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Once proud military sites that defended the British Isles during World War Two now lie abandoned and crumbling as nature reclaims them

Bases, bunkers, training camps and shelters lie forgotten and uncared for across the country

ABANDONED and crumbling these once proud military sites kept us safe from the Nazis during World War Two - but now pose no defence to nature’s relentless advance.

Overgrown and scarred by graffiti the bunkers, training camps and shelters lie empty and uncared for - a forgotten footnote to our triumph over fascism last century.

Wiltshire railway siding, used to transfer ammunition has been given a face-lift by spray paint vandals
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Wiltshire railway siding, used to transfer ammunition has been given a face-lift by spray paint vandalsCredit: mediadrumworld.com
The corrugated roof of the Wiltshire railway siding is gradually being eaten away by rust
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The corrugated roof of the Wiltshire railway siding is gradually being eaten away by rustCredit: mediadrumworld.com
The Officer’s Mess at RAF Yatesbury in Wiltshire once would have echoed to the sound of hungry personnel chowing down - but now with its windows missing and its facade crumbling, it is silent
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The Officer’s Mess at RAF Yatesbury in Wiltshire once would have echoed to the sound of hungry personnel chowing down - but now with its windows missing and its facade crumbling, it is silentCredit: mediadrumworld.com
A giant radar tower, used to monitor shipping, still stands impassively on the banks of Thames near Tilbury
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A giant radar tower, used to monitor shipping, still stands impassively on the banks of Thames near TilburyCredit: mediadrumworld.com

The eerie images were taken by an urban explorer who wishes to keep their identity cloaked.

They show sites from across the UK including a railway siding in Wiltshire - now daubed in neon paint - where ammunition was transferred by tunnel to an underground storage facility - rust eating away at its corrugated canopy.

The Officer’s Mess at RAF Yatesbury in Wiltshire once would have echoed to the sound of hungry personnel chowing down - but now with its windows missing and its facade crumbling, it is silent.

A giant radar tower still stands impassively on the banks of Thames near Tilbury. It was in operation between 1941 and 1943 to monitor shipping along the river’s minefield.

The rusting skeleton of a hall at the Bushfield army training camp near Winchester where Royal Green Jacket recruits were trained stands forlornly.

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At RAF Llandow in South Wales a giant hangar risks being eclipsed by undergrowth that threatens to swallow it.

While a building on the site of RAF Stormy Down in Wales is almost entirely unreachable now.

Gun batteries on the Essex coast - made out of reinforced concrete have fared better with the passage of time - remaining stubbornly in position, while a pillbox still protects the Garston Lock along the Kennett and Avon canal in Berkshire.

In Surrey at RAF Wisley cornfields surround its once busy runway.

AT RAF Rivenhall in Essex trees crowd around a building that is barely still standing
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AT RAF Rivenhall in Essex trees crowd around a building that is barely still standingCredit: mediadrumworld.com
The rusting skeleton of a hall at the Bushfield army training camp near Winchester where Royal Green Jacket recruits were trained stands forlornly
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The rusting skeleton of a hall at the Bushfield army training camp near Winchester where Royal Green Jacket recruits were trained stands forlornlyCredit: mediadrumworld.com
A Nissen hut at RAF Rivenhall Essex is covered in moss and rust with the glass in its windows missing
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A Nissen hut at RAF Rivenhall Essex is covered in moss and rust with the glass in its windows missingCredit: mediadrumworld.com
At RAF Llandow in South Wales a giant hangar risks being eclipsed by undergrowth that threatens to swallow it
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At RAF Llandow in South Wales a giant hangar risks being eclipsed by undergrowth that threatens to swallow itCredit: mediadrumworld.com
Overgrowth surrounding a building on the site of RAF Stormy Down in Wales makes it almost entirely unreachable now
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Overgrowth surrounding a building on the site of RAF Stormy Down in Wales makes it almost entirely unreachable nowCredit: mediadrumworld.com
The abandoned radar tower at Tilbury was used to monitor shipping on the Thames minefield
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The abandoned radar tower at Tilbury was used to monitor shipping on the Thames minefieldCredit: mediadrumworld.com
Gun batteries on the Essex coast - made out of reinforced concrete have fared better with the passage of time - remaining stubbornly in position
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Gun batteries on the Essex coast - made out of reinforced concrete have fared better with the passage of time - remaining stubbornly in positionCredit: mediadrumworld.com
A pillbox still protects the Garston Lock along the Kennett and Avon canal in Berkshire
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A pillbox still protects the Garston Lock along the Kennett and Avon canal in BerkshireCredit: mediadrumworld.com
In Surrey at RAF Wisley cornfields surround its once busy runway
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In Surrey at RAF Wisley cornfields surround its once busy runwayCredit: mediadrumworld.com
AT RAF Yatesbury in Wiltshire abandoned hangars crumble as they are left exposed to the elements
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AT RAF Yatesbury in Wiltshire abandoned hangars crumble as they are left exposed to the elementsCredit: mediadrumworld.com
An air raid shelter at RAF Stormy Down in Wales is eerie, damp and dark
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An air raid shelter at RAF Stormy Down in Wales is eerie, damp and darkCredit: mediadrumworld.com
Nature is reclaiming many of these military sites including RAF Stormy Down in Wales
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Nature is reclaiming many of these military sites including RAF Stormy Down in WalesCredit: mediadrumworld.com
The huge brick supports of a hangar at RAF Yatesbury are almost all that's left of the structyre
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The huge brick supports of a hangar at RAF Yatesbury are almost all that's left of the structyreCredit: mediadrumworld.com

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