
13th June 2019. The eagle eyes of volunteer watchkeepers at a National Coastwatch site in Gosport have been praised by the town’s MP for their hard work and dedication.
NCI Gosport looks over Portsmouth Harbour, maintaining a close eye on the harbour and surrounding Solent waters to help keep people safe. So far this year, the station has recorded 11 incidents.
The NCI Gosport team were visited by Gosport MP Caroline Dinenage, in light of the upcoming sale of Fort Blockhouse – the watchtower’s current landlord. Ms Dinenage said: ‘It’s always a pleasure to visit the NCI Gosport team. They provide a vital service to our local community keeping people safer on one of the busiest stretches of water in the country.’
The photograph (courtesy of the Portsmouth News) shows MP Caroline Dinenage trying out the binoculars at NCI Gosport.