This plotting room controlled the firing of the batteries four guns. It was buried deep underground for protection and was where radar...

During World War Two the gun batteries to the east of Dover formed a fortress and the gun batteries to the west formed another. This...

The range was built in 1897 before being enlarged in 1910 with the 800yrd butt. During the Second World War the range was used by the...

Work began on these bastions in 1804 with them being left unfinished before finally being proposed to be finished albeit in altered form...

Built on the recommendations of the 1859 Royal Commision, construction of the Fort started in 1870. The fort was completed and...

The pleasure gardens started life in 1837 being built in an excavated chalk pit. This Victorian stairway was excavated and completed in...

The battery was built in 1941 for the coastal defence of Great Britain. It was armed with 3x6inch breech loading guns each with its own...

Possibly built in 1940 as part of a defensive line defending what would have seemed an inviting route to London for the Germans this type...

These are two pump houses for the two Flame Barrage, Land installations based at this site. The idea being that these pump houses would...

Built in the same style as the Deep Shelters within the surrounding area these tunnels served as a underground Dressing Station for the...

Excavated at the start of the Second World War into a chalk hillside, this Deep Shelter was one of four proposed and built by the...

When the guns to the east of Dover fired together they were designated a Fortress. This Deep Shelter was used by the personnel of 540...

This pair of casemates were built as defensible casemated barracks, their small arms galleries serving to prevent an enemy force from...

These tunnels were excavated by the Royal Engineers 171 Tunnelling Company as a Deep Shelter for the men manning the battery at St...

Shornemead Fort was built during the 1860s as an artillery fort to guard the entrance to the Thames from seaborne attack. This was the...

The Dunkirk Evacuation, code-named Operation Dynamo, was the evacuation of Allied soldiers from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk in...

These tunnels were cut into a chalk cliff between 1939 and 1940 to provide protection for the workers of the nearby Telegraph Works...

Built between 1939 and 1940, Paddock was built as an alternative underground accommodation for the War Cabinet should the government be...

Here is a selection of photos we have taken of graffiti we have found on our travels.

A selection of images from our trip to RAF Biggin Hill to see what is left of this famous World War Two Airfield.