thurleigh

Kinda new to this stuff, not exactly a brand new location, so im sure most of you know the history, im just starting to get into urban exploring and using this website, so im sorry if its not the best stuff. This was my first explore and I just wanted to have something chill, had to climb...

Heard earlier this week that a company had bought the land and were going to turn it into some sort of open air storage. As I assumed it's days were numbered, I decided to try getting in one last time. Wasn't expecting the thing to be flattened so quickly but yep, another great location and a...

History - Taken from a newspaper article:- Located a few miles from the Cambridgeshire border is Thurleigh, a quiet village that became home to an RAF base in the Second World War. RAF Thurleigh, built in 1941, was used by the RAF before being handed over to the United States Army Air Force...

July 2024 Visited with @Mr Budge and @Tobin, I wasn't quite sure what to anticipate, having only come across a handful of reports from years past. The structure is beginning to exhibit signs of neglect, with multiple rooms, including the control room, showing clear evidence of dampness. In...

I'm sure you've already heard a lot about this place and its amazing history so I will just go straight to my visits there and what you can do and see there. I've been here well over 10 times and you always see something new which your usually not expecting. There are 3 main blocks of buildings...

The History RAF Thurleigh is located north of Bedford, Bedfordshire, England. Thurleigh was transferred to the United States Army Air Forces Eighth Air Force on 9 December 1942 and designated Station 111, and used for heavy bomber operations and was built for RAF Bomber Command in 1940 by W & C...

Introduction RAE Bedford has always been on the bucket list for me. Ever since I saw photos back in 2017 it is one I have always wanted to do but never thought I would ever get there or do it successfully, but we finally managed it in the end! I first tried it back in 2019 but couldn’t find an...

This place is nothing new so I won't overdo the history. Thanks to a non-forum explorer for alerting me that it was still doable - haven't seen it done in some time. Thought it would be worth a repost both for an update and so I can share my shots! Thought I'd throw the RAF Thurleigh camp in as...

Visited with Ella. We had a day planned in and around Bedford and failed each and every one of them apart from here. We did fail the control tower as we would need a ladder. The sun was setting and we were fed up failing so thought we would just take a look at these buildings on the far side...

(info from wiki) Thurleigh was built for RAF Bomber Command in 1940 by W & C French Ltd. 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the village of Thurleigh on farmland between the farms of Buryfields, Bletsoe Park, Manor, and Whitwickgreen. It was eventually modified to Air Ministry Class A...

I have always fancied this tower. I do have a thing for any control towers. This one is a bit different that it's not built as your usual airfield ATC tower but for RAE Beford. We had tried this a few years before without much luck, so was glad to complete this tower. The tower here was built in...

A small building which everyone seems to have forgotten about. Seemed like a good idea to take a look. From what I could find this building appears to have been built around 1956 from an image (showing what I assume is to be this building) I found on a document from the Bahg website. It was...

Intro If I had waited a few weeks later this would have been part of my initial report of RAE Bedford but if I'm honest I didn't even know this existed at that time. I'm not going to dive into the history in this one either as I have already covered it beforehand. Linked below...

Explore: Finding a spot to park was harder then gaining access to the abandoned RAF Thurleigh base, there are active parts attached at the edge however you can entre discretely and unnoticed. The main runway is used as storage for 15,000 unsold/unwanted cars and many of these have been sat...

Another well covered site but I have photos to share now that I've popped my 28DL cherry! Gaining access discretely was certainly challenging and yes, it's still totally trashed yet totally fascinating. I managed to take a few drone shots after the initial explore. Warning: some of these photos...