A Home Guard / Explosives Store located in the wilds of South Northumberland at Leazes Lane, Whitley Chapel […]
England
Polygonal concrete south facing pillbox listed in wills 1985. Not discernible on aerial photographs. 1999 Type 22 pillbox, […]
PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22): S0008853 (Extant)
PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/28 TWIN): S0005736 (Extant) 18/02/2000 A twin embrasure type 28a anti-tank gun emplacement. A large circular […]
Calcot type 28a Twin. S0005736
This pillbox has been cleared of vegetation (Jan 2024) (I surmise as a result of the general upgrade […]
PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22): S0008884
A second “Beehive” pillbox at Scrog Hill.
PILLBOX: S0007241 (Extant)
“Beehive” pillbox near Scrog Hill, Northumberland.
PILLBOX (BEEHIVE): e09998 (Extant)
The picture shows a Pillbox built in 1940 and demolished in 1950. It was sited to defend a […]
Clapham Common Pillbox – (Removed)
A six-sided lozenge-shaped pillbox, with a blast wall protecting the entrance on the W side. An Orlit aircraft […]
Pillbox (Lozenge): S0013178 (Extant)
Coastal battery. The gun emplacements and revetments are in good condition. Magazines are banked and covered and seem […]
Paull Point Battery- S0012446
Located just north of Morpeth.
PILLBOX (LOZENGE): S0013374 (Extant)
WW2 DEFENSIVE MILITARY STRUCTURES IN WOODLAND, NORTH OF AVENUE NORTH FARM, THE AVENUE, SEATON DELAVAL HALL ESTATE, NORTHUMBERLAND, […]
SECTION POST: e11906 (Extant)
This pillbox is located on high ground overlooking Greenhead in Northumberland and is constructed in the “Cumberland Pattern,” […]
Cumberland Pattern Concrete Sandbag Pillbox, Greenhead, Northumberland.
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NFS Water supply sign, Bridge Street, Blaydon
A Pair of Explosives stores, probably part of the Tyne Demolition Line as they are close to the […]
Explosives Stores, Wylam.
Former Reyrolle Works Hebburn, Tyne & Wear. NZ 30468 63767 This is the only surviving example at the […]
Concrete single person ARP Shelter – e61547 (Extant)
Pictures from 2006, sadly this has been demolished to make way for housing.
Killingworth Barrage Balloon Depot.
Killingworth Anti Aircraft Ammo distribution site. Pictures from 2006, sadly this has now been demolished to make way […]
Killingworth AA Ammo Depot
These are located on the South side of the river next to Newcastle University Boat Club Boathouse. Most […]
Two Explosives Stores at Newburn Bridge.
This is located just North of the railway bridge over the road next to the Boatside pub in […]
Explosives Store: e59660 (Extant)
One of three Northumberland D type Pillboxes in Eglingham, Northumberland
PILLBOX (D TYPE): S0007215 (Extant)
Located in Holywell and clad in local stone. Normally completely overgrown, this pillbox was briefly visible back in […]
PILLBOX (TYPE FW3/22): e11739 (Extant)
There are two AT Hairpins at the ford on Batt House road, near New Ridley, which may be […]
AT Hairpins possibly in original position.
Explosives store at Allenheads, Northumberland. Recently cleared of vegetation (2021). This is part of the Allenheads Mine complex. […]
Explosives / Home Guard Store, Allenheads.
10 re-purposed AT Hairpins spread along the road from Allendale to Catton in Northumberland. They measure 38″ high […]
Re-used AT Hairpins, Allendale, Northumberland.
This is on Private land. We were granted permission to clean up and survey the Zero Station. An […]
Heiferlaw Zero Station e27276 (Extant)
Pictures from 2007.
PILLBOX (LOZENGE): S0007314 (Extant) and S0007316. Belford.
A Site Hangars a week or so before demolition in 2008.The two K Type Hangars were situated north […]
Burtonwood Hangars.
Buildings at former Royal Ordnance Factory Hooton. Two Consol Firewatchers posts mounted on gantries to give a view […]
R.O.F. Hooton
Air Raid Shelter in the back garden of a house on Mitford Road, Morpeth.
Mitford Road, Morpeth Air Raid Shelter e58503 (Extant).
The 6pdr Hotchkiss MKV gun was housed in a brick and concrete extension on the East end of […]
ANTI TANK GUN EMPLACEMENT: S0010911. Sandsend.
We corresponded a couple of weeks ago regarding a road block at Pear Tree lane, Little Common, Bexhill […]
Type 22 road from Bexhill to Ninfield / Battle
Wandering around Rye Harbour back in 2009, bumped into these Road Block Cylinders.
ANTI TANK CYLINDER: e30349 (Extant). Rye Harbour.
Site of anti tank vertical rail roadblock. Britain from above shows a D type pillbox to the left […]
ANTI TANK VERTICAL RAIL: e30466 (Extant) Bamburgh.
Scant evidence for an anti tank vertical rail roadblock. There is evidence of another round the junction to […]
Branton Roadblock ANTI TANK VERTICAL RAIL: e49643 (Extant)
Buston links, South of Alnmouth, Northumberland.
PILLBOX: S0007188
Lots of tidal activity and heavy rain scoured away the sand that covered this Admirality Z1 beach scaffolding. […]
Z1 Beach Scaffolding, South Beach, Blyth, Northumberland.
Morpeth Air Raid Shelters Update 28/10/2020 Driving through Morpeth it was obvious that some work had been done […]
Morpeth Air Raid Shelters
These Tetrahedra formed part of the XII corps stopline (Dover to Whitstable). They were moulded at a large […]
Bekesbourne ANTI TANK TETRAHEDRON: S0001134 (Extant)
A variant type pillbox found only in Northumberland. There are variations , some with HMG loops and others […]
PILLBOX: e23937 – North Farm, Embleton.
Thanks to Chris Nason for the photo’s and finding the roadblock.
Road Block, Peartree lane Bexhill
A well preserved trench system that is thought to date from WWI, though may be WWII. This is […]
Beadnell Trench System. TRENCH: e47087 (Extant)
Pictures of the large gun house at Low Cocklawburn beach near Scremerston. These are from 2004 and predate […]
BEACH DEFENCE BATTERY: S0007198, Scremerston.
Not great photos, captured with very old phone. By the time I went back with a proper camera, […]
Northumberland Road, Newcastle Upon Tyne NFS Static Water Sign (now ...
Concrete rectangular pillbox located at back of dunes overlooking road off beach. Now used for service duct, either […]
PILLBOX: S0001748
A “mini gun battery” at Beacon Point Newbiggin. There is a Hotchkiss 6pdr gun house and a vickers […]
ANTI TANK GUN EMPLACEMENT: S0007192
A firewatchers / mine watchers post overlooking the North Shields Ferry landing.
OBSERVATION POST: e28048
This pillbox has now been opened up after the adjoining garden was extended over the roof. The area […]
PILLBOX: S0013259
Several Anti- invasion defences were constructed around Seaton Delaval Hall, during WW2, such was the fear of invasion […]
LOOPHOLED WALL: e11410
Built of concrete filled sandbags, these pillboxes are known as “Beehives”
Alnwick Beehive pillboxes S0007339 and S0007340
Shortly after these pictures were taken in September 2010, the extremely bad winter of 2010 caused a build […]
DEFENDED BUILDING: e11394, Alnwick.
Loopholed wall protecting Northern approach to Alnwick. Pictures taken in 2006.