Foredown Tower

After the installation of the camera obscura, which is located in a cupola at the top of the tower and projects images of the surrounding area onto a dish below, it was opened to the public in 1991.[3] The council announced that the tower would be leased to the local Hove and Adur Sea Cadets for use as a base, with the intention that access to the camera obscura would be preserved.[4] Despite these changes, the tower served as the meeting place of the Foredown Tower Astronomers,[5] an astronomical society that conducted classes and demonstrations at the site, using the camera obscura to observe the sky both by day and night, until January 2010.The local council then investigated potential links with community organisations,[6] and in September 2011 it was announced that the tower would be used as an adult learning and visitor centre under the administration of Portslade Learning Community CIC[7] (now the Portslade Adult Learning CIC), which initially opened the tower sporadically for special events and short courses.[8] In June 2012, the Foredown Tower Learning and Visitor Centre was reopened to the general public, with demonstrations of the camera obscura scheduled for Tuesdays and Thursdays and the last Saturday of the month.
Foredown Tower
Image in the Foredown Tower camera obscura
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