Abbey Fields, Kenilworth, Warwickshire. The Abbey Fields air raid shelters I have enclosed some pictures of the air raid shelters in and around the Abbey Fields in Kenilworth. Starting at the war memorial at the top of the Abbey Fields we followed Forrest Road to the left and down the […]
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Clifton upon Dunsmore Stent Pillbox Ngr SP523758 After spending the day in Rugby researching some family history I decided to have a look for the stent pillbox in Clifton upon Dunsmore in Warwickshire which I found quite easily courtesy of Steve Carvells book. Looking through the loophole from the towpath […]
The Warwick Times from February 2008. The following article was written by Lise Evans after reading Steve Carvell’s book Twentieth-Century Defences in Warwickshire. Thanks to Lise Evans and Steve Carvell for giving the Pillbox Study Group a big mention in the article. Graham G Matthews PSG Webmaster.
Goodrest Farm, Bannerhill, Kenilworth. NGR SP275693 Along with some friends I travelled to Kenilworth to take a look at the heavy anti-aircraft site at Goodrest Farm, Bannerhill just off Rouncil Lane to the east of the town. In 1940 the heavy anti-aircraft battery [or HAA] known as Bannerhill Camp, was […]
The pictures show some of the anti-tank blocks that can be found along the disused LMS railway line that once stretched between Leamington Spa and Rugby. They are also described in the missing defences section of the PSG website, This is the individual block as described by Steven Carvell, two […]
Decoy Site War Walk at Offchurch Having decided to visit the bombing decoy site at Offchurch we travelled eastwards along the grand union canal towards Radford Semele so we could have a quick look at the type 24 pillbox, which is located on the non-towpath side of the canal at […]
A Collection of Roadblock Cylinders and Rails. These road block components were found along Brownsover Lane just off the A246 near Rugby. A group of cylinders covered in moss were laying on a fields edge just beside a right hand bend. Continuing down the lane towards the Ambulance station a further cylinder […]