Tilbury Fort
Tilbury Fort has been defending London from the threat of invasion for over 500 years. Since the fort was built in 1539, under the rein …
Kelvedon Hatch R4 ROTOR Bunker & RGHQ
Above the surface it looks like a normal country cottage, but beneath the building lies something completely different – a nuclear bunker. The only clue …
Mulberry Harbour, Thames Estuary
After checking out Southend’s wartime sea-defenses, we then had a look from the seawall at the ‘Mulberry Harbour’ back in 2011, split in half and …
Chipping Ongar ROC Post
This Royal Observer Corps observation post bunker was constructed in 1959 and closed at the end of the Cold War in 1991. Its relatively good …
RAF Detling Battle HQ
RAF Detling was a military airfield just outside of Maidstone, first opened prior to World War One as RNAS Detling (Royal Naval Air Service). Whilst …
Brighton Road Deep Shelter, Coulsdon
As World War Two intensified, Surrey Council Council ordered four deep shelters to be built. These big underground complexes could accommodate hundreds of civilians in …
German Paratrooper Dutch Barns, Norfolk
As war intensified in 1940, the Royal Air Force were looking to rapidly expand their airfields across the country. In Norfolk, officials from the Air …
Woodham Ferrers ROC Post
The post in 2013 pre-demolition of the access structure Woodham Ferrers is a small village in south Essex, north of the largely later and more …
Tendring ROC Post
Situated close to Tendring Primary School are the remains are two observations posts which would have been used during the Cold War, should it have …
Medway UB-122 Submarine Wreck
SM UB-122 was a World War One German submarine, or U-Boat, in the German Imperial Navy which was first commissioned in March 1918 after a …
Garrison Point Fort
Garrison Point Fort is a rare two-tiered fort in Sheerness, built in the 1860’s over concerns of a French invasion. The fort was constructed in …
Longues-sur-Mer Battery
The artillery battery at Longues-sur-Mer was built as part of the Atlantic Wall coastal fortifications and was built by German Forces in the first half …
Sarre Army Brigade Headquarters
The bunker was built in late 1940 as the South East Army Command Brigade Headquarters. It can be presumed that this was unlike most military …
Reigate Army Battle Headquarters
Prime Minister Winston Churchill was after a location for a new, secret, Army Battle Headquarters and came across the perfect location in Reigate; an old …
Cliffe Six Bells Pub & Anti-Tank Defences
In the heart of the village of Cliffe is the Six Bells public house. It was renamed from the Black Bull which might have been …
Cliffe ROC Post
Over 1,500 Royal Observer Corps posts were built across the UK in the late 1950s and early 1960s to allow volunteers of the ROC to …
Hollingbourne Zero Station
If German forces were successful in invading Britain during the Second World War, the dozens of Zero stations would have come into operation. They were …
Merstham AAOR Bunker
The Anti-Aircraft Command Operations Room in Merstham was built in 1951 as part of Pendell Army Camp, which was demolished to make way for the …
Wickford WW1 Plane Crash Memorials
Tucked away in an isolated field bordered by the A130 and a railway in Shotgate, near Wickford, Essex, lies two memorials constructed in 1920 to …
Nazeing RAF Bombing Decoy Bunkers
As aerial bombing emerged during the Second World War so did the defences. In addition to anti-aircraft batteries the Government started to build more discreet …
Little Gypps Furtherwick HAA Battery
Tucked away in the Little Gypps area of Canvey Island is a park known as the Gunny/Gunney, and here there was once a WW2 Heavy …
Shooters Hill WW2 Defences
Shooters Hill is one of the highest points in London with a summit of 432 feet. The name is thought to date back to 1226 …
Stow Maries Aerodrome
Stow Maries is a village and civil parish in west Essex. In September 1916, during the first World War, an airfield was established at Stow …
HMP Bullwood Hall
H.M.P. Bullwood Hall was a former women’s prison in Hockley, built in the 1960’s initially as a women’s borstal. The site was opened to house …