POW camp and military warehouse
I used to drive past this all the time and wanted to have a look around the site. . . No I finally have and loved it!
We always go to the far end of things first and work our way back, and we weren’t disappointed.
The back of the warehouse was home to some standing and broken outbuildings, and underground bunker type structures. A few were very overgrown with thorn bushes so we couldn’t really get into without being scratched to bits, and some of the ones which we did get into were filled with water. The Outbuildings in which we could get into, were a selection of small rooms interlinked dotted about around a large section of land. The back section was interesting to me as it looked as if that was the main look out point, with mental holes in the ground which could have housed military weapons.
The warehouse structure has taken a beating these past few years and has been damaged, probably by the elements. But it’s clear that it was a huge structure to house many kit pieces.
the upstairs was a little worrying as the floor was broken in many places, so we stuck to walking on the steel beams.
The last part to look at was the tower at the front. I was under the impression this was a look out tower, but Previous people have said a water tower? The old door was still there, although been taken off and left to rot on the floor. The first level was a small area with internal ladders. To get to the top you had to climb the external ladders on the outside, which were heavily overgrown. I think the structure would have been build higher, which was evident with cross steels and broken bricks.
The whole area is a great find. With the amount of broken buildings it really makes your imagination think about how the area would have been may years ago. I’ve tried to search to see if there’s any pictures during the war but unable to find anything, if anyone has any knowledge or archives on this I’d be interested to see!
I used to drive past this all the time and wanted to have a look around the site. . . No I finally have and loved it!
We always go to the far end of things first and work our way back, and we weren’t disappointed.
The back of the warehouse was home to some standing and broken outbuildings, and underground bunker type structures. A few were very overgrown with thorn bushes so we couldn’t really get into without being scratched to bits, and some of the ones which we did get into were filled with water. The Outbuildings in which we could get into, were a selection of small rooms interlinked dotted about around a large section of land. The back section was interesting to me as it looked as if that was the main look out point, with mental holes in the ground which could have housed military weapons.
The warehouse structure has taken a beating these past few years and has been damaged, probably by the elements. But it’s clear that it was a huge structure to house many kit pieces.
the upstairs was a little worrying as the floor was broken in many places, so we stuck to walking on the steel beams.
The last part to look at was the tower at the front. I was under the impression this was a look out tower, but Previous people have said a water tower? The old door was still there, although been taken off and left to rot on the floor. The first level was a small area with internal ladders. To get to the top you had to climb the external ladders on the outside, which were heavily overgrown. I think the structure would have been build higher, which was evident with cross steels and broken bricks.
The whole area is a great find. With the amount of broken buildings it really makes your imagination think about how the area would have been may years ago. I’ve tried to search to see if there’s any pictures during the war but unable to find anything, if anyone has any knowledge or archives on this I’d be interested to see!
