You may have noticed that I've been gone for...wow, well over a week now. Why? You may ask...well here's why.
The images you see now are of one of many abandoned Military Structures littered around where I live. I've spent some of my week away from this blog exploring this particular location, researching it, etc.
This particular structure is an old Ammunition Depot built in 1941. It was designed to look like any other country farm house/shed from the air, whilst on the ground it dealt with over 1000 tonnes of ammunition every day.
This is what it looked like in 1985:
And this is what it looks like now:
Here's some videos:
Why am I blogging about this?
Simple...how many of you guys have played the Fallout series? Or the S.T.A.L.K.E.R games? Or even a game based during the World Wars?
I'm sure you've all seen this poster:
Yeah, people need to get over the idea that Russia is the only place to go if you want to get some decent Urban Exploration going.
Wiltshire, the county where I live, is filled with these places...abandoned military complexes, mines, bunkers, etc. I've been visiting this place for the past 10 years, watching it change over the years.
As you can see from this tiny little image, the tunnel used to connect to a much larger complex. Sadly I only got to explore a little bit of that before it was bought out by a security firm and filled in.
Along with this complex, there is also an entire village underneath nearby Corsham, along with other areas nearby built into the caves of nearby Box woods.
Hey...I know where I'm going when the Zombie Apocalypse / Alien Invasion / Robot Uprising / Unforseen Type of Apocalyptic Scenario hits us, what about you?
The world is filled with places like this, some dangerous to enter, others not so much...so stop thinking Russia is the best place to go for abandoned military complexes or ruined structures, and check out your own back garden.
For more information on the above tunnel and the briefly mentioned Corsham Underground, follow these links:
Farleigh Down Tunnel
Corsham Underground City
Anyways, apologies for my absence over the past 2 weeks or so. Everything should be back to normal from next week onwards.
Have fun!
Funnily enough, just recently I watched a documentary on 4oD about how Britain was turned into a militaristic state during WWII when preparing for a Nazi invasion. It was incredibly to see all those bunkers, traps, barbed wire, military complexes, etc, etc, strewed all over Great Britain.
ReplyDeleteYep, it's quite amazing to discover some of these complexes, just abandoned.
ReplyDeleteIt's insane to think that the M.O.D just up and left some of them, leaving most of the electrics intact. When Farleigh Down was first discovered, the lighting still worked and all the bulbs were still in place!
Well if I ever find one I'll mark it in the case of the complete breakdown of civilisation!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great post! Thanks for sharing. I learned something AND got a bit of the creeps.
ReplyDeleteI love that place! :D
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