RAF Hythe

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RAF Hythe

• A Unique Facility that we could not allow to be
  wasted as a Non-commercial site

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The Site in Shore Road, Hythe
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The facilities

• A unique slipway that can take 950 tonnes
• A traversing facility
• Under cover work bays
• Workshops
• The green hanger is the personification of this
  historical site and was built around1920

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Hangar No. 1
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Plea from the work force

• The site has been operational for the US Army for
  the past 40years. In that time the maintenance of
  the facilities and the new works carried out have
  been second to none and the employment
  opportunities have helped to keep Hythe as the
  superb little town it is today and be an added
  attraction for visitors to the forest
• Waterside needs commercial facilities, dont
  waste what is readily available..a housing
  estate will not support the town centre shops!

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RAF Hythe Group

• Round the table
• No chairman
• No minutes
• Everyone used their contacts and networks
• Marine Industry lobby
• Insisted people visited the site
• Passion

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Hythe Marine Park

• Palmer Johnson Ltd
• Griffon Hovercraft Ltd
• Aluminium Shipbuilders Ltd
• Portland Marine Ltd
• Hovertrans Ltd
• Coatings Solutions (UK) Ltd
• Choose Design Ltd
• Fenwick Inspection Services Ltd
• Draughtmark Ltd
• AI Technology Ltd

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The Future

• The 20,000 square metres of industrial and office
  space has already created around 50 jobs
• The site is expected to create in excess of 300
  jobs in the marine industry over the next 3
  years.

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Hythe, home of the hovercraft once more