Deepdene - WW2 Southern Railway Traffic Control Centre, Jan 2018
Deepdene - WW2 Southern Railway Traffic Control Centre was visited many many times but for these who haven't seen or heard about it...(just in case!) History: what we know about it originally emanated...
View ArticleEast Goscote / Leicestershire / Tunnel System?
Hi, I was just doing some background reading about East Goscote in Leicestershire the other day and stumbled over a wiki and local pages which says there was an extensive tunnel system there during WW2...
View ArticleAEI Air Raid Shelter, Northfleet - December 2017
History W. T. Henley was a cable/wire company that was founded in a small London-based workshop in 1837. William Thomas Henley is famous for having converted his old lathe into a wiring covering...
View ArticleHa'penny Shelter, Stockport, 2017
Not very exciting, but this thread https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/springmount-mill-stockport-december-2017.t111790#post-1194979 reminded me of it, as it's attached to the mill. I think it is under an...
View ArticleBoughton Brake Tunnel - February 2018
History: British Rail opened a four-mile single-track branch to the new Bevercotes Colliery in 1961, linking it to the network at Boughton Junction. It was closed temporarily between January 1962 and...
View ArticleMorlais (Miler Tunnel), Merthyr Tydfil - January 2018
Having visited many times over the years but always with copious amounts of mist, no matter the time of year, we found ourselves using the Miler as a shortcut to the Quarrymans Arms in Pant over the...
View ArticleDeepdene WW2 Southern Railway Control Bunker, Dorking – July 2016
Explore: Visited with @UrbanZ. After two hours of clambering through woodland we finally came across this enjoyable little site. I have to say, the suicidal spiral staircase entrance was a joy to get...
View ArticleGuildford Shaft, Dover - January 2018
Visited with: @UrbanZ History: At the foot of the cliffs beneath the western moat of Dover Castle is Moats Bulwark. It was originally a 16th century gun battery, but has since been heavily modified and...
View ArticleSt Margarets (Z Rocket) Deep Shelter - Dover - Jan 2018
Visited with @Minor History (yoinked from Subbrit) The battery at St Margaret's was one of the earliest to be established in the Dover area. Its four 5.5" guns came were former naval guns, coming from...
View ArticleTruleigh Hill R2 Nuclear Bunker 03-10-07
Visited with Monk and Jackal. I’ve been looking up at this place for a very long time, before I even got into UE I’ve been fascinated with what’s under here. To see the above...
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