Second World War air raid wardens and air raid siren post at the junction of School Path with Wrotham Road, Gravesend. It was a recantgular building with a siren on its flat roof. Probably built in 1939 and decommissioned by the end of the war in Europe, in 1945. It was one of a network of posts serving Gravesend and was a loacl focus in the incident reporting chain to the Control Centre in Gravesend. Its wardens also enforced blackout restrictions. Its air raid siren was for warning the community of an impending attack and to give the all clear. The post may be a brick structure enclosed within an evidently later concrete building.
Owner : Public
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : The structure is at the side of the school path.
Tourism Potential : Because of uncertainty about the building, none at present
Condition : moderate
Date of visit : 01/02/06

Gravesend's civil defence authority, Untitled and undated wartime map of civil defence sites in Gravesend (Map). SKE13759.

Gravesend's civil defence authority, Untitled and undated wartime map of civil defence sites in Gravesend (Map). Ske13759.