, and what habitats it provide. Dogs on lead welcome. PO39 0JH (SZ 300 848).

Meet at the Needles New Battery

The event takes place at the New Battery which is free to enter.

If you wish to visit the Old Battery there is an admission charge.

11am - 1pm