Danbury Patrol

The Operational Base (OB) is on Poors Piece, a piece of woodland, parts of which are managed by Essex Wildlife Trust and the area is frequented by walkers. This is part of the Danbury Ridge Nature Reserves.

The OB is close to a public footpath as was commonly the case. The path meant no unusual trail to the OB would be created. The OB is on a ridge next to a large hollow. It has collapsed in and only some fragments and the general outline of the bunker can now be seen.

Probably more of the bunker is buried beneath the soil, but it would require a major investigation to reveal this. It is possible that an escape tunnel lead downhill from the main OB site.

A small section of brickwork and corrugated iron roofing that formed part of one of the vertical walls of the OB. This was probably adjacent an internal doorway or the entrance. The edge of one of the curved roofing sheets of corrugated iron protrudes from the soil in the main chamber. A view into a small cavity reveals that probably a good part of the side walls are intact beneath the soil.

The rather unusual hole beneath a coppice stump close to the OB may possibly be where one of the ventilation pipes came to the surface.