1 Late 1930s brick cinema, 878 seats, ‘modernistic’ style with tower feature at west end. The cinema was opened shortly before the 2nd World War and demolished in January ...
Site of the New Cinema built in the late 1930s. The cinema was demolished in 1988. The site lies in Coton End, 50m south-east of the Oak Inn public house.
1 Archaeological observation of foundation trenches for new classrooms and a car park extension at Aylesford School, Shelley Lane, Warwick, revealed no archaeological deposits and no significant finds were discovered.
1 An archaeological observation at the former MOD Laser Eye Clinic site, Lawford Heath Lane, Church Lawford, revealed a number of recent building foundations but no remains associated with the ...
A Royal Observer Corps underground monitoring post that was in use from the 1940s onwards. It is situated on Lawford Heath Lane, near Church Lawford airfield.
1 A three runway bomber airfield with Drem II approach lighting and 39 dispersal pads, built 1940/1. Major remains and features include:- 4 type T2 hangers about SP2654; 1 type ...
RAF Wellesbourne Mountford airfield was opened around 1940. After the Second World War, from 1945 to 1947 it was used by gliders and then the Air Training School used it until its closure in 1967. It is located west of Wellesbourne.
1 One of five sites built to accommodate RAF personnel near Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield. The site was cleared shortly after the war and returned to agricultural use.
2 Airfield plan – ...
The site of one of five barracks used by RAF personnel at Wellesbourne Mountfield airfield during the Second World War. The site is now in agricultural use and is located 700m north of Red Hill Wood.
1 One of five sites built to house RAF personnel near to Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield. The site was cleared and returned to agricultural use after the war.
2 Airfield plan – ...
The site of one of five barracks used by RAF personnel at Wellesbourne Mountfield airfield during the Second World War. The site is now in agricultural use and is located 200m north of Red Hill jWood.
1 One of five sites built to house airmen stationed at RAF Wellesbourne Mountford. The site was cleared and is now forested.
2 Airfield plan – not to scale.
The site of one of five barracks used by RAF personnel at Wellesbourne Mountfield airfield during the Second World War. It is located in Red Hill Wood.
1 The wireless telegraph (WT) station for RAF Wellesbourne Mountford. Principally used for communications with aircraft by morse code.
2 Airfield plan – not to scale.
The site of a wireless telegraph station. It was used by Wellesbourne Mountford airfield for communication with aircraft using morse code during the Second World War. It is located 300m west of Red Hill Wood.
1 One of five sites built to accommodate RAF personnel near Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield. The site was cleared after the war and is now woodland.
2 Airfield plan – not to ...
The site of one of five barracks used by RAF personnel at Wellesbourne Mountfield airfield during the Second World War. It is located 100m south of Wellesbourne Wood.
1 One of five sites built to accommodate RAF personnel near Wellesbourne Mountford Airfield. The site was cleared after the war and is now woodland.
2 Airfield plan – not to ...
The site of one of five barracks used by RAF personnel at Wellesbourne Mountfield airfield during the Second World War. It is located in Wellesbourne Wood.
1 Direction finding (D/F) stations enabled aircraft to find their position by taking bearings on two or three stations. The transmissions could be on Medium Frequency (M/F), High Frequency (H/F) ...
The site of a direction finding station which was used by aircraft to find their bearings. It is associated with Wellesbourne Mountford airfield and is situated 900m north of Red Hill Wood.
1 An underground command post (Type 1108/41) with protected observation cupola. For the defence of airfields primarily in the event of attack by paratroops. Now converted into a museum by ...
A battle headquarters site, an underground command post with protected observation cupola at RAF Wellesbourne Mountford. It was built for the purpose of coordinating the defence of the airfield during the Second World War, primarily in the event of an attack by paratroops.
1 A semi sunken air raid shelter with earth covering. Internally about 28ft (8.5m) long and 6ft 8ins (2m) wide and has an arched roof with 6ft 3ins (1.9m) clearance ...
The site of an air raid shelter which was in use during the Second World War. It is semi-sunken with an earth covering and is situated to the north east of RAF Wellesbourne Mountfield.
1 A three runway bomber airfield, with extra facilities for use by fighter aircraft, opened 12 July 1941. From July 1941 to Sept 1942 was a satellite to RAF Wellesbourne ...
RAF Atherstone on Stour, a Second World War bomber airfield with three runways. It opened in 1941 and closed in 1945. The airfield was situated to the north east of Atherstone on Stour.
1 A type T1 hanger for aircraft parking and repair. From a distance appears in good condition.
2 Vertical AP of airfield.
3 Airfield plan of 1942.
The site of an aircraft hangar, where aeroplanes were parked and repaired during the Second World War. The hangar was located within the Atherstone on Stour airfield, to the north east of Atherstone on Stour.
1 Originally a three storey brick building with a ‘look out’ principally used to control aircraft. Originally part of a range of other buildings, the control tower now stands by ...
A control tower associated with the Second World War airfield north east of Atherstone on Stour. The control tower was a three-storey brick building which is still largely standing.
1 An arrangement of concrete pathways laid out in geometric shapes so as to be visible from the air. Each shape, or signal, had a special meaning (eg land on ...
The site of a signal square, a series of concrete shapes laid out on the ground. They were associated with the Second World War airfield to the north east of Atherstone on Stour. The signal square was designed to provide instructions to pilots flying over the airfield.
1 An underground command post (believed to be type 1108/41) with protected observation cupola for the defence of airfields primarily in the event of attack by paratroops. Presently having the ...
The site of the battle headquarters building at the Second World War airfield to the north east of Atherstone on Stour. The building, which was built underground, was used for coordinating the defence of the airfield. It was situated on the northern side of the airfield.
1 A non-symmetrical, semi-sunken, hexagonal pillbox about 13ft (4m) across. Rooofed with concrete 12 ins (300mm) thick; the side walls are 15 ins (380mm) thick. A ramp leads down to ...
The site of a Second World War pillbox used to defend the airfield to the north east of Atherstone on Stour. The pillbox is hexagonal and has a concrete roof. It is situated on the north side of the airfield.
1 Seen only from a distance appears similar to SMR 7996.
The site of a pillbox dating to the Second World War. It was built in order to defend the airfield to the north east of Atherstone on Stour. The pillbox was situated on the west side of the airfield, 400m north east of Atherstone on Stour.
1 This is a type of air raid shelter known as a ‘Blast Shelter’. It is a simple earthwork with brick retaining walls but no roof. With two entrances the ...
The site of a Second World War air raid shelter which was associated with the airfield to the north east of Atherstone on Stour. It is situated on the east side of the airfield, 800m north of Beecham Spinney.
1 Seen only from a distance; the type and condition of this air raid shelter is not known.
The site of a Second World War air raid shelter associated with the airfield to the north east of Atherstone on Stour. It was situated on the north side of the airfield.
1 A target wall and firing positions can be seen adjacent to the railway embankment. The size and strength of the target wall show that this range was for the ...
The site of a Second World War firing range associated with the airfield to the north east of Atherstone on Stour. The firing range was located on the east side of the airfield, 700m north of Fir Grove.
1 A prefabricated (concrete panel shuttered) pillbox that might have been part of the Oxford/ Birmingham stop line.
2 Note, including sketches and photographs (3 pages).
3 A substantial reference guide.
4 ‘The ...
A Second World War pillbox, a small concrete building whose walls contained loopholes. The pillbox housed guns. It was used to defend the Grand Union Canal, which formed a defensive line between Birmingham and Oxford. The pillbox is located to the west of Chapel Hill.
