First off I must say this site has been done on here before and this wasn't so much of an explore as just my take on the place because it is sealed up and no internals could be gained. It is now a tourist attraction and is open to the public on certain days, sadly this wasn't one of them.
Blyth Battery is a coastal defence artillery battery, built in 1916 to defend the port of Blyth and the submarine base there during World War I, and upgraded for re-use during World War II. It is the most intact, accessible and intelligible coast defence battery on the north east and Yorkshire coast, with individual buildings and features of considerable rarity. It comprises two building groups – a twin coast defence gun emplacement and a twin searchlight emplacement, each with associated buildings, mostly in concrete with some brick. Each building group was in a compound surrounded by a fence, and the entire Battery was served by temporary hutment camps for off-duty personnel on adjoining land. Some buildings are partially sunken or built into dunes to conceal or protect them, and some were partially concealed with false roofs and structures.
More info on the site can be found here http://blythbattery.org.uk/
I will start with the main battery
The block house
WW2 observation post
WW1 observation post with rotating fire control turret
The gun emplacements
Stores and shelters
Shell lockers
Shelter and latrine
magazine
Next I moved on the searchlight site
The 90cm searchlight emplacements
The engine house
Think at some point the council turned it into public toilets
Well thats it for this report hope you enjoyed my take on it. Thanks for looking
Cheers Jon
Blyth Battery is a coastal defence artillery battery, built in 1916 to defend the port of Blyth and the submarine base there during World War I, and upgraded for re-use during World War II. It is the most intact, accessible and intelligible coast defence battery on the north east and Yorkshire coast, with individual buildings and features of considerable rarity. It comprises two building groups – a twin coast defence gun emplacement and a twin searchlight emplacement, each with associated buildings, mostly in concrete with some brick. Each building group was in a compound surrounded by a fence, and the entire Battery was served by temporary hutment camps for off-duty personnel on adjoining land. Some buildings are partially sunken or built into dunes to conceal or protect them, and some were partially concealed with false roofs and structures.
More info on the site can be found here http://blythbattery.org.uk/
I will start with the main battery
The block house
WW2 observation post
WW1 observation post with rotating fire control turret
The gun emplacements
Stores and shelters
Shell lockers
Shelter and latrine
magazine
Next I moved on the searchlight site
The 90cm searchlight emplacements
The engine house
Think at some point the council turned it into public toilets
Well thats it for this report hope you enjoyed my take on it. Thanks for looking
Cheers Jon