ERNIE99_UK
19-04-2008, 12:16 PM
Visited as a group on saturday 5th april.
RAF Holmpton is an amazing place, From the outside what looks like a bungalow leads to a huge underground 2 storey building.
It was built in 1953 and they had to dig a pit 100ft deep to put in the underground bunker. It has walls 10ft thick and tungsten strengthened, and sits on a gravel shockbed.
As far as i know it could withstand a near miss but not a direct hit from a warhead (correct me if anythings wrong). It was designed to operate with the personnel underground and protected for up to 3 months.
Anyway, heres my pictures:
Layout (some of the retained rooms are now open to view):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/patrington_plan4.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/133.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/132.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/128.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/125.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/039.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/028.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/042.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/005.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/073.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/072.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/043.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/044.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/055.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/056.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/048.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/084.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/085.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/087.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/092.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/093.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/123.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/118.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/114.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/102.jpg
RAF Holmpton is an amazing place, From the outside what looks like a bungalow leads to a huge underground 2 storey building.
It was built in 1953 and they had to dig a pit 100ft deep to put in the underground bunker. It has walls 10ft thick and tungsten strengthened, and sits on a gravel shockbed.
As far as i know it could withstand a near miss but not a direct hit from a warhead (correct me if anythings wrong). It was designed to operate with the personnel underground and protected for up to 3 months.
Anyway, heres my pictures:
Layout (some of the retained rooms are now open to view):
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/patrington_plan4.gif
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/133.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/132.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/128.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/125.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/039.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/028.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/042.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/005.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/073.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/072.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/043.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/044.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/055.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/056.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/048.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/084.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/085.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/087.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/092.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/093.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/123.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/118.jpg
http://img.photobucket.com/albums/1003/ernie99_uk/raf%20Holmpton%20day%205-4-8/114.jpg
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