Dover Castle under Snow, Winter 2009, from the Western Heights, Kent, UK

This panoramic view, taken on December 22, 2009, is a 'winter edition' of the autumnal Dover Town and Dover Castle from the Western Heights photo uploaded on November 5th of that year:



Left of centre on the snow-covered skyline is the Norman Keep, or Great Tower (night view), of Dover Castle; further left are three masts (originally four, now reduced to two) of the Second World War early-warning Swingate Chain Home radar station.

Right of centre on the skyline are the Pharos (a 1st Century AD Roman watchtower, or lighthouse) and adjacent Saxon church of St Mary-in-Castro.

Just below the skyline towards the right-hand edge of the photo is an end view of the Victorian Officers' Mess (or Officers' New Barracks).

Stretching across the lower half of the photo is the row of large terraced houses of Victoria Park, to the left of which lies the southern entrance to the Zig Zags park; if you know where to look, the West Wall of Old St James Church is also visible (bottom right, in a line under the end houses of Victoria Park).

Within 5 to 150 yards of where this photo was taken from are: Cowgate Cemetery Nature Reserve, the Court's Folly, the 64 Steps, and the Drop Redoubt.

Many of the above-named locations are Victorian.

Filming of the 2009 North Entrance video began here. See:

Panorama of Balmoral Cruise Ship at the Admiralty Pier and Dover Harbour, Western Heights, Kent, UK

This snow-covered panorama of the Western Docks and English Channel was taken from the access road leading to the Commando Entrance of the Drop Redoubt on Saturday, 19th of December, 2009:



Also in view: the Fred Olsen Cruise Line's MS Balmoral Cruise Ship, the Victorian Clock Tower, Dover's RNLB 17-09 City of London II lifeboat rescue craft and Lifeboat Station, Crosswall Quay, Dolphin Hard Jetty, the old Hoverport, Lord Warden House (ex-Lord Warden Hotel and ex-World War II Royal Navy HMS Wasp shore station), the old Dover Marine railway station, Granville Dock, the Tidal Harbour and Tug Haven.

The barbed-wire fence of Drop Redoubt Road in the foreground leads to the Napoleonic Grand Shaft.

More information (including sources used) can be found on this photo's original webpage at:

Panorama of Balmoral Cruise Ship at the Admiralty Pier, Dover Harbour, Western Heights

Also see:

MS Balmoral Cruise Ship at Sunrise, Western Entrance, Dover Harbour

All photos are indexed under the MS Balmoral category label.

A Western Heights photo.

Click to see all Cruise Ship, Tug, and Workboat photos.

Clickable thumbnails of all Dover Harbour- and Western Heights-related photos from the main Panoramio Images of Dover website are available on this blog at Port of Dover Page and Western Heights Page (also linked to at the top below the blog title).

The main site Panoramio photos are each accompanied by a Google Earth satellite map. However, the images are smaller than those on the Images of Dover Blog and the captions are less well formatted.

John Latter / Jorolat

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