This page takes you on a tour of the former HMS Ganges site in Shotley Gate. Most of the photographs were taken on official site visits on a rainy evening in June 2007 and sunnier days in early August 2007. More pictures, from other sources, will be added to this page. If you have any additional information or photographs to contribute, please email us
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The main gate from within the site
The quarterdeck area
The tennis courts
Buildings on the south of the site
The Martello and Signal Tower
This was a pond in the formal gardens
Views of Harwich Harbour
Ganges Pier
Faith, Hope and Charity
Laundry Hill
External evidence of the fort
Tunnels inside the fort
The other martello tower, which stands on the Marina site
The swimming pool
Buildings on the north of the site
Nelson Hall
The HMS Ganges figurehead plinth inside Nelson Hall
The canon
Mast
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With thanks to Galliard Homes and Clague architects.