South Derbyshire Pillboxes

A few South Derbyshire I picked up yesterday on a trip south.Starting with a type 22 near Mickleover e03864

E03864 (3) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E03864 (4) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E03864 (13) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E03864 (7) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E03864 (6) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E03864 (9) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr

Next type 22 e04182 north of Etwall

E04182 (1) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E04182 (3) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E04182 (7) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E04182 (11) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr

My first mushrrom box was next at Burnaston

E02589 (3) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E02589 (5) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E02589 (11) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E02589 (12) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E02589 (16) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr

A sad looking type 22 near Stenson e04373

E04373 (1) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E04373 (3) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E04373 (5) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E04373 (8) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E04373 (10) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E04373 (11) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr

Another type 22 at Repton now sealed up e03115

E03115 (2) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E03115 (3) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr

Then onto type 22 e03113 at Stanton By Bridge.No access to this one as the farmer didnt want it "publicising as we've had the airport security police around and its a security risk with it being under a flightpath for East Midlands traffic and could be a terrorist threat"which amused me but was definitely a different reason from the norm Got one pic from the road though as its plainly visible from there.

E03113 by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr

Next up was Railblock e23716 north of Kings Newton on the south side of the bridge where railway crosses River Trent.Make of this what you will !

E23716 (1) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E23716 (2) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E23716 (3) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E23716 (4) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr

Finally another type 22 at Shardlow e01539

E01539 (2) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E01539 (3) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E01539 (5) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E01539 (6) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E01539 (8) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E01539 (11) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr


E01539 (14) by Rich Cooper2012, on Flickr

Security threat... hahahahahahaha.

Nice to see some concrete, thanks.

Great set of pillboxes there rich..love the mushroom one.

That cheered my Sunday morning up,security risk....oh dear.As for that poor battered box looks like they got the concrete mix wrong I take it it was brick shuttered originally.Love the mushroom never seen one in the flesh so to speak.

That security risk stuff certainly made me laugh definately a first

Thats a nice collection,thanks for sharing.

There used to be quite a few of the mushroom ones around Burnaston prior to the arrival of Toyota.

Gritstone said:

There used to be quite a few of the mushroom ones around Burnaston prior to the arrival of Toyota.

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I think thats the only one left now but you never know

Great pillbox porn there. I still have to come acros a mushroom type pillbox, they look great

night crawler said:

Great pillbox porn there. I still have to come acros a mushroom type pillbox, they look great

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They're an RAF type I think? So mainly on old airfields. There's quite a few in Wiltshire if you ever get over that way.

There are all these grand manors done on here and such things,but you can't beat the basic military buildings,just my own opinion though.