Guess the Place

[pete.mason]

Hastingleigh?

[CAT]

Difficult to say. Certainly 'up on the Downs', but not especially elevated in the immediate village landscape, though it sits slightly above the lane that leads past its eastern end.

[John Walker]

Elevated location ?

[CAT]

East Kent it is indeed John Walker.

[John Walker]

No luck with this one so far - need to narrow the search - East Kent ?

[CAT]

Design classic I think more than arty-farty?

Here we are with my next, but where?

[castle261]

Neither John Walker, just some observations of what I see.

[KeithG]

Actually drove past this morning from shopping and although on some sites they say this is the second water tower it is the third ?


It is the second cement tower but the original brick tower with it`s steel tank is still in place!

[pete.mason]

That's the one, Arty farty isn't it. All yours

[CAT]

Water tower at the top of Hospital Hill/West Road, Shorncliffe nr Folkestone? Presumably to water the adjoining Shorncliffe Barracks?

[pete.mason]

The leaning tower of ------------------ why would they need a water tower, on top of a hill ?


I spy a tower, filled with what
other than water, I think not
A wartime, from the first war
To secure airships ---- galore.

 
Why on a hill? slow water supply 24/7 to fill the tower and gravity feed to meet demands exceeding the flow in. Bit stylish for WW1 I'd guess more 1980s.  Not N Kent.

[John Walker]

Not sure if your posts Castle261 are meant to be clues or red herrings 


Kent Science Park, Sittingbourne area?

[castle261]

The leaning tower of ------------------ why would they need a water tower, on top of a hill ?


I spy a tower, filled with what
other than water, I think not
A wartime, from the first war
To secure airships ---- galore.

[pete.mason]

I think so, on top of a hill

[John Walker]

Harder that I was expecting    .  Just to confirm is/was it a water tower ?