Crownhill Fort

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(Provided by Jane Curry) ....Crownhill Fort - Nothing had prepared us for the sheer scale of Crownhill! You stay in the officers quarters and you can see the layout in the Landmark Trust Handbook, but it isn't obvious that the main corridor is 119 feet long! Take some good thick socks so you can have fun sliding down the corridor. The other thing that took our breath away was the size of the rest of the fort. It's open to the public from Spring through to Autumn but when they bolt the gate and leave at 5:30, it's all yours. Make sure you take plenty of torches and candles. It takes at least 45 minutes to explore the main passageways - we were there over Halloween so we took pumpkin lanterns down around the tunnels. As is usual with Landmark forts, you have access to the flag to do the honours morning and evening. If you can, book Crownhill on a "firing weekend". This is a fort with around 30 working cannon of which they fire a couple about once a month - checkout the Crownhill Fort website - crownhillfort.co.uk - for firing weekends. The gun crew are absolutely fantastic. We met up with them early on Saturday morning and were committed "groupies" all weekend.

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