Second World War Battle Headquarters for Defended Locality DL29, at the Tollgate Inn, Wrotham Road, Gravesend. This was part of the anti-invasion defences and probably originated in 1940. It would have involved at least some adaptation of the existing premises. It would have been decommissioned by early in 1944 and the residue of any alterations removed by 1945. No trace remains.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : Nothing remains.
Tourism Potential : None
Condition : good
Date of visit : 04/01/06

Colonel, Gravesend Sub-Area, 01/09/41, Gravesend Sub-Area - Plan to Defeat Invasion (Unpublished document). SKE13837.

Colonel, Gravesend Sub-Area, 01/09/41, Gravesend Sub-Area - Plan to Defeat Invasion (Unpublished document). Ske13837.

Smith, V.T.C., 08/04/06, Tollgate Second World War Battle Headquarters, Gravesend (Photograph). SKE13865.

Smith, V.T.C., 08/04/06, Tollgate Second World War Battle Headquarters, Gravesend (Photograph). Ske13865.