Abandoned Reinforced Concrete WW2 Bunker In The Woods

In this explore, we visit an air raid shelter at Foxwarren. It would have served one of the Vickers (Brooklands) dispersal depots sited nearby which were used for secret experimental work and known as the Foxwarren Experimental Department. Barnes Wallis, the inventor associated with the Dam Busters raid, would have worked here on the Upkeep bouncing bomb and a number of prototype planes including the Windsor bomber and the Vickers 432 “Tin Mossie” an alloy version of the Mosquito. The Vickers Experimental Department was relocated here after the heavy bombing of Brooklands in early September 1940.
The shelter is H-shaped in plan with wide entrance steps, latrine recesses by the entrance for ventilation, reinforced concrete walls and a vertical escape shaft at the far end. It is cut and cover and has an earth banked roof giving it splinter protection. The quality of the timber board marking on the concrete is good indicating that the timber was new at the time it was used. Further into the shelter the walls are painted white but this appears to have been in more recent times.
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[@paulvamos7319]

Even if it isn't long or you can't get in, I never would call an explore a fail because the journey is also exploring! Thank you for the cool little explore!
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True that! Thanks for watching 👍

[@detectacache6220]

Cool short and sweet that one. Good video though as always 👌. Those cave spiders were a bit butch 😅

[@ExploringWithin]

Cheers 👍 I seem to find those spiders everywhere 😆

[@Marilyn195]

Nice area,interesting how that bunker was built in the middle of no where so to speak,thxs for the explore Steve👍🇨🇦

[@ExploringWithin]

Thanks for watching 👍👍

[@hahomy]

Nice little find Boyz such a shame people fill them full of crap and normally tyres, quite a big bunker really and not in to bad condition really, wonder what it was used for? 🤔 well done Steve thanks for sharing 👍💖

[@ExploringWithin]

Yeah shame they are used for dumping grounds. Not sure on the exact use after the war. Thanks for watching 👍😎

[@megamills150]

Cool little explore nice one Steve 👍💯

[@ExploringWithin]

Cheers mate 👍

[@beedevonlife]

😁👍

[@ExploringwithCarl]

Nice one lads

[@ExploringWithin]

Cheers mate 👍

[@ExploringwithCarl]

This looks interesting 👍

[@ExploringWithKev]

Great find nice little explore

[@ExploringWithin]

Took long enough to find it 😆