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Tanks Crossing and Sudden Gunfire Signs

Two posts beside the B3070 in Dorset carrying a red warning triangle with a tank and plates reading Tanks crossing and Sudden gunfire, with heathland, a fence, the road and a car.
Artwork FileDorset, England

Tanks Crossing and Sudden Gunfire Signs

SeenSep 2012

Maker unknown · B3070, Povington Heath (Lulworth Ranges), Dorset, England

Photo: Phil Champion / Geograph (CC BY-SA 2.0), 20 September 2012; as published on Street Art Utopia.

Two road signs on the B3070 in Dorset warn drivers of tanks crossing and sudden gunfire where the road crosses the army firing range at Povington Heath, part of the Lulworth Ranges. Phil Champion photographed them in September 2012. The Lulworth Ranges firing programme for April 2026 lists closure times for the B3070 between East Lulworth and West Holme. Source Source Checked

Seen September 2012: Phil Champion’s Geograph photo of 20 September 2012 is the newest dated photo of the signs we found. The April 2026 firing programme shows the road still closes for firing, but it does not show the signs. Source Source Checked

💡 4 things to know

  1. A road through a firing rangeThe signs stand on the B3070 where it crosses the army firing range at Povington Heath, in the Lulworth Ranges. Source Checked
  2. The road closes for firingThe April 2026 firing programme lists closure times for the B3070 (East Lulworth to West Holme), with evening closures to 0030 on some days. Source Checked
  3. Red flags mean live firingAccording to the firing programme, red flags at range entry points are hoisted when the ranges are live firing. Source Reported
  4. A century of tank gunneryThe DIO says the Tank Gunnery School was established at Lulworth by 1917 and gunfire is still heard there 100 years later. Source Checked

📍 Where it is

On the B3070 where it crosses the army firing range at Povington Heath, part of the Lulworth Ranges in Dorset. The road between East Lulworth and West Holme closes at set times when the ranges fire. Source Source Checked

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🗓️ Sightings

  1. 201220 Sep

    Both signs photographed on the B3070 at Povington Heath by Phil Champion

  2. 201625 Jul

    Context: DIO marks 100 years of tank firing on the Lulworth ranges

  3. 202630 Mar

    Context: April 2026 programme (week from 30 Mar) lists B3070 closures (no sign shown)

Green stamps mark dated photographs; amber stamps mark records or reports; red stamps mark loss. Publication dates are not camera dates.

✅ The facts

Signs
Tanks crossing and sudden gunfire warnings Source Checked
Road
B3070 Source Checked
Range
Povington Heath, Lulworth Ranges Source Checked
Place per Commons
East Stoke, Dorset (Geograph says near West Holme) Source Reported
Photographed
20 September 2012, by Phil Champion Source Checked
Road closure section
B3070, East Lulworth to West Holme Source Checked

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Last checked: 7 November 2026. How we verify art