air raid

Another one from far back in my hard drive. This one isn't too far away from where I live and one I'd had on my list for a while. It actually took two attempts to do this, the first being in the pitch black late at night in the freezing cold. We didn't have an exact pin and after being spooked...

I am having a photo clear out session to clear memory space, so here's one from several exploring trips to various different spots made between 2023 and 2025 I never got around to posting. Christ Church Air Raid Shelter lies in Dover and is one of a few spots I hit up with a friend in the same...

About time I did a report, it's been a while. Just a little one today, nothing particularly exciting yet it's barely been noticed and documented and some might find it interesting given the location. I won't go over the history of Runwell Hospital here, as I have reported about the hospital pre...

More of an exploring fail to report here. Now gone so not even a lead, but thought it might still be of interest. My gf recently noticed some underground 'rooms' being uncovered on an area of Heras-fenced land in Erith recreation ground on her walk to work. Gave it a Google and turns out they...

I know theres an air raid shelter in the area, and could this be it? Does anyone think that the manholes could be an enterance or just random manhole covers? Thanks.

This was a mini bonus explore found by chance on a recent trip to Poland. The entrances to these are visible from a Lidl car park opposite our hotel so we had to have a look. It took some digging to find out what they were actually for when we got back. IG Farben was a large German chemical...

Visited with @georgebrwn Wanted to check this place out for a while but it just slipped under my radar for some reason. My dad worked at Littlewoods for years so I was intrigued to see the inside. It's sad to see the current state of the main building. Good little explore, much bigger than I...

After my recent Hounslow air raid shelter post, I thought I'd get a few more public air raid shelter tunnels up. Digging into the vaults a bit here, gosh doesn't time fly, I still consider this 'recent'. Did these two shelters on a day out to Kent's Isle of Thanet with @KismetJ and two non-forum...

RAF aerial photography c.1945-1949 showing the shelter beneath the lawn with 4 escape shafts and pedestrian entrance. Good to finally get a post in, currently working on an Irish asylum whopper so thought I'd just do a quick one. Whilst out with @Llama @professor_frink @Stitch and...

As far as I'm aware this is undocumented online so I think its worth putting this shelter up for reference. History The Royal Air Force aerodrome at Stormy Down served a very important role in the training of Commonwealth and Allied ground and air crew during the Second World War. Facilities...

December 2024 Visited with @Mr Budge to finally explore a place I had wanted to see for a long time: the Littlewoods' Air Raid Shelter. After a brief walk around, we found ourselves in the middle of this huge shelter. It was clear that time has not been kind to the structure. Many parts of the...

Back in the day, schools often had their own air raid shelters. A little bunker in a hillside such as this one Ha'penny Shelter In Heyrod, Stalybridge, such a shelter was built behind the then school, now village hall. I can confirm its existence, having hesitated at the threshold with a match...

September 2024 Visited with @stranton and @Acid-reflux, I met up with the others one day after work to knock this off the list. I've been looking to do this ever since my visit to the nearby Brinksway Shelter back in 2016 and I finally got the chance to do it. Dodge Hill stands as one of...

1. The History From a 1936 O/S map: Reproduced with the permission of the National Library of Scotland Key: A - old southern adit B – main adit (manway ansd wagonway) C – incline boiler D – WW2 air-raid shelter During the industrial revolution in 1800s, the Loxley Valley became an important...

Hello all, As title says, I have one mate who reckons was an old air raid shelter or bunker, and I see what he is getting at, as there seems to be some brick work missing, but why the manhole and step irons? It is also near a particularly pungent CSO on a brook, and there is a manhole with the...