Grange Caverns, WWII Munitions Store - July 2010.

Grange Caverns, WWII Munitions Store

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Word War 2 munitions storage, covering 2.5 acres of disused limestone workings 100ft below ground.

During the Second World War this cavern was used as a store for more than 11000 tons of bombs, including most famously the 'bouncing bombs' as used by the RAF's 617 Squadron 16–17 May 1943 to breach the Möhne and Eder dam, causing catastrophic flooding of the Ruhr valley and the villages of the Eder valley.

Later it re-opened as the world largest military museum, housing a range from a First World War trench to a section on the Falklands campaign.

Closing in the early 80's the place is now sealed up and lies mothballed below Flintshire.

Access was comedy as ever, just as we entered the perimeter we could hear dogs barking and getting louder by the minute, (Gulp).

Anyway safely in, we just needed to get back out....


In your caves

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Cave Rave

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Museums... Fuck all left here, just a facade

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Down here for the Bar, Cafe & Toilets

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Till

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Ammunitions case

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Junk

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Vehicle Repairs

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Further in, but sadly filled in

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Thanks for looking :thumb

Nice work man. Good to see this place getting done. The dogs are ok its the farmer you have to worry about, threatened to shoot a few of us a few years back lol.

That's really nice mate, very interesting.

Brilliant stuff :thumb

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I like that!

nice spot mate..and the dogs they just wanted to be friendly mate honest they did

THats really nice! :thumb

That is very good indeed. i like it a lot. Nice report :thumb

Thanks guys, shame there was no military vehicles left inside :(