Pillbox near Radford Semele Bridge
Pillbox near Radford Semele Bridge.
Image courtesy of Paul Buswell.
Pillbox near Radford Semele Bridge, 2017.
Image courtesy of William Arnold
Pillbox near Radford Semele Bridge, 2017.
Image courtesy of William Arnold
Pillbox near Radford Semele Bridge, 2017.
Image courtesy of William Arnold
Pillbox near Radford Semele Bridge, 2017.
Image courtesy of William Arnold
Pillbox near Radford Semele Bridge, 2017.
Image courtesy of William Arnold
Pillbox near Radford Semele Bridge.
Image courtesy of William Arnold
Approximate site of Radford bridge pillbox.
Image courtesy of Gary Stocker.
Description of this historic site
The site of a Second World War pillbox on the canal near to the bridge at Radford Semele. It was largely demolished during the 1950s but some remains are still visible to the west of the Radford Road Bridge.
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Notes about this historic site
1 Demolished pre 1950. Some remains are still visible.
- For the sources of these notes, see the
- Timetrail record
- produced by the Historic Environment Record.
Comments
These are very good photographs, but they are of the pill box by Radford locks, not the one by Radford bridge. The landowner told me that was demolished by army engineers, using explosives in the 1950s. It was located at the east side of first meadow (sometimes incorrectly known as Pingle meadow). When it used to be ploughed some years ago, the plough often used to turn up chunks of concrete from it. It is said that the soldiers who manned it were based at Radford Hall.,
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