Folkestone White Horse

[2][6] In 2000 English Nature appealed to Deputy Prime Minister John Prescott, although the project was said to have widespread public support by local MP and prominent politician Michael Howard.

Directed from afar by the artist via radio, a team of volunteers staked out a second canvas template of the horse, and following this, shallow trenches were then dug into the topsoil, 12–24 inches (30–60 cm) wide.

[9] Over two weeks in May 2003 a team of volunteers including locally based Gurkha soldiers[1] transported, cut and positioned limestone slabs in the trenches, fixing them in place with pins.

The limestone laying phase of the construction, which had been delayed when the Gurkhas were needed to crew fire engines during the 2002–2003 Firemen's strike,[2] was completed in early June 2003, with the formal notice from the EU outstanding.

[1] In June 2004 "The Friends of the Folkestone White Horse" was formed, to promote the landmark and look after the site, which requires periodic light weeding.