Burton Tank Ramp
Burton Tank Ramp
Burton Tank Ramp — more formally known as the Tank Ramp or WWII Tank Slipway — sits on the eastern bank of the River Trent just north of Burton upon Stather, below the steep escarpment marking the northern end of the Lincoln Edge.
Built in May 1944 by the 79th Armoured Division under Major General Percy Hobart, it served as a top-secret testing site for Duplex Drive (DD) amphibious tanks and related craft — vehicles famously nicknamed "Hobart's Funnies" for their unconventional designs.
The site remained in military use until around 1948. The structure consists of a main concrete platform with a secondary sloped section angling toward the river at roughly 15 degrees.
Though the sloped apron has partially broken away at both ends over the decades, it still extends some 20. 5 metres.
The ramp is one of the few surviving physical remnants of DD tank development, and local volunteers formed the Burton upon Stather Heritage Group in 2009 specifically to preserve and document it.
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