Raf West Raynham *pic heavy*

Visited with Mimble soon to be my loverley wife, vast site but much of it has now been boarded up again.. but it was still worth the effort...

the single airmans accomodation


Type C hanger











The control tower





the fire section round the back of the control tower



the dome



various other buildings

















the Guardroom.


Station HQ



Parachute packing shed ??



thanks for looking

Great explore today!!
I love your photos - wish mine'd come out that well.

Mimble said:

Great explore today!!
I love your photos - wish mine'd come out that well.

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Nice work Faz, looks like it was well worth the Effort. Could you not get into the Big Control Tower?

No, we couldn't.
Very secure and I for one am not going 3 storeys up a ladder in a faint hope

Mimble said:

No, we couldn't.
Very secure and I for one am not going 3 storeys up a ladder in a faint hope

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Ah I see! I would have been the same then, not good over 2 foot off the Ground!

Think metal ladder. Think high wind. Think rust.
Hello ground

Mimble said:

Think metal ladder. Think high wind. Think rust.
Hello ground

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Are we thinking Wobbly Ladder as well then Mimble.?

We are, Shucky, we are.

Mimble said:

We are, Shucky, we are.

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Sod that for a game of Soldiers then! I would have only just have looked from the outside like you did! I would have no way dared to go up there! I know Dab has done it though!

Nice report guy and girl!
No way it's all been boarded up! Whn we wnt control tower was open, dome was open...
Fantastic report never the less!

I visited this place god knows how many times, with a ~300 drive to get there I must be mad. I still have the card for the B&B we stayed at each time. The owner worked as a fireman at west raynham all his working life, all the stories he had, along with photoes and books made for a great time.

I'd have thought it would have been flat by now.

Great report, and some great shots too.

Is'nt this the place with the bullet holes in one of the hanger doors from WWII or something along them lines?

Black Shuck said:

Sod that for a game of Soldiers then! I would have only just have looked from the outside like you did! I would have no way dared to go up there! I know Dab has done it though!

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The ground floor doors/windows of the big control tower were wide open 3 years ago.
I did however climb the ladder up to the top of the hangar (visible in pic 2)!

Interesting to see the dome boarded up!

Dab said:

The ground floor doors/windows of the big control tower were wide open 3 years ago.
I did however climb the ladder up to the top of the hangar (visible in pic 2)!

Interesting to see the dome boarded up!

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Dab if you look closely in Mimble and Fazs pics of the Control Tower, I am certain there is access!.

MaBs said:

Is'nt this the place with the bullet holes in one of the hanger doors from WWII or something along them lines?

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You are right MaBs - I was talking to a guy called Tony who was a senior officer at the base and still lives locally - he told me of the bullet holes in the supports around the doors to Hangar 1.

This place is on my list to visit, was supposed to go this past weekend, but circumstances dictated otherwise.

Some really cool pics here and from the recent visit by Black Shuck and co.

Cool pics from a site i wouldn't mind paying a visit, thanks for posting

nice photo's and great looking site would like to drop by myself and have a nosey round.