Prisoner Of War Camp 116

POW Camp 116 - Mill Lane

Prisoner of War Camp 116 was set up in 1941 to house Italian prisoners of war, and from 1943-1944 it mainly held German and Austrian prisoners.

The prisoners were allowed out of the camp to work on nearby farms, which were plotted around the camp, this gave the prisoners a chance to communicate with some normality.

We had come across this site from a random walk one evening with a couple of friends after work, Luckily enough we all had some type of camera with us, so we could take some shots of this really interesting looking place, to be truthful when we had come across it none of us had any idea of what it was, we had knew it was some kind of farm from back in the day, but when I got home I researched it and found out it was a POW Camp

Hope you enjoy the shots

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Someone was living in the woods that surround the camp
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Very ineresting with lots of cool stuff still there after all that time.great find

Thank you was great, got an update post to put up soon because been hearing all day that it has been cleared a bit so will put another one up showing you guys what it's like now

Nice one mate. I have been wanting to have a look around here myself.

Some great bits of agricultural gear and unusual use for PSP! great post thanks for sharing.

Looks really interesting because of all the machinery left behind. Loving that little old Combine Harvester! That would go well on my shabby smallholding that would

Was down here the other day and demo is well under way!
One of my favourite explores for years so will be sadly missed.
Anyone wants to see it get down there now before they get rid of the last bits of history left

4201Chieftain i revisited this place about month ago and all the bushes and that had been flattened whats left there now

Undercover, there are a few buildings left, a lot is gone though, probably more gone by now! A nice little piece of our local history lost

Yeah i know told the others earlier, we was all in such shock might go back there this weekend to have one last look before it all is just photo history

If you do go down there let me know what's left! It is completely shocking to see the place being knocked down, probably to make way for some of the architectural wonders known as the new build!

Yeah definitely ill take shots of whats left and post them up as an update

I was there not long ago undercover recon we'll end up bumping into each other soon enough lol

haha be great JayKay, unfortunately guys i didnt get a chance to get down to the site this weekend something came up, ill try and get down there soon

undercover, give me a shout on facebook, possibly meet up and go down camp 116 together?

Could you keep the meet up stuff to PMs please.

Sorry, didn't realise I had pm abilities yet, thanks

Sorry JayKay only just see this yeah i will do mate this weekend im quite busy

I know this place well. That is a spectacularly poorly photographed visit that missed most of what is genuine POW camp. And what is the point of posting hopelessly blurred pics? But hey, this is the internet so it is all wonderful.

Rather more seriously, is this place being cleared?

Sorry to see that this site is being demolished, had the privilage of visting a few years back before it was tidied up, and again after the tidy up.