Sarre SE Army under ground HQ Sep 09

Sarre SE Army under ground HQ Kent Sep 09

Hi All

Well onwards and upwards (ops that should be Downwards)
The under ground site at Sarre was the command center for the south east army brigade, built deep under ground to protect the HQ from the constant bombing during WW2.

There is a lot of info on this site over at the subbrit site http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/s/sarre_brigade_headquarters/index.shtml

One word of warning about this site, the roof has collapsed in places and it is not very stable at all.

BE CAREFUL IF YOU ENTER THIS SITE.


The shot on the left is looking down 1 of the entrance shafts, the picture on the right is the main entrance passage.



The shot on the left is looking towards the exit steps and then the shot on the right show what
awaits you when you get back up.



Two of the room in the main bunker, the steel pipe in the roof was a cable run that lead back up to the surface. As you can see the roof in many places is in very poor condition.



Parts of the bunker are unlined, and this is where the roof has come down.



Well thats about it for my pictures, Fluffy did get some more of the inside which I hope he posts.
There are a few more pictures on my FlickR site at http://www.flickr.com/photos/newage2/sets/72157622402882070/

Thanks for looking, any comments are most welcome.

Cheers Newage

Christ you two get around a bit.
Nice pics, this place looks great.

we do seem too, these first 3 posts were from the first day.

PS me and Fluffy are just trying to sort out when we are both off work so we can meet up at Holton Heath

Cheers Newage

My kind of explore! Looks a great place to visit although i wonder how long before more collapses happen. Great pics & thanks for posting. A couple of us from Plymouth have been planning to do Holton for a while so feel free to give us a shout when you have a date.

looks and interesting place though doesnt look to stable!

looks a bit too unstable for me. Great photo's as usual guys looks like you had a great time

This is great!! Didn't even know this one was here. it looks a lot like Long Hill tunnel in Dover, which is also apparently prone to collapsing.

Oldage wanted me to post a few more internal shots of this place,unfortunately most of mine duplicate his but here are some slightly differant angles-PS Didnt feel safe in here at all so phots were a bit hurried !!
Main entrance corridor

Backfilled exit

Slightly unstable section !!

A couple of original signage-There were a couple more but i shagged 'em up


Remaining stairwell exit

And lastly a map of the site(shamelessly lifted from another web site)

Well thats about it really !!
The best thing about this site is the lack of SPIDERS and i think it was probably the only site we visited in Kent where me ol' mukka didnt utter the immortal words DONT TOUCH THE WALLS !!!
SPIDERS YUK !!!!