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Introduction This is one of the few more significant sites I knew about when I first started exploring regularly. It was extremely easy at the time, but this is one I never managed to get round to doing. I never thought I would be able to see it until I saw that earlier this year people were...

Does anyone know if it’s worth going back here to find a way into the bunker? I went in November 2023 but all the entry points were blocked. Any new updates?

Hi guys, Please excuse this post if its bad (it's my first one) Just realised there have been no updates about the bunker so if anyone was thinking of going, this is what you should know. I went there last Friday and all the doors/entrances were sealed including emergency ones. Also the farmer...

History: In 1935 Bawdsey Manor Estate in Suffolk was selected as the site for a new research station for the development of radio direction finding and the Manor House, close to Bawdsey Quay was taken over for this purpose. Following this research, the first Chain Home radar station was...

ENTRANCE STAIRWAY LEADING TO THE TUNNEL THE TUNNEL AT THE BOTTOM OF THE MAIN ENTRANCE STAIRS ENTRANCE WARNING SIGNS ETC STANDING NEXT TO A HUGE VENTILATION DUCT APROX 9ft X 9ft (left) MAIN OPERATIONS ROOM A VIEW FROM ABOVE LOOKING DOWN AT THE ADJACENT OPERATIONS ROOM THERMO-TANK...

Looking along the Norfolk Coast for interesting sites. This may be one to keep an eye on, the bunker may become accessible in the next few years if it falls out of MOD hands, again. From WikiPedia: "In July 2022, it was announced that the radar at RAF Trimingham would be moved 8 miles (13 km)...

So Monday morning we @Stimpakman and I got told this was open after many many years. Tuesday evening we took the short journey (live in next town over) to look for ourselves. To the group that done the research.... your guys are amazing!! Such a privilege to see this place after so many years...

So myself and a couple friends have been trying to locate an entry point over last couple of years, we gave up at one point after finding one shaft where we could peak through into the emergency exit, and found there was no manhole or anything. As I'm sure many of you are aware, the concrete is...

“From Stettin in the Baltic, to Trieste in the Adriatic, an iron curtain has descended across the continent” Winston Churchhill, March 1946 Towards the end of the second world war the leaders of America, Britain and the USSR - Allies against the defeted Nazi menace - met on the coast of the...

History borrowed from google RAF Bawdsey has had a long association with RADAR as in 1935, Bawdsey Manor in Suffolk was used as a research station for the development of radio direction finding. Directly from this research a Chain Home Radar station was developed on the site and the...

Recent Visit to the R7 ROTOR MK3 site near peterhead, the Sub station and IFF Buildings remain intact with but are stripped out, the 3 room bunker is no longer accessible due to the 4 or 5 feet of water in the bunker. all hatches to the bunker are ‘tied down’ with thick chains...only 2 of them...

RAF Hope Cove R6 Rotor Bunker The 30,000 sq ft ,56 roomed bunker was decommissioned in 1999 and sold in 2014 for around £350,000 The Explore.. After our visit too RAF Treleaver ,the following weekend we found ourselves at the Hope cove bunker in Devon. The bunker is situated next too an...

Some History from the Cold War era In January 1963 Bloodhound were regrouped under Master Radar Station status at Bawdsey and Patrington but in June 1964 Bawdsey lost its Master Radar station Status and became a satellite to Neatishead. This status was regained in February 1966 following the...

RAF Bawdsey' we visited this after going to see severalls, the place is a magnet for kids at the minute we even met the ones who opened up the access point to disabled style supposedly anyway some pictures, from the large backlog i seem to have

A three level bunker which was later expanded and a fourth level was added. Not a lot of information can be found online. They dig a big hole, build the bunker and cover it back up. They are often made with the small bungalows which are not exactly throwing you off the scent when there are...