Bordon military training area was and i think still is used for tank training exercises. there were fresh tanks tracks everywhere. I am aware there were once a lot more tanks here and some real […]
Fraser Gunnery Range, formerly HMS St George is a former shore establishment for the Royal Navy, which closed during the 1980s. The site is currently derelict, and may be redeveloped into housing in the future. […]
History The Royal Navy Cordite Factory, Holton Heath, (RNCF), was set up at Holton Heath, Dorset in World War I to manufacture cordite for the Royal Navy. It was reactivated in World War II to […]
“Monkton Farleigh ammunition depot utilised an old stone quarry below a plateau some 450 feet above the valley floor in which ran the main line railway that was its principal source of supply. Before the […]
“Firing Range at Bushfield Camp Looking into the open ends of two adjacent U-shaped brick walls having pits in front of them. Someone who trained as a National Serviceman at Bushfield Camp between 1951 and […]
The Fort Gilkicker, a Grade II* Listed Building and Scheduled Ancient Monument, is a unique piece of Victorian engineering and of immense importance to the history of coastal defence in the United Kingdom. Fort Gilkicker […]
“Portsdown hill fuel depot were built during the late 1930s as bombproof Naval Oil Reservoirs. I believe that three of this type were built in UK. During the 1990s the extensive undergrowth was cleared away, […]
Northington Pumping Station was built as a booster set for the strategic oil pipeline that was constructed in World War 2 between Hamble in Hampshire and Aldermaston in Berkshire. The building is military in origin […]