{"id":5376,"date":"2015-03-08T17:10:22","date_gmt":"2015-03-08T17:10:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/?page_id=130"},"modified":"2025-09-27T11:29:21","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T10:29:21","slug":"a-preserved-type-22-pillbox-in-surrey","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.pillbox-study-group.org.uk\/gazetteersubsite\/a-preserved-type-22-pillbox-in-surrey\/","title":{"rendered":"A Preserved Type 22 Pillbox in Surrey"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Mill at Elstead on the River Wey, GHQ Line B, Surrey.<\/h2>\n\n\n\n
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Beside the River Wey at the Mill in Elstead is an excellent preserved FW3\/22 pillbox, it can be found close to the main entrance and beer garden of the picturesque restaurant and public house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Although the brick shuttered box is topped with a large growth of ivy the wartime defence is still in excellent condition and is accessible for visitors to the pub!.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Internally the pillbox is extremely clean, original and un vandalised, it also still features some of its small rectangular concrete loophole tables.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A concrete lintel tops the loopholes on five of the walls, the entrance side has two smaller loops one of which is unusually positioned where two walls join.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Another type 22 featured the same roof arrangement, its remains can be seen on this defence which is a the entrance to Beryl Browns kennels on the Shackleford Road near Elstead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

By Tim Denton<\/h4>\n\n\n\n

Copyright Graham G Matthews@PSG2009<\/h4>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Mill at Elstead on the River Wey, GHQ Line B, Surrey. Beside the River Wey at the Mill in Elstead is an excellent preserved FW3\/22 pillbox, it can be found close to the main entrance and beer garden of the picturesque restaurant and public house. Although the brick shuttered box is topped with a […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[84,198,69],"class_list":["post-5376","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","category-surrey","tag-pillbox","tag-preserved","tag-surrey","czr-hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t