Pictures from 04/09/2015 showing damage caused by tree lopping. Pictures from May 2015 Pictures from 2011
Northumberland
Site of roadblock in Alnwick, Northumberland. Latitude / Longitude: 55.40852564, -1.69695953Easting / Northing: 419286, 612774OS Grid Reference: NU […]
Anti Tank Vertical Rail, Roadblock, Bridge Street, Alnwick.
A fine lozenge pillbox now in a new housing estate.
Pillbox (Lozenge): S0007302 (Extant)
A Home Guard / Explosives Store located in the wilds of South Northumberland at Leazes Lane, Whitley Chapel […]
Whitley Chapel Home Guard / Explosives Store
A second “Beehive” pillbox at Scrog Hill.
PILLBOX: S0007241 (Extant)
“Beehive” pillbox near Scrog Hill, Northumberland.
PILLBOX (BEEHIVE): e09998 (Extant)
Located just north of Morpeth.
PILLBOX (LOZENGE): S0013374 (Extant)
WW2 DEFENSIVE MILITARY STRUCTURES IN WOODLAND, NORTH OF AVENUE NORTH FARM, THE AVENUE, SEATON DELAVAL HALL ESTATE, NORTHUMBERLAND, […]
SECTION POST: e11906 (Extant)
This pillbox is located on high ground overlooking Greenhead in Northumberland and is constructed in the “Cumberland Pattern,” […]
Pillbox (Beehive): e70056 (Extant) – Cumberland Pattern, Greenhead, Northumberland.
A Pair of Explosives stores, probably part of the Tyne Demolition Line as they are close to the […]
Explosives Stores, Wylam.
This is located just North of the railway bridge over the road next to the Boatside pub in […]
Explosives Store: e59660 (Extant)
One of three Northumberland D type Pillboxes in Eglingham, Northumberland
PILLBOX (D TYPE): S0007215 (Extant)
There are two AT Hairpins at the ford on Batt House road, near New Ridley, which may be […]
AT Hairpins possibly in original position.
Explosives store at Allenheads, Northumberland. Recently cleared of vegetation (2021). This is part of the Allenheads Mine complex. […]
Explosives / Home Guard Store, Allenheads.
10 re-purposed AT Hairpins spread along the road from Allendale to Catton in Northumberland. They measure 38″ high […]
Re-used AT Hairpins, Allendale, Northumberland.
This is on Private land. We were granted permission to clean up and survey the Zero Station. An […]
Heiferlaw Zero Station e27276 (Extant)
Pictures from 2007.
PILLBOX (LOZENGE): S0007314 (Extant) and S0007316. Belford.
Air Raid Shelter in the back garden of a house on Mitford Road, Morpeth.
Mitford Road, Morpeth Air Raid Shelter e58503 (Extant).
Site of anti tank vertical rail roadblock. Britain from above shows a D type pillbox to the left […]
ANTI TANK VERTICAL RAIL: e30466 (Extant) Bamburgh.
Scant evidence for an anti tank vertical rail roadblock. There is evidence of another round the junction to […]
Branton Roadblock ANTI TANK VERTICAL RAIL: e49643 (Extant)
Pics from March 2025 Pictures from 2020
EXTENDED DEFENCE OFFICERS POST: S0013263
Buston links, South of Alnmouth, Northumberland.
PILLBOX: S0007188
Lots of tidal activity and heavy rain scoured away the sand that covered this Admirality Z1 beach scaffolding. […]
Z1 Beach Scaffolding, South Beach, Blyth, Northumberland.
Morpeth Air Raid Shelters Update 28/10/2020 Driving through Morpeth it was obvious that some work had been done […]
Morpeth Air Raid Shelters
A variant type pillbox found only in Northumberland. There are variations , some with HMG loops and others […]
PILLBOX: e23937 – North Farm, Embleton.
A well preserved trench system that is thought to date from WWI, though may be WWII. This is […]
Beadnell Trench System. TRENCH: e47087 (Extant)
Pictures of the large gun house at Low Cocklawburn beach near Scremerston. These are from 2004 and predate […]
BEACH DEFENCE BATTERY: S0007198, Scremerston.
Concrete rectangular pillbox located at back of dunes overlooking road off beach. Now used for service duct, either […]
PILLBOX: S0001748
A “mini gun battery” at Beacon Point Newbiggin. There is a Hotchkiss 6pdr gun house and a vickers […]
ANTI TANK GUN EMPLACEMENT: S0007192
This pillbox has now been opened up after the adjoining garden was extended over the roof. The area […]
PILLBOX: S0013259
Several Anti- invasion defences were constructed around Seaton Delaval Hall, during WW2, such was the fear of invasion […]
LOOPHOLED WALL: e11410
Built of concrete filled sandbags, these pillboxes are known as “Beehives”
Alnwick Beehive pillboxes S0007339 and S0007340
Shortly after these pictures were taken in September 2010, the extremely bad winter of 2010 caused a build […]
DEFENDED BUILDING: e11394, Alnwick.
Loopholed wall protecting Northern approach to Alnwick. Pictures taken in 2006.
Loopholed Wall, Canongate, Alnwick
Very fine example of a pillbox disguised as a small stone cottage with brick chimney stack and “collapsed” […]
PILLBOX (VARIANT): S0007011, Hemscott Hill, Druridge Bay.
Rectangular pillbox, disguised with stone facing to front and sides and concrete sandbags to rear.
PILLBOX: S0002877, Warkworth.
The pictures below were taken shortly after the “Beast from the East” and show how much sand was […]
PILLBOX: e11558, Embleton.
These views of the Loopholed wall at Alnwick Cemetery are from 2005 and predate the building of the […]
Loopholed Wall: S0007201. Alnwick Cemetery.
Hadston Lozenge 55 1748.12″N 1 3547.20″W Good Condition.
Pillbox (Lozenge): e11662
This variant pillbox is circular with three large loopholes. It has a sunken entrance with two staple steps […]
Pillbox (Variant): S0007992
Download the .zip file and extract it to get a google Earth KMZ file of the itinerary for […]
PSG Ouston Trip 2018
Visible as slight depressions / darker patches in the road surface these are vertical rail sockets for a […]
Anti Tank Vertical Rail: e47613 – Bamburgh
Round Pillbox, Harlow Hill. RAF Ouston Thick Fronted Round Pillbox. S0007987
Pillbox (Variant): S0007987
This pillbox closely resembles the standard “Northumberland D Type” but has a shorter side wall. It is completely […]
Pillbox (D TYPE): S0007991
This pillbox is listed as a Type 24 but when measured it appears not to be it is […]
Pillbox (Type FW3/24): S0007988
This Type 22 is slightly taller than usual and has a raised floor. There are holes either side […]
Pillbox (Type FW3/22): e10016
This variant pillbox is circular and brick shuttered, it has two large MG loopholes and a smaller rifle […]
