Polebrook is a village in Northamptonshire, England. The population at the 2011 census was 478. Continue reading... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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1. RAF Polebrook War MemorialPolebrook Royal Air Force Station Polebrook or more simply RAF Polebrook is a former Royal Air Force station located 3.5 miles east-south-east of Oundle, at Polebrook, Northamptonshire, England. The airfield was built on Rothschild estate land starting in August 1940. It was from Polebrook that the United States Army Air Forces' Eighth Air Force carried out its first heavy bomb group combat mission on 17 August 1942, and from which Major Clark Gable flew combat missions in 1943. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
2. Alton TowersAlton Alton Towers Resort, often shortened to Alton Towers, is a theme park resort located in Staffordshire, England. It is near the village of Alton, in the parishes of Denstone and Farley. The resort, which is operated by Merlin Entertainments Group, incorporates a theme park, water park, spa, mini golf and hotel complex. Originally a private estate, Alton Towers grounds opened to the public in 1860 to raise funds for the estate. In the late 20th century it was transformed into a theme park and opened a number of new rides from 1980 onwards. In 2017 it was the second most visited theme park in the UK after Legoland Windsor.The park operates a total of ten roller coasters, among a range of major attractions, such as the Runaway Mine Train, Congo River Rapids, Nemesis, Oblivion, Hex, Galactica, ... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
3. Heights of AbrahamMatlock Bath The Heights of Abraham Cable Car is a gondola lift in the English county of Derbyshire. About 1/3 of a mile long , it links the spa town of Matlock Bath with the Heights of Abraham, a tourist attraction 554 feet above. The line was built by Poma and opened in Spring of 1984. The cable cars were upgraded in 2004, making them larger and more accessible, to 12 x six-seater cabins, which operate in four trains of three cabins each. An example of the smaller 1984 cabin can be seen displayed at the base station The line is operated on the relatively unusual single cable pulsed aerial ropeway principle, whereby the cabins are permanently fixed to the cable. To allow passengers to board and alight, the cable is stopped as each train of cabins passes through the stations. As there are four trains b... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
4. Waddesdon ManorWaddesdon Waddesdon Manor is a country house in the village of Waddesdon, in Buckinghamshire, England. It is located in the Aylesbury Vale, 6.6 miles west of Aylesbury. The Grade I listed house was built in the Neo-Renaissance style of a French château between 1874 and 1889 for Baron Ferdinand de Rothschild as a weekend residence for grand entertaining and as a setting for his collection. The last member of the Rothschild family to own Waddesdon was James de Rothschild . He bequeathed the house and its contents to the National Trust. It is now managed by the Rothschild Foundation chaired by Jacob Rothschild, 4th Baron Rothschild. It is one of the National Trust's most visited properties, with over 467,000 visitors annually. Waddesdon Manor won Visit England's Large Visitor Attraction of the Year ca... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
5. Blenheim PalaceWoodstock Blenheim & Woodstock was a railway station constructed in the neoclassical style which served the town of Woodstock and Blenheim Palace in the English county of Oxfordshire. The station, as well as the line, was constructed by the Duke of Marlborough and was privately run until 1897 when it became part of the Great Western Railway. The number of trains serving the station was cut in the late 1930s, and again in 1952 down to only six trains a day. The last train ran on 27 February 1954 adorned with a wreath. The station building was initially converted into a garage and petrol station. Then the forecourt of the site was no longer used as a petrol station, but for used car sales only with a building company using some of the land behind the station. There were proposals for demolishing the b... From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
6. Woburn Safari ParkWoburn Woburn Safari Park is a safari park located in Woburn, Bedfordshire, England. Visitors to the park can drive through exhibits, which contain species such as southern white rhino, elephants, tigers and black bears. It is part of the estates of the Duke of Bedford that also includes Woburn Abbey and its 3,000-acre deer park. The Safari Park itself covers 360 acres .Woburn Safari Park is a member of the British and Irish Association of Zoos and Aquariums and the European Association of Zoos and Aquaria . From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
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WE FOUND AN INTACT RAF BATTLE BUNKER IN A RANDOM FIELD!
RAF Market Harborough/Lubenham or 113 storage sub site was first opened on 1st June 1943 and housed everything from 61 vickers wellington bombers, as10 oxfords, Hawker Hurricanes and Curtiss Tomohawk aircrafts. home to the no14 OTU (operational training unit) one of the first bomber training units to be disbanded the runway by the end of world war 2 on the 18th of august 1945 closed and the base became care and maintenance only until the army took over the site in 1948 for there 72 BVD (Brigade vehicle depot). after some time the base was took over by the local government and the national assistance board in order to house displaced polish families up until 1958 were plans for a new prison HMP Gartree was formed. The base was demolished and adaptation for the prison which opened in 1965. Today only this Pill box battle HQ some bush line rubbles and parts of old runway abandoned in the fields behind the prison remain of the former airfield base.
The rest of the land has had various planning ideas over the years from 1990 after Market Harborough's cattle market closed its doors including plans to develop offices, an agricultural show-ground and other leisure uses which gained outline planning permission. Plans for a christian theme park also surfaced for the site in the mid to late 1990s but never gained much support. the theme park would have been completed with a Garden of eden experience. ten years later planning permission was granted for a business and office park in Feb 2007 known today as airfield business park.
This pillbox Battle head quarters is a type 11001/41 bunker with a Pole-brook style roof consisting of a main office, RBX room, messenger room, toilet and watch tower. this type of bunker would have been used to defend the airfield in case of land invasion.