Bunker Mission Across the Isle of Sheppey
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- čas přidán 9. 09. 2024
- In this vlog we venture all over the Isle of Sheppey, taking a look at everything from pillboxes scattered across the east of the island, to the lost structures of Sheerness docks and its impressive defences in the west.
We explore a naval decoy bunker in the isolated area of Harty Ferry before moving onto a minefield control bunker at the Swale National Nature Reserve at Shellness. We then proceed to Warden Point to see its pillboxes which fell from the cliffs, coming across several historic sights on the way. The final part takes place in Sheerness where we rumble an illegal operation in one of the most squalid places we've been - a Victorian water tower fallen from grace. The rest of the video explores Sheerness' old dock buildings and huge defences, including Number One Bastion - a WWII battery.
Filmed with the Nikon Z50 with Nikon Z 16-50mm & 50-250mm lenses and a Sigma 8-16mm.
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Sadly the water tower on trinity road burned down yesterday. I live near it and watched as the roof collapsed:(
We did sadly see this in the news. Wonder what will come of the building now…
@@BeyondthePoint I think it gradely depends on if the building is deemed structurally unsafe or not. They have had crews of people out there the past couple days. If it isn’t safe they will probably knock it down if it is safe let’s hope the new attention to that building sees it properly restored
Just enjoyed watching your tour of Sheppey Bunkers. I used to live in Sheerness and over 55 years ago now I used to play in the bunkers at Sheerness. There were no boundary fences then We used to roam all around the docks. The old fort was really interesting. We also had all the military places of the Well Marsh to play in then. Thanks
Its great seeing it all again thanks
Brilliant video guys! I was born and raised on the Isle of Sheppey and spent the first 18 years of my life there. When I was a kid you could get all the way around to the docks by walking along the beach. That access has long been closed off. There were a lot of bunkers and gun shelters along there. Also as you got around Garrison point there was a tower similar to the one on the Isle of Grain. As kids we would go up to the top of it. It was in bad shape even then and you could feel the thing move as you walked across. You could also get onto the Garrison fort itself from there though you had to be careful not to be seen since the watch tower was right there. We spent a lot of time there exploring. A pity a lot of that has been torn down or is just inaccessible. Anyway this bought back some fun memories. Cheers guys.
Cheers for sharing, glad to hear you liked it from an ex-residents perspective! Interesting stuff, there’s probably a lot more we could’ve seen if we had more time but hope to return
This is where i grew up brought back a lot of memories and thoughts about the brave guys from the wars many thanks for your efforts Boys much appreciated.
You are getting more and more professional and I love your subject matter.
Very kind of you 😁
Nice to see you back guys 👍
Fantastic video guys very informative and some nice filming.It’s great to see younger guys like yourselves showing a passion for our ww2 heritage.Keep up the good work 👏👏👏
Thanks :)
Interesting video of my home island . I know these sites well . What do you mean by ' minefield control ' . How would they have controlled the minefields ?
Many other small military sites on the island . When you came into sheerness you would have gine over the ' Canal Bank ' whuch was part of the rear dockyard defences . There is still remnants along the beach at minster of the Boom Defence . This was an anti submarine net that went right out into the Estuary, and similarly from the southend side . Some of the supportive struts still survive . There are a number of decaying amphibious vehicles there . Sheppey was realky a garrusin island and was known as Barbed Wire island in WW1 .
Many historic buildings were lost in the dockyard when the RN pulled out in about 1960 . I have been told that there are two battleship -sized dry docks still in the dickyard that were just filled in .
The diockyard church is now finished . A fantastic job dine by the Spitalfields Trust ( amongst others ) . Mike Palin:s son Will was heavily involved - so well done him .
That wonderful area you looked at next to the church is famous for hosting small scorpions in the walls !
I’m glad I discovered you guys (thanks to Nicola White). You’re very professional and your episodes are interesting 👍🏻
Many thanks to you and Nicola 😄
Really loved this video boys, good job. 👍
Thanks :)
I found you through a video of , The Secret Vault. I am enjoying your videos. Best wishes from Florida, USA.
Great to hear, welcome from across the pond in which case :)
I play in this as a child at warden bay
Great video! Lots of interesting bits, I feel we should take a Trek over there, thanks for enlightening us to all the bits sheppey has to offer :)
Cheers! Definitely, you guys would like it!
Hey guys glad i found you very interesting videos ,i got your channel by the secret vault on the dover explore
Great stuff cheers
What do you expect if you go slumming it in Kent, haha. Really enjoyed that, thanks BTP
never watched you guys before, was good, so you've a new sub, well done lads
Awesome!
Cool video, saw lots I have not seen before. There is also an old cold war observation room on the south of the Island facing Faversham.
Great to hear! Ah is that an ROC post?
@@BeyondthePoint Yes.
My sisters (over 60 years ago) and I used to go into the bunkers which were then, at the top of the cliffs, now in the sea due to erosion
Cool!
My brother me and my cousins used to play up there as well as kids, back in the 60s. You weren’t supposed to be up there but it wasn’t too long after the war and very enticing for young boys
You can get to the warden point pill boxes if you walk from Warden bay...but tide must be out and you have to be quick lol iv done it myself
Where you was at the docks part there’s also underground parts used to go exploring there when we were kids. Loved seeing these again thanks
Thanks, yeah I’ve only just realised this after having been! May have to return
It was to replicate the fuel storage areas on the Isle of Grain, The Swale area looking like the entrance to the Medway..
Pre fabs were just that a house was pre built then erected from the parts elswhere,my aunt lived in one even in the 1950s because asbestos back then wasn't seen as a hazard it is today ,yes asbestos !the complete bungalow was asbestos clad over an iron frame .The sections were pre made shipped to the building site then bolted together in a very short time ,thousands were built to house bombed out Londoners ,there were also corrugated iron pre fabs the village we used to live in had a (now gone) part locally called 'tin town' .Plenty of bunkers in this village it sits on the GHQ line ,worth a google!
Indeed a lot of the original prefabs were made nearly entirely of asbestos and wood - still a lot left in the Excalibur Estate in Lewisham. There are some aluminium prefabs in Chelmsford still holding up well similar to what you describe.
Nice one fellas
Next time, if you're sneaking about, get Joe to leave the red anorak at home and buy a black, brown, green or landscape type colour one! LoL
😂
It would have been worth timing your visit to Warden with low tide, so that you could have explored the ruins properly.
Apart from the gun battery you saw, there are also 2 buildings that were part of a chain home low radar station (the other 2 further along the beach), and a pile of rubble that contains the remains of an acoustic mirror.
I thought that you were great in Trainspotting, Spud.
Hi guys,just subscribed to your channel,very interesting,pity the water tower cannot be renovated into apartments
Absolute hell hole - so gald I escaped in 1996 .F' that place.
Grow room in the water pumping station wouldn't have been raided by the police because they have to take all the plants away cut the roots off they also take all the growing equipment the way you with them a nice little video and keep up the good content
I would say that sounds reasonable, although we’ve known places before to have been raided on the news and all the junk has still been there years later. Thanks for the kind words!
Location, Location,Location!
Hi guys thoroughly enjoyed this video had a look at your Canvey and Benfleet video have you ever had a wander over Wat Tyler Park at the AA battery remains? There was another on Canvey one in Hadleigh and another over in Rawreth.
We have been to Wat Tyler yep, great place! Didn’t know of an AA battery there but have seen the pillboxes
Seen you on TheSecretVault and Subbed to you.
Thanks!
Omg, I went in there a couple years back. None of that was there. How did they get that in there without people knowing? It’s absolutely crazy lol. I mean that’s sheerness for you haha 😂. I lived there for 13 years its a classical place of Kent lol, murders,drug use, etc all happens in Sheerness.
Haha love that. Yeah it’s a mystery, I wonder what the rest of the building is like.
Did u guys know the a bunker at the bottom of Chatham Hill in Kent on the a2 where they are lots of tunnels
Not sure if I know of this one, we know there’s loads in Chatham we haven’t seen though :)
@@BeyondthePoint yes there are loads some run under the great lines of what me to find the link to them
Damn i live only a couple blocks away from the water house and jeez I didnt know it was just a crack den although now I know where all the local drugees go
I live on trinity road
Wow what an adventure you had! We really need to get back to Kent for a road trip.. Must say when me and Stu watched it we both thought you were slightly mad going into that abandoned drug den.. you couldn't pay us to go in there.. 😆Hope you've had a recent tetanus shot! Great video as always 👍
Haha of all the places I've been this was one of the worst, even compared to drains with stuff floating in. Just emanated bad vibes! Thanks :)
do you have the locations of these? id like to visit them.
Sure, there’s articles on our website
You could live there but look no shops
Thats the only thing wrong with old buildings full of rotting rubbish
Watxhing purely for the drug den.