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Combustion of Double-Base Propellant
A video on the combustion of double-base propellant produced by the Explosive Research and Development Establishment (ERDE). Audio Transcript A possible correlation between burning rates and the appearance of the burning surface in a number of platinized propellants. Each propellant…
Royal Visit to Fort Halstead 1972
RARDE Promotional Film 1980
Planning Application
Currently there are planning applications supporting the development. These can be seen on the Sevenoaks Council website. Hybrid application comprising, in outline: development of business space (use classes B1a/b/c) of up to 27,659 sq m GEA; works within the X…
Pre-Application Consultation Exhibition
A consultation document has been published by JPT architects regarding the development of the Fort Halstead site. This can be viewed below, or by visiting the JPT website. The PDF is graphic intensive, and at around 9 Mb may be…
The Road of No Return, 1961
This 17:40 minute long film from the Fort Halstead archive dates from 1961 and was filmed by the Armament Research and Development Establishment in association with the Ministry of Aviation Cine Film Service. It has recently been digitised by the…
Fire Watchers Post
Unlike many of the buildings around Fort Halstead, this structure was not built for any unique testing or evaluation purpose, but for the protection of the site. Constructed in the early years of the Second World War, this firewatchers post…
The Old Fort, building use in the 1990s
With a large number of plans and documents available in the archive, it’s possible to piece together the use of the site throughout the decades. Combining a site plan from 1986 and a building schedule from 1975, it’s possible to…
N17 Optical Test Range
Located outside the wire on Crow Drive, building N17 was constructed as an optical test range. The building was erected by the Ministry of Supply (MoS) for High Explosive Research (HER) who were engaged in Operation Hurricane to test high…