Second World War Defended Locality DL48, centred on the junction of Grove Road with Stonebridge Road, Northfleet. It was probably designated in 1940 and was headquartered at the Territorial Army Drill Hall in Grove Road. The nature of the defences is unknown but the garrison was 31 Home Guards, with 23 rifles, 3 Browning Automatic Rifles, 1 tank guns + 1 mobile squadron of 84, with 63 rifles, 4 Browining Authomatic Rifles, 3 Browning Machine Guns and 5 tank guns. The defended Locality would have been decommissioned by early in 1944. There are no remaining traces.
Owner : Unknown
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : There is nothing known to have survived
Tourism Potential : Could be included in a defence heritage trail, especially if linked with a proposed plaque to commemorate a Civil War battle at this spot
Condition : Destroyed
Date of visit : 04/01/06

Colonel, Gravesend Sub-Area, 01/09/41, Gravesend Sub-Area - Plan to defeat Invasion (Unpublished document). SKE13825.

Colonel, Gravesend Sub-Area, 01/09/41, Gravesend Sub-Area - Plan to defeat Invasion (Unpublished document). Ske13825.