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Report - Fraser Range/St Georges, Eastleigh - Feb 2015

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Landie_Man

"Landie" or Harry
Regular User
Fraser Range/HMS St. George, Eastney, South Coast – Feb 2015

Visited with Mookster on a quick South Coast Touyr, after a Fish and Chip Lunch, we walked up a nudist beach of all places, to reach this rather trashed location. It is certainly not worth a big drive but good for an hour or so, some good graff and some some not so good graff here.

History Borrowed and adjusted from TrevBish @ 28 Days

HMS St George was a shore establishment for the Royal Navy until its 1980s closure.

Fraser has previously been used by the MoD as a firing range and for gunnery training for a significant period of time after the 2nd World War.

In more recent times the emphasis on training dissipated in favour of research and development of electronic and radar detection systems complementing DERA’s facility at Portsdown.

Since the the Defence and Evaluation Research Agency was privatised and subsequent formation of QinetiQ in its place, the latter have sought to make more effective use of the corporate estate.

As part of this process QinetiQ activities on the Fraser site have been moved to Portsdown Technology Park and the site has been declared surplus to requirements.

The Planning Committee resolved to grant permission (subject to conditions - not yet met) on an outline planning application (A*26996/AP) to build 3 large blocks of flats, 131 apartments, directly overlooking the naturist beach. Although they have yet to submit a detailed planning application or to start demolishing the existing radar station.

The site had a more modernised and bland part as well as the older parts

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Thanks Again Guys. More At:

https://www.flickr.com/photos/landie_man/sets/72157650896476939/
 

mffp

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Wow, this place has really been trashed and heavily graffitied in the last year or so. It was always worth a visit when it had the nice big tower at the side.
 

shoreside

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Go back 5 years this site was still pretty much in tact /untouched by the outside world. Q have cut their losses but are still responsible for the site.
 

Maximus8501

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
I live about 20 minutes away from here in Botley, where is the best place to gain access for photos? via the beach? Thanks
 

dweeb

28DL Regular User
Regular User
I live about 20 minutes away from here in Botley, where is the best place to gain access for photos? via the beach? Thanks

We generally don't talk about access on public message boards. If you only live 20 mins away it's no stress to pop down and have a look, judging by the graff I would say it will be pretty straightforward!
 

Maximus8501

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Ok guys thanks, Very new to the forum i'm hoping to get down there this weekend before i head to the Old Manor Salisbury again on Monday!
 

Old Git

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Ok guys thanks, Very new to the forum i'm hoping to get down there this weekend before i head to the Old Manor Salisbury again on Monday!
Time someone put the title right on this one! O by the way im a pikey with an iron bar.See you Monday then? LOL
 

Maximus8501

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Time someone put the title right on this one! O by the way im a pikey with an iron bar.See you Monday then? LOL
Erm no, I own a plant hire company in Southampton & we have equipment on hire to a ground surveying company working at the Old Manor - hence the access to this place. No Pikeys around here lol!
 

Oxygen Thief

Admin
Staff member
Admin
Wow, this place has really been trashed and heavily graffitied in the last year or so. It was always worth a visit when it had the nice big tower at the side.

Yeah I was just thinking the same myself. It's nice here in summer !
 

xexxa

Xexxa the grey
Banned
Oh god. my eyes. This place is trashed. Think they should just demo it now before it becomes a hollow shell for hollow people
 
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