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Forgotten Wartime Tank Traps in Embleton Bay, Northumberland
(Images: Urban Ghosts. Abandoned WW2 tank traps in Embleton Bay) There are few stretches of English coast more tranquil than the one that extends south from the isolated fishing village of Low Newton...
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Freda’s Grave on Cannock Chase
(Image: Frank Smith. Faithful dog Freda’s grave on Cannock Chase) In a peaceful corner of Cannock Chase, not far from Coppice Hill, lies the grave of a working dog named Freda, who died in 1918. Freda...
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A Forgotten V-1 Flying Bomb Launch Site in Rhineland-Palatinate
(Image: Spielvogel. Abandoned V-1 launch site in Germany’s Rhineland-Palatinate) They may look like any other peaceful woodland ruins of days gone by. But these seemingly-anonymous concrete...
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Lightning F.53 ZF580 at Newquay Airport for Restoration
(Image: Anthony Parkes. Lightning ZF580 while on display at Samlesbury Aerodrome) For more than 20 years, from 1990 to 2013, English Electric Lightning F.53 ZF580 had pride of place on the main gate...
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Visit: U-534: Preserved Wreck of a German WW2 Submarine
(Image: Paul Adams. U-534 while stored at Birkenhead Docks) Only a handful of World War Two German submarines survive today and U-534 makes for a rare attraction, preserved in sections at the Woodside...
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Derelict Royal Observer Corps Orlit B Post (Guist, Norfolk)
(Image: Evelyn Simak. Disused Royal Observer Corps Orlit B Monitoring Post) We’ve featured several abandoned Royal Observer Corps installations on Urban Ghosts to date, such as the ruined ROC...
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The ‘Beaulieu Letters’: Echoes of Hampshire’s Great War Past
(Image: Mike Searle. The Beaulieu letters at East Boldre) Since the end of the 1950s, the old wartime fighter base RAF Beaulieu has steadily returned to nature, its flat expanse – now administered by...
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ZA372: Gulf War Tornado GR4A Fuselage Dumped at Leeming
(Image: Michael Britton. The remains of Tornado GR4A ZA372 at Leeming) In a similar sad state to the remains of ZA600, which was scrapped the year before, the gutted fuselage of Panavia Tornado GR4A...
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Historic Nothe Fort Inclined Tramway, Weymouth
(Image: Neil Owen. The Nothe Fort inclined tramway in Dorset, South West England) Situated on the Nothe Peninsula in Weymouth, Dorset, Nothe Fort is a coastal defensive structure built between 1860...
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Cold War: F-15 Fighters Intercept MiG-29s off Alaska (1989)
(Image: US Air Force. F-15s intercept two MiG-29s transiting near Alaska, 1989) Captured on the night of August 1, 1989 shortly before 11pm, this stunning photograph reveals the moment when two...
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Ruined Fort Godwin Artillery Battery (Kilnsea, East Yorkshire)
(Image: Rich Cooper 2012. The ruins of Fort Godwin in East Yorkshire) Near the tip of East Yorkshire, adjacent to the Sandy Beaches holiday park, lies a ruined wartime fortification that’s consumed by...
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ZA370: Last Granby Tornado GR4A Reconnaissance Jet Retired (RTP)
(Image: Howard Sinclair. Recce Tornado GR4A ZA370) Several weeks ago, on 12 December 2017, ZA370/004, understood to be one of only two remaining Panavia Tornado GR4A reconnaissance jets in service,...
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“Bomb Craters” are Chilling Reminder of Greenock Blitz
(Image: Lairich Rig. Possible World War Two bomb crater on Whitelees Moor above Greenock) On the night of May 6, 1941, the German Luftwaffe launched a relentless attack against the shipyards at...
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The Abandoned Target Towers of Luce Bay, Scotland
(Image: James T M Towill. Abandoned 1930s target bases on Luce Bay bombing range) It was once an important fishery, but in more recent times the wide sweep of Luce Bay – in Wigtownshire, Scotland –...
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Rediscovering Britain’s Forgotten Military Arrows
(Image: Martin Vaughan. A ruined concrete arrow from World War Two) Across rural Britain, from southern England to the west coast of Scotland, lie myriad giant concrete arrows left behind after the...
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Uncover an Obscure Devon Military Railway
(Image: Tim Symons) The wild, windswept expanses of Dartmoor are home to a number of forgotten narrow-gauge railways from time past, from derelict mining tracks to military target railways. One of the...
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Rediscovering Hampshire’s Wartime History
(Image: Mike Searle. The rediscovered pundit code letters at the former RAF Beaulieu, Hampshire) Many decades after the guns fall silent and peace is negotiated, it’s intriguing to consider what...
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Dismantled Gloster Meteor Sections at East Midlands Aeropark
(Image: @planedailymag. Dismantled Gloster Meteor centre section) Anonymous old military jets are always intriguing, including these dismantled Meteor parts on the edge of East Midlands Aeropark in...
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Concrete Echoes of Brean Down Bombing Range
(Image: Chris Talbot / Brean Down – Bombing Range Directional Arrow / CC BY-SA 2.0) Not only is beautiful Brean Down in Somerset, England, known for its captivating Bronze Age history, the promontory...
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The Ruins of Fort de la Chartreuse, Liege
(Image: Trougnouf) Eerie photos of this derelict military fort, with all its empty corridors, stairways, barracks, bedrooms, passageways, halls and ancillary buildings, can be seen on Wikimedia...
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