07-03-2024 08:00 via ianvisits.co.uk

Climb up Crane Park’s “Shot Tower”

A smidge over 200 years ago, a tall tower was built in the middle of what was once a very secure military-industrial site, but is today a nature reserve, and you can climb to the top of the tower for the views.
This is the incorrectly named Shot Tower, which is now thought to have been possibly a large windmill.That it was thought to be a shot tower is quite understandable, as it sits in the middle of what was the Hounslow Gunpowder Mills, where military armaments were made, probably from the ti
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