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

Thursday 2811.00amJuly
2016

Talk

Needles Old Battery

High Down
Totland Bay
PO39 0JH

01983 741 020

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

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

Rocket gantry 1

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).

The event is free but normal admission charges apply. Meet at the Old Battery.

11am - 1pm