Aerial Image from a drone looking back at the Dover Patrol Memorial and the Former coastguard station, St Margret's Bay, Kent
Former coastguard station on top of White Cliffs of Dover on sale as a family home for £ The property boasts a balcony with a view of France and a wartime bunker 35ft below the ground The clandestine dugout once hid the revolutionary Magnetron radar system that played key role in WW2. A trapdoor leads 35ft below to a secret bunker dug into the chalk that helped changed the course of the Second World War. The clandestine dugout once hid the revolutionary device credited with saving Britain from Nazi invasion. Estate agents say the location and hidden history has perhaps added £3million to the price of the property, which now doubles as a luxury holiday let and tearoom. Some 75 years ago Blue Birds Tearoom was a top-secret installation for Magnetron, the revolutionary radar system that scientists say was ‘the most important invention of the Second World War’. Hidden in the chalk cliffs, the device was able to identify precisely waves of incoming Nazi aircraft, allowing Spitfires and Hurricanes to pounce on them during the Battle of Britain in the summer of 1940. The old coastguard station was considered so important it was guarded by two anti-aircraft guns. Having been a crucial vantage point during the war years, the property now offers a dramatic view from the terrace of the luxurious two-bedroom apartment upstairs. The main bedroom is behind the wide windows that coastguards once peered out of, and from where the car headlights of French motorists climbing the hill on top of Cap Blanc Nez can be seen at night. The first stone of the memorial near Dover ( WikiMiniAtlas51°09′25″N 1°23′34″E) was laid by Prince Arthur of Connaught on 19 November 1919. The completed monument was unveiled by the Prince of Wales on 27 July 1921. On both occasions a dedication was led by Harold Bilbrough, the Suffragan Bishop of Dover. The south-western side is inscribed "THIS STONE WAS LAID BY / PRINCE ARTHUR OF CONNAUGHT, /19TH NOVEMBER 1919 / AND THE MEMORIAL
Size: 5464px × 3070px
Location: St Margret's Free Down, St Margret's Bay, Kent, UK
Photo credit: © John Gaffen / Alamy / Afripics
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