Wildfire has been nothing more than a wet dream for years, and I genuinely thought I'd never get (or miss) an opportunity to visit the site. As soon as I heard it was open, I grabbed the floodlight & headed straight there (forgetting my lenser, hence the bad lighting 
), so I'll apoligise for that now...
As you can imagine the site got resealed pretty quickly & was only open for a few days (which is a few days longer than i thought it would be), so sorry if I got your hopes up.
Here's a brief history of the place for anyone that isn't familiar with it (Source: SubBrit): The function of the unit was to provide a trained and stable staff for plotting and communications duties in the Flag Officer, Medway’s operational headquarters now entitled Local Command Head Quarters (LCHQ) in time of war.
Below is a plan of the site found on SubBrit. The emergency exit has been back-filled, and Entrance 1 was lost when the above-ground building went.
There was a fire in the plotting room some years back, as you can see in some of the pictures. There's also (annoyingly and unsurprisingly) a fair amount of graffiti down here dating back to 1990 and a lot of damage to old fittings and equipment. More recent additions include a ton of porno mags, human poo, used bog roll & used tampons in an old toilet (pretty grim).
Anyway, Pictures!
The other side of what I'm used to seeing and a sight I never thought I'd see - 'Entrance 2'
A bendy spiral just down from the entrance.
An old light fitting
Ventilation equipment?
The first door from the entrance tunnel
Elsan toilet
One of a few without any graffiti
Fuse box
Not a clue, any ideas?
Mouldy table, quite a few of these still down there.
Either a generator or a transformer.
A lot of signs in here, and just as well because the place is pretty massive.
Some hard nut has punched holes in one of the cupboards - I like the fact they kept the colour scheme fairly consistent all the way through.
One of the rooms (lit up as best as I could).
Same again.
A phone exchange? Pretty shocking the copper wiring hasn't been nicked.
Red arrows on the floor pointing to the nearest exit.
Another old cabinet/desk but in better condition.
Old food & drink packaging, best before dated 1990.
Very old coke can
Old magazines/yellow pages (no date on these though)
View attachment
Smashed up sink
Waste disposal switch
And the thing to push the food down.
The other side of the kitchen where the storage units are.
Again, surprised this hasn't been nicked and sold for scrap.
Light switch with no fuse
Storage room
Last one of a random room
No idea what these pink splats are.
One of the cleaner sections of air vent, with one of the light fixtures crudely attached to it with a metal chain.
Lots of these down there.
The doorway leading to 'Entrance 1', a good example of the kind of graffiti down here.
A British Gas 6v battery.
The tunnel leading one of the entrances... Here's where I started regretting forgetting the lenser.
And here's the backfill - it's been put in at the bottom of the stairs as it can't be seen through the hole in the wall by the emergency exit (if it is that one)
Handy illustrations in case you can't read.
Yes you are.
A more up to date toilet in better condition.
Yes, that is exactly what you think it is...
A section of the corrugated metal missing with the ground dug out with some ventilation equipment in the hole.
Another cool switch.
More vents - also look at the dates on the chalk writing, maybe these are the legends who opened the doors
A back-filled vent shaft - good luck fitting down that anyway
This was a cool room.
The main vent shaft itself - very sturdy ladders leads to the top, I got 1/3 of the way up and turned back as I didn't trust the converse - definitely should have worn the boots.
Buttons still press down!
Electrical cupboard rust free and in good condition. Even had some fuses left in there.
), so I'll apoligise for that now...As you can imagine the site got resealed pretty quickly & was only open for a few days (which is a few days longer than i thought it would be), so sorry if I got your hopes up.
Here's a brief history of the place for anyone that isn't familiar with it (Source: SubBrit): The function of the unit was to provide a trained and stable staff for plotting and communications duties in the Flag Officer, Medway’s operational headquarters now entitled Local Command Head Quarters (LCHQ) in time of war.
Below is a plan of the site found on SubBrit. The emergency exit has been back-filled, and Entrance 1 was lost when the above-ground building went.
There was a fire in the plotting room some years back, as you can see in some of the pictures. There's also (annoyingly and unsurprisingly) a fair amount of graffiti down here dating back to 1990 and a lot of damage to old fittings and equipment. More recent additions include a ton of porno mags, human poo, used bog roll & used tampons in an old toilet (pretty grim).
Anyway, Pictures!
The other side of what I'm used to seeing and a sight I never thought I'd see - 'Entrance 2'
A bendy spiral just down from the entrance.
An old light fitting
Ventilation equipment?
The first door from the entrance tunnel
Elsan toilet
One of a few without any graffiti
Fuse box
Not a clue, any ideas?
Mouldy table, quite a few of these still down there.
Either a generator or a transformer.
A lot of signs in here, and just as well because the place is pretty massive.
Some hard nut has punched holes in one of the cupboards - I like the fact they kept the colour scheme fairly consistent all the way through.
One of the rooms (lit up as best as I could).
Same again.
A phone exchange? Pretty shocking the copper wiring hasn't been nicked.
Red arrows on the floor pointing to the nearest exit.
Another old cabinet/desk but in better condition.
Old food & drink packaging, best before dated 1990.
Very old coke can
Old magazines/yellow pages (no date on these though)
View attachment
Smashed up sink
Waste disposal switch
And the thing to push the food down.
The other side of the kitchen where the storage units are.
Again, surprised this hasn't been nicked and sold for scrap.
Light switch with no fuse
Storage room
Last one of a random room
No idea what these pink splats are.
One of the cleaner sections of air vent, with one of the light fixtures crudely attached to it with a metal chain.
Lots of these down there.
The doorway leading to 'Entrance 1', a good example of the kind of graffiti down here.
A British Gas 6v battery.
The tunnel leading one of the entrances... Here's where I started regretting forgetting the lenser.
And here's the backfill - it's been put in at the bottom of the stairs as it can't be seen through the hole in the wall by the emergency exit (if it is that one)
Handy illustrations in case you can't read.
Yes you are.
A more up to date toilet in better condition.
Yes, that is exactly what you think it is...
A section of the corrugated metal missing with the ground dug out with some ventilation equipment in the hole.
Another cool switch.
More vents - also look at the dates on the chalk writing, maybe these are the legends who opened the doors
A back-filled vent shaft - good luck fitting down that anyway
This was a cool room.
The main vent shaft itself - very sturdy ladders leads to the top, I got 1/3 of the way up and turned back as I didn't trust the converse - definitely should have worn the boots.
Buttons still press down!
Electrical cupboard rust free and in good condition. Even had some fuses left in there.
And the funny thing is due to the purpose of the place nobody probably died down there anyway, never understood the whole ghost hunting crap... And that's quite a likely scenario in fairness, it is Medway & there's already a load of junkie hobos living in cats eyes just down the road.
