Reigate Fort, Surrey
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Reigate Fort, Surrey
Image: © Peter S Taken: 13 Sep 2014
Reigate Fort was one of thirteen mobilisation centres on the North Downs Way as the hills offered a natural line of defence. Built in the 1890s, they protected London from foreign invasion when confidence in the British Navakl forces was low.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.254562
Longitude
-0.198977