Following from an open day on 8 July 2012, there is a free non-booking guided walk out to the Denge sound mirrors on the afternoon of Sunday 12 August.
The RMCP events are the only way to visit the Denge mirrors. The walks are very popular, and well worth doing.
Full details from the Romney Marsh Countryside Partnership website. Anyone planning to attend should confirm details with the RMCP before travelling.
This year’s final RMCP guided walk to the Denge mirrors is on Sunday 11 September 2011 at 14:00.
Planned dates for public access to the Denge sound mirrors in 2011 have been announced on the Notice Board section of the Romney Marsh Countryside Project website.
There is one open day this year, and two guided walks. These events don’t need to be booked and are free, but rely on donations to cover the costs with at least £2 per person suggested.
More information at the RMCP website. Anyone planning to attend these events should obviously confirm details with the RMCP before travelling.
Remember, the RMCP events are the only way to visit the Denge mirrors. The walks are very popular, and well worth doing.
Sound and Vision at Walking Class Hero: These other worldy concrete structures are the remains of part of an acoustic early warning system that was designed to detect engine sounds from approaching aircraft. ‘Staccato signals of constant information‘ as Paul Simon sings from another time
Another very popular walk, it seems: I stopped estimating at 150
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Follow the white rabbit: Today we went to see the Sound Mirrors at Denge…
Lots of good pictures are appearing on Flickr after the 18 July 2010 open day at the Denge sound mirrors (click to see Richard Fisher’s picture in full):
Feel free you add your photos to the Sound Mirrors Pool.
On Sunday 4 July 2010 I joined a Romney Marsh Countryside Project guided walk to the Hythe sound mirrors, and got some better photos for the website. The 30 foot mirror isn’t in a very happy state.
There were about 50 people on the walk. More photos at Flickr.
As well as the walks to the Denge mirrors, there is one to the Hythe sound mirror this year.
Sunday 4th July 2.00pm
SOUND MIRRORS AT HYTHEA chance to walk up the steep grassy escarpment to the 30ft Concrete Mirror or Sound Dish on The Roughs at Hythe. One of the Mirrors has fallen down and the other is surrounded by fencing, but the views are wonderful. Donation appreciated.
Full details at the Romney Marsh Countryside Project website.
Hywel Williams took some photographs on a guided walk to the Denge sound mirrors on 4 August 2004: Denge Sound Mirrors – “The Listening Ears”.
I could hear the little steam train pass across in front of me off the sound mirror, GREATLY magnified in sound and apparently in the mirror direction it was traveling. Clearly not a demonstration of aeroplane detection, but also a clear demonstration that these concrete mirrors still work, nearly 80 years after their experimental construction!
Ooo, I’m in one of the photos!
Hywel also has a rather good site about Disused stations on London’s Underground.
Likely dates for public access to the Denge mirrors have been announced on the website of the Romney Marsh Countryside Project. Remember, this is the only way to visit the Denge mirrors.
SUMMER 2010 VISITS TO THE SOUND MIRRORS
The sound mirrors are only accessible on one of our guided tours and we have been leading free tours out to the Sound Mirrors for 13 years now. They are on an island, connected by a locked swing bridge on a private gravel workings (owned by CEMEX). The dates for 2010 have yet to be published in our booklet, however they are most likely to be as follows: An Open day from 10 am to 5 pm on Sunday 18th July Guided walks starting at 2 pm on Sunday 8th August and Sunday 26th September. The walks and the Open Day are free of charge and there is no need to book, although we do ask for a donation. The meeting point will be at Lade car park on Coast Drive (half way between the Pilot Pub and Romney Sands) (TR 085 208). Please contact us for more information if needed. Tel: 01797 367934 Fax: 01797 367934
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People planning to join these walks should obviously confirm details with the RMCP before travelling.
