Haile Sand Fort
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- Опубліковано 8 вер 2024
- Haile Sand Fort in the mouth of the river Humber captured in Oct 2016 by Phantom 4 drone.
From Wiki.....
The two forts were planned in 1914 to protect the entrance to the estuary. They stand 59 feet (18 m) above the water and have a diameter of 82 feet (25 m). There was accommodation for 200 soldiers. Started in May 1915, they took more than four years to build and construction was not finished until December 1919.
During the Second World War they were reactivated and modernised. The forts were regularly attacked by enemy aircraft. During this time, they installed a netting to prevent enemy submarines from travelling up the estuary to Hull or Grimsby. The forts were finally abandoned by the military in 1956.
Haile Sand Fort or Sand Haile Fort[3] is the smaller of the two and is situated around the low-water mark between Cleethorpes and Humberston on the Lincolnshire coast. In February 2016 the fort was put on the market for £350,000.
Haile sand fort was reduced in price in May this year, and is currently on the market for £300,000.
Bull Sand Fort is 1.5 miles (2.4 km) from shore off Spurn Head. It is a 4-storey concrete building with 12-inch (300 mm) of armour on the seaward side, and originally armed with four 6-inch guns.[5] It was built with great difficulty as its sandbank is 11 feet (3.4 m) below low water.
In 1987 it was given a Grade II Listed Building status. In 1997 it was sold to the Streetwise Charitable Trust, who are restoring the fort for use as a drug rehabilitation facility. Administratively, it is within the East Riding of Yorkshire and civil parish of Easington, East Riding of Yorkshire.
My parents had a bungalow on The Fitties back in the 50s/60s. We spent a lot of time on Humberston beach and we'd try to walk out to the fort, never made it of course! Great video.
UKMaggie you could walk to them especially in the 1960s as the sand banks were very different, walk out with the tide or go by bicycle.
Was the military camp still there when you were?
I don't remember that, but then I was quite young. I remember playing in the shelters on the beach.
I walked to that fort with my dad many many years ago. It was covered in mussels
caz k I remember my dad going there and getting stuck lol.... I'd love to look around them.
me too
nice video , they should restore these & do boat trips to them.Im sure many locals & holiday makers would love to go inside
One was taken on and being restored to make a detox/rehab Center a few years back but the supply vessel they was using to get too and from was sold.
I had volunteered my services for a few days on there just to look about
I was saying the same thing earlier. I'd love to go round. I'm amazed the national trust hasn't bought them or something.
I want to buy it