Fraser Gunnery Range, Portsmouth
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. […]
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Bushfield Training Camp, Winchester
“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 […]
Alderbury ROC Post, Salisbury
“Alderbury ROC Post, The Royal Observer Corps were in existence from 1925 to 1995 and their first significant operation was to act as aircraft spotters in WW2 where their task was to radio in any […]
Fort Gilkicker, Gosport
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, Portsmouth
“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, […]
Strategic Booster Pumping Station, Hampshire
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 […]