The British retake the Redoubt Fortress in Eastbourne
The British defeat the French and retake the fortress in the final skirmish of Take Guard at the Redoubt Fortress. An up close and personal video of the events by our correspondent embedded with the French troops. Take Guard 2013 at the Redoubt Fortress in Eastbourne.
Travel Guide My Holiday Eastbourne Beachy Head East Sussex UK Review
Travel Guide My Holiday Eastbourne Beachy Head East Sussex UK Review
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Pro's
* Free admission to the vistor centre, just give a donation.
* Gift shop and pub/resturant
* Ice Cream Van's
* Car And Coach Parking
* Two Lighthouses
* Good for active people to walk up and down.
Con's
* If you are walking it may take you a long time up hill.
Things To Do And See In Eastbourne
* Beachy Head Cliffs, Lighthouses And Vistor Centre
* Eastbourne Beach
* Eastbourne Pier
* Sovereign Harbour Marina
* Sovereign Leisure Centre
* Eastbourne Bandstand
* Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway Adventure Park
* Eastbourne Leisure Centre
* Carpet Gardens
* Princes Park
* Devonshire Park And Conference Centre
* The Wish Tower
* Art Galleries
* A wide range of bars and clubs
* Boat Tours
* Eastbourne Life boat Museum
* Fort Fun
* Crazy Golf
* Redoubt Fortress & The Pavilion
* Wide Range of Shops Including a shopping centre
Best Eating Places Eastbourne
Moderate Priced
* The Green Almond
* Anema e core
* La Locanda Del Duca
Cheap Eats
* The Beach Kitchen
* Amys Cafe
* Dophine Fish And Chip Resturant
Best Hotels Eastbourne
* Shore View Hotel
* The Queens Hotel
* The View Hotel
* Eastbourne Riviera Hotel
* Marine Parade Hotel
* New Wilmington Hotel
Hotel Booking Sites
* LateRooms.com
* Expedia.co.uk
* Booking.com
* Hotels.com
* TripAdvisor
* Opodo
* ebookers.com
Transport
* Taxis
* Train Station
* Local Buses
* Open Top Bus
* Lots Of Car Parking
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Travel Guide My Holiday To Eastbourne East Sussex UK Review
Travel Guide My Holiday To Eastbourne East Sussex UK Review
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Pro's
* Lots of attractions to visit in the daytime
* Lot's of enterainment at night with a range of pub
* Lot's of shops to choose from
* Lot's of different public transport
* A range of hotel's to choose from
* The Promanard is flat to walk on
Con's
* It can get busy
* It is not a sandy beach but a shingle beach
Things To Do And See In Eastbourne
* Beachy Head Cliffs, Lighthouses And Vistor Centre
* Eastbourne Beach
* Eastbourne Pier
* Sovereign Harbour Marina
* Sovereign Leisure Centre
* Eastbourne Bandstand
* Eastbourne Miniature Steam Railway Adventure Park
* Eastbourne Leisure Centre
* Carpet Gardens
* Princes Park
* Devonshire Park And Conference Centre
* The Wish Tower
* Art Galleries
* A wide range of bars and clubs
* Boat Tours
* Eastbourne Life boat Museum
* Fort Fun
* Crazy Golf
* Redoubt Fortress & The Pavilion
* Wide Range of Shops Including a shopping centre
Best Eating Places Eastbourne
Moderate Priced
* The Green Almond
* Anema e core
* La Locanda Del Duca
Cheap Eats
* The Beach Kitchen
* Amys Cafe
* Dophine Fish And Chip Resturant
Best Hotels Eastbourne
* Shore View Hotel
* The Queens Hotel
* The View Hotel
* Eastbourne Riviera Hotel
* Marine Parade Hotel
* New Wilmington Hotel
Hotel Booking Sites
* LateRooms.com
* Expedia.co.uk
* Booking.com
* Hotels.com
* TripAdvisor
* Opodo
* ebookers.com
Transport
* Taxis
* Train Station
* Local Buses
* Open Top Buses
* Lots of Car Parking Spaces
Please like,subscribe or share my video.
Thank You
Rebecca Jordan
Rebecca's Travels
Eastbourne Pier @Redoubt Fort UK (history in description).
Eastbourne Pier.
The proposal for a pier was first mooted at the end of 1863, and highly favoured by the town’s major landowner, the seventh Duke of Devonshire. It was to have been 1000 feet in length and, at a cost of £12,000, would have been situated at the end of the town’s grandest avenue, Devonshire Place. However, the project was delayed and finally abandoned in favour of the present site at the junction of Grand and Marine Parades, thus creating the easterly end of what amounts to a shingle bay. The pier interrupts what would otherwise have been a ribbon development of buildings – to the west, high-class hotels, with modest family hotels and boarding houses to the east.
The Eastbourne Pier Company was registered in April 1865 with a capital of £15,000 & on 18 April 1866 work began. It was opened by Lord Edward Cavendish on 13 June 1870, although it was not actually completed until two years later.On New Year's Day 1877 the landward half was swept away in a storm. It was rebuilt at a higher level, creating a drop towards the end of the pier.
The pier is effectively built on stilts that rest in cups on the sea-bed allowing the whole structure to move during rough weather. It is roughly 300 metres (1000 ft) long. A domed 400-seater pavilion was constructed at a cost of £250 at the seaward end in 1888. A 1000-seater theatre, bar, camera obscura and office suite replaced this in 1899/1901. At the same time, two saloons were built midway along the pier.The camera obscura fell into disuse in the 1960s but was restored in 2003 with a new stairway built to provide access.
Paddle steamers (such as the PS Brighton Queen and the PS Devonia) operated by P and A Campbell ran trips from the pier along the south coast and across the Channel to Boulogne from 1906 until the outbreak of the Second World War. These were resumed after the war, but the paddle steamers were gradually withdrawn from service. In 1957, the final season was operated by a motor vessel.
During the Second World War, part of the decking was removed and machine guns were installed in the theatre providing a useful point from which to repel any attempted enemy landings and a Bofors anti-aircraft gun was sited midway along the length of the pier.
In December 1942, an exploding mine caused considerable damage to the pier and nearby hotels; it had been tied to the stanchions by the local police, who were under the mistaken impression that it was fitted with a safety device.
In 1943, a detachment of Royal Canadian Engineers fixed camouflage netting over the stanchions to conceal flotillas of small vessels, such as wooden assault landing craft. A George Medal and a British Empire Medal were awarded to two of the engineers who dived into the sea on 3 February 1943 to rescue a comrade who had fallen from a cableway which crossed a 30-foot gap in the structure.
Various traditional pier theatres were built over the years but after the last one was destroyed by fire in 1970, it was replaced by a nightclub and bar which remain to this day.
On the landward half of the pier stands a fish and chip kiosk, an amusement arcade and a fast food outlet. Further out, as well as the club there is a cafe, a restaurant, a glassblower, a clothes shop and an ice cream shop.The tower at the end of the pier is often used as a viewing point during the annual air show.
In May 2009, the listed building status of the pier was upgraded from Grade II to Grade II*
Six Piers Limited placed Eastbourne Pier up for sale in 2009, with an asking price of £5.5 million. The sale price included a tea room, two bars, an amusement arcade and a nightclub.
On 21 October 2015, Abid Gulzar, a local hotelier, bought the pier for an undisclosed price, although it is believed to be less than £5.5 million.
Redoubt
The decision to build the redoubt was made at a conference held in Rochester on 21 October 1804, to discuss defence against Napoleon's planned invasion of the United Kingdom, preparations for which were gaining momentum on the opposite side of the English Channel.
The meeting, which was attended by the Prime Minister, William Pitt the Younger, agreed to adopt a revolutionary scheme to build a chain of mutually-supporting circular artillery towers along a stretch of the Channel coast where the French were thought to be most likely to land.
The scheme had been devised by Captain William Henry Ford of the Royal Engineers and championed by Brigadier-General William Twiss who commanded the Royal Engineer Southern District. The original plan called for 83 Martello towers, each mounting a single heavy gun, at intervals along the coast and three 11-gun towers at Sea Houses (Eastbourne), Rye Harbour and Dymchurch. In the event, 74 Martello Towers were actually built and plans for the 11-gun tower at Rye were abandoned.The 11-gun towers, which came to be known as circular forts or grand redoubts, were intended to act as barracks and stores depots for the rest of the Martello chain.
ECAT Facial Reconscruction at Eastbourne Ancestors Exhibition
This video shows part of a facial reconstruction by the University of Dundee of one of the Eastbourne Ancestors subjects. To see the full reconstruction and the rest of the exciting exhibits visit the Eastbourne Ancestors Exhibition.
Vlogg Frogs Karate Kid, London , Eastbourne, Piers, Fortress and Fun Part 1
Vlogg frogs Do Karate Kid visit London, eastbourne, the pier , fortresses and have Fun times in Treasure Island ... This is the first Part of a 2 part Vlog from a little trip we had away visiting Friends ...
Captain Stupidt - Glastonbury Fields Forever
Brighton Legend Captain Stupidt performing at The Temple Ball, Redoubt Fortress, Eastbourne 16.07.94
Filmed by Ian Van Gumbrell
Rhythm Fire at the Redoubt - Part 2
Premiere Djembe learning group, Rhythm Fire, appear at Eastbourne's fantastic festival of music and drumming at the Napoleonic fortress known as the Redoubt. Organised by the Eastbourne Bonfire Society and the Pentacle Drummers. Gary's first Djembe drumming outing!
Rhythm Fire at the Redoubt - Part 1
Premiere Djembe learning group, Rhythm Fire, appear at Eastbourne's fantastic festival of music and drumming at the Napoleonic fortress known as the Redoubt. Organised by the Eastbourne Bonfire Society and the Pentacle Drummers. Gary's first Djembe drumming outing!
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Music at Royal Pavilion Park, Brighton
Live Music at Royal Pavilion Park, Brighton, July 2014
Melhus Brass Band
Eastbourne
Eastbourne ( pronunciation ) is a large town, seaside resort, and borough in East Sussex, on the south coast of England, 17 miles (27 km) east of Brighton. Eastbourne is located immediately east of Beachy Head, the highest chalk sea cliff in Great Britain and part of the South Downs National Park. With a seafront consisting largely of Victorian hotels, the pier, and a Napoleonic era fort and military museum, Eastbourne was developed by the Duke of Devonshire in 1800 from four separate hamlets. It has a growing population, a broad economic base, and is home to companies in a wide range of industries.
Though Eastbourne is a relatively new town, there is evidence of human occupation in the area from the Stone Age. The town grew as a fashionable tourist resort largely thanks to prominent landowner, William Cavendish, later known as the Duke of Devonshire. Cavendish appointed architect Henry Currey to design a street plan for the town, but not before sending him to Europe to draw inspiration. The resulting mix of architecture is typically Victorian and remains a key feature of Eastbourne.
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40: Along Lydd Ranges Coastal Path to the Kent and Sussex Border - Exploring the Kent Coast
Today is the last episode of my Kent coastal adventure, I will be heading along the southern edge of Lydd ranges and heading towards the Kent and Sussex coastal border which is near camber sands, the road border s about 1 mile in land. On this episode I found a sea Monster and got blown up by a tank. It’s been a great adventure and hopefully you have all enjoyed watching
Brighton Pier,Uk,DJI footage(history in description).
Come and enjoy with us a journey around Brighton seafront & west pier and some of the beach and take a look at the main brighton pier too.
The Brighton Palace Pier, commonly known as Brighton Pier or the Palace Pier is a Grade II* listed pleasure pier in Brighton, England, located in the city centre opposite the Old Steine.
Did you know: In 2016, it was sold to the Eclectic Bar Group, headed by former PizzaExpress owner Luke Johnson, who renamed the pier back to Brighton Palace Pier.
The Royal Pavilion, also known as the Brighton Pavilion, is a Grade I listed former royal residence located in Brighton, England.
Did you know: During World War I the Royal Pavilion was used as a hospital for Indian soldiers.
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