(Update 11/11/2024 Sorry if a few image thumbnails and galleries are a bit buggy, I'm updating the coding at the moment - James)
Mr. N. Levy kindly sent these photos to me of his memory-lane trip to the Boulogne Hoverport terminal buildings in 2009.
The tower at Boulogne Hoverport is now used by local economic authority. Their main mission is to help for economical devlopment for Boulogne mainland [Grandjean, 2010].
Seaward end of the hoverpad
Terminal end of the hoverpad
Remains of an old wall at the site
One of the floodlights still in-situ
Viewed from the South, Boulogne hoverport terminal and its tower still standing
Looking out to sea and toward Boulogne's harbour
Markings still present on the tarmac
Boulogne Hoverport buildings
Heater/boiler system still half intact
An access corridor within the building
Electrical cupboard still present
Looking toward the exit doors inside the terminal building
Passeports sign still half visible
Chamfered edged exit door/gate of main terminal building
Inside the terminal building
Inside the terminal building
Lighting/electrical control panel for the hoverport terminal
Bathrooms
Outside the terminal building, to the South
Air conditioning unit, now united with the sandy beach below its original home
Front of the terminal building
Tower block, used for more modern purposes now, still standing on the old hoverport site
Tower block, used for more modern purposes now, still standing on the old hoverport site
Tower block, used for more modern purposes now, still standing on the old hoverport site
Tower block, used for more modern purposes now, still standing on the old hoverport site
Tower block, used for more modern purposes now, still standing on the old hoverport site
Parking lot
Ex-railway line route visible behind the terminal buildings
Rear of the terminal buildings
Approach road
Close-up of the gates to the terminal building
Boulogne docks
Viewed from the south, distant shot
Exit road
From the north
Train line viewed from the exit road
Page updated: Saturday, September 13, 2014