Geograph Britain and IrelandLatest Images by Ian Sanders
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2024-03-19T06:38:48+00:00text/html2005-12-19T13:17:56+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/3963Ian Sanders53.602660 -2.881737SD4112 : Bus Stop Style Pillbox
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Part of the World War 2 defences on the Leeds Liverpool Canal.text/html2005-12-19T12:38:20+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/3963Ian Sanders53.235055 -2.136295SJ9170 : Macclesfield Canal Pillbox
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Type 24 pillbox defends the Macclesfield Canal and main rail line to London.
This pillbox formed part of the defences of Western Command Stop Line No 6 - Tamworth via Trent Valley, E side of Stoke-on-Trent, to Macclesfield and Stockport, then to the SE of Manchester.
For more info visit Pillboxesuk http://www.pillboxesuk.co.uktext/html2005-12-17T15:53:57+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/3963Ian Sanders51.724872 -0.107662TL3004 : Cuffley world War 2 Anti-tank Blocks
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This railway bridge at Cuffley was also an intersection with a road and a river and is protected by no less than 85 anti-tank blocks. This is the most extensive surviving group of anti-tank obstacles in Hertfordshire.
For more info visit http://www.pillboxesuk.co.uktext/html2005-12-15T08:48:35+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/3963Ian Sanders52.017723 -0.762780SP8536 : Green Day Concert at the Milton Keynes Bowl
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The National Bowl is a major entertainment venue located in Milton Keynes. It is a massive outdoor venue which can hold 65,000 people.
The National Bowl has seen the appearance of David Bowie, Michael Jackson, Metallica, Bon Jovi and in 2001 Robbie Williams staged three sell out concerts.text/html2005-12-14T17:23:51+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/3963Ian Sanders53.060724 -1.923860SK0551 : Blackbrook Zoological Park
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Set amid the Staffordshire Moorlands, Blackbrook Zoological Park has developed into a large and varied collection of some of the most rare and endangered species to be found in the world. text/html2005-12-14T16:59:26+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/3963Ian Sanders55.126817 -1.802381NZ1281 : Whalton Pillbox
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This non standard circular pillbox still stands in a hedge on the B6524 as it enters Whalton from the south. Construction is of concrete filled sandbags.
For more information visit http://www.pillboxesuk.co.uktext/html2005-12-14T16:43:17+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/3963Ian Sanders53.562519 -3.013009SD3307 : Q site night bombing decoy
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Near Formby at Downholland Moss the remains of control shelter for a Q site still stand. Q sites were night bombing decoys. This one was built to decoy RAF Woodvale further up the coast. The Q site itself was almost one and a half miles long and was intended to represent an airfield at night and consisted of a dummy flarepath for landing aircraft and a v-shaped approach funnel. The centre arrow shows where a car headlight was located that was rotated to simulate a taxiing aircraft. The arrow on the right shows the remains of a blast wall, now collapsed.
For more info visit http://www.pillboxesuk.co.uktext/html2005-12-14T14:43:19+00:00https://www.geograph.org.uk/profile/3963Ian Sanders51.718397 -0.152812TL2703 : Concrete Anti Tank Blocks at Great Wood, near Northaw Hertfordshire.
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Built in 1940-41 to help block vehicle traffic during a threatened German Invasion in 1940.
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