RAF Bentley Priory Bunker and site April 2008 Pic Heavy.

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Phantex

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Some shots of the former Cold War bunker at RAF Bentley Priory, itself carved out of the WW2 bunker on the same site.



Entrance to Bunker
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Police Picket just inside entrance
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Main Intercom for building
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Bottom of Stairs at main entrance
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Second set of blast doors at bottom of stairs
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Room A5
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Door to room A19A
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Room A19A
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A load of very heavy duty batteries
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Door to Room A19B
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Room A19A
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Room A19B, screened room. Screened against what I don't know.
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Down another level...
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Corridor L3C
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Alledgedly the last remnants of the 1940's bunker...a handrail beside room U5
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Emergency exit
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Heat exchange for bunker
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Door for heat exchange
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One of several air ducts for bunker
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A few photographs from the rest of the site....this was used by the RAF Bentley Priory Kart Club...
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Estate management flight..
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Building 263, RAF Ceremonial Flight amongst other things...
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Fence...
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Cheers all...
 
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Awesome stuff.

The shielded room was presumably shielded against EMPs (lead lined)?
 
Very, very nice :)

Is this the one they're talking about backfilling?
 
Now thats what I call a bunker!Look at the size of those electrical tails in that box!!:mrgreen:
 
fantastic site, the place is a bunker lovers dream, thanks for that its nice to see such a mint bunker
 
WOW what an awesome explore. Love the various rooms and stairs going further underground, and those blast doors. Love the whole place, both the bunker and all the above ground buildings on site. Excellent pics mate, I do like this.

I think many, many people are envious of you for getting the chance to take pics from here, I for one am envious.

Excellent work.

:) Sal
 
WOW - if those walls could talk! Very impressive stuff mate, give me a tinkle if you're going back. ;)

m.
 
From memory, wrt 1970's, the stairs where the handrails are, led down to the lower floor where the toilets were. The building with the heat exchanger in, was, I believe, WW2 a generator building. In the 70's, it just had a 1KW HF transmitter in it and a Storno VHF system. Went there quite a few times on routine checks and the occasional fault and installation.
Building 263 was HQ11Gp. Entrance to the old bunker was down the outside stairs into a corridor that ran from the wooden doors you can see to the entrance to the bunker. Turning right in the corridor through the wooden doors took you to the PBX, which was first on the left.
 
From memory, wrt 1970's, the stairs where the handrails are, led down to the lower floor where the toilets were. The building with the heat exchanger in, was, I believe, WW2 a generator building. In the 70's, it just had a 1KW HF transmitter in it and a Storno VHF system. Went there quite a few times on routine checks and the occasional fault and installation.
Building 263 was HQ11Gp. Entrance to the old bunker was down the outside stairs into a corridor that ran from the wooden doors you can see to the entrance to the bunker. Turning right in the corridor through the wooden doors took you to the PBX, which was first on the left.

interesting bit of insight thanks
 
From memory, wrt 1970's, the stairs where the handrails are, led down to the lower floor where the toilets were. The building with the heat exchanger in, was, I believe, WW2 a generator building. In the 70's, it just had a 1KW HF transmitter in it and a Storno VHF system. Went there quite a few times on routine checks and the occasional fault and installation.

Building 263 was HQ11Gp. Entrance to the old bunker was down the outside stairs, turning left into a corridor that ran from the wooden doors you can see to the entrance of the bunker. Turning right in the corridor through the wooden doors took you to the PBX, which was first on the left.
 

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