The Fort is set within parkland, which is owned and maintained by Thurrock Council under the management of an onsite Ranger.
Ample Free Parking is provided and the whole area maintained to a very high level.

Wide open spaces abound, picnic benches, a children's adventure play area, riverside walks and nature conservation areas.
Full details of what can be seen and explored are available
within the Tourist Information kiosk, which is adjacent to the WC facilities just outside the main entrance to the Fort.

Visitors are able to walk around the entire perimeter of the Fort and get some very good views of the walls and Gun emplacements on the roof.
Within the fort grounds you will find, still standing, Pill boxes and the remains of the Rapid Fire Battery.

A short walk down towards the river edge, you will see the old Radar Tower, which was designed to resemble a Water Tower in an effort to disguise it's real function.

Although still standing the radar tower is now falling into a quite bad state of repair and we would advise caution when approaching and would strongly advise against any attempt to enter the structure. Time and tide have slowly eroded it and it must be deemed very unsafe now. You will also find remnants of old railway sleepers, these survive from the time when supplies and armaments were brought to the fort by small ships and barges.

Whilst the old jetty has been long gone it is still possible to work out from the sleepers where it once stood.