This event forms part of our National Lottery Heritage Fund project Flat Holm – A Walk Through Time
Date and Time
Date(s) - September 28, 2024
1:00 pm-5:30 pm
Join Flat Holm guide and local history expert, Glyn Jones, for a dive into the fascinating communications history of Flat Holm Island!
Learn about the first ever wireless messages sent over open water in 1897, see the top-secret WW2 radar ramp, and experience the challenges of communication from a remote island in the Bristol Channel.
Other points of interest on the tour include:
- Pink Boulder pushed by the last ice age glacier from North Wales.
- Forced draught Lime Kiln.
- Defensive moat running across the island built to defend against a possible French invasion.
- Lead mining and smuggling caves.
- Largest fossilised wave formation in Britain.
Our prices include:
- Boat transport, provided by Bay Island Voyages: Homepage – Bay Island Voyages.
Leader details
Glyn Jones
• Over 20 years’ experience as a tour guide on Flat Holm Island. • Avid interest in local history and Flat Holm in particular. • Consultant to BBC on Marconi experiments of 1897.
Kitlist
Price : £50
September 28, 2024 1:00 pm.
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