RAF Beaulieu’s Battle Headquarters: Bunker Remains Found
One week ago, I was lucky enough to come into the possession of a high-resolution scanned version of the RAF Beaulieu airfield map from May…
RAF Beaulieu’s Water Tower on Roundhill Campsite
If you take a 10-minute walk north of Beaulieu’s airfields perimeter you will find yourself at Roundhill Campsite and Stockley Inclosure. In the video below…
Totton Air Raid Shelters + Ashurst, Calmore, & Eling WW2 History
There is so much World War 2 heritage and history in the Totton and Ashurst areas of Southampton that I felt they deserved a bit…
Holton Heath’s Anti-Aircraft Gun Towers
This week I visited Holton Heath and Sandford to explore the two light anti-aircraft Bofors gun tower sites. I’d been wanting to explore these two…
Ashurst Air Raid Shelter Explored (Take a Look Inside)
I am currently undertaking a project to video document as much Second World War heritage in the New Forest area as possible. As part of…
WW2 Pillbox Bunkers in Everton (Near Lymington)
Earlier this week I had an hour to kill as my son was in an after-school club in Lymington. I thought it was a great…
RAF Ibsley Bunker & Battlefield HQ Remains Explored
Over the summer we decided to find a World War 2 bunker hidden in woods near Ringwood in an area called Mockbegger… known as the…
Marchwood’s Mulberry Beetle Wrecks & D-Day Relics
Below is a video of the Marchwood Mulberry Beetle wrecks recorded a few years ago. They stretch from Hythe Marina along the Dibden Bay beach…
RAF Beaulieu’s History (+ Air Raid Shelters): Beaulieu Airfield Walk
Every week I try to explore a new piece of wartime history in the New Forest and Hampshire. This week, I took a trip to…