pow camp

History During World War II, the UK operated around 400 Prisoner of War (POW) camps, housing captured soldiers, sailors, and marines. One of these camps was located in Hatfield and was known as High Hall or Camp 116. Established during the Second World War, it could accommodate up to 750...

Introduction A quick stop off on the way back from another site with @Wastelandr. We originally intended to do something a bit better for the last location of the day, but it was too late. Information & History Prisoner of War camps, often abbreviated as POW camps, are defined as ‘sites of...

First stop of the day was a POW camp in Hatfield heath which I think was called camp 116 access was easy we went on a Saturday and it was very quiet all the buildings where easy enough to look round and the decaying cars where cool. Second stop was north weald redoubt built in the 1890s again...

Visited this site over the weekend, access to the site is very easy no security. Not a bad visit and think I got some decent shots on this one. The site is very overgrown and unstable so if anyone visits I would advise to probably avoid the top floor as there are chunks missing out of it. There...

History: Initially Stobs camp was a military training camp before being transformed into a prison of war camp in WW1. The prisoners would arrive at the Stobs Camp Station before being led through to the camp. The camp homed up to 4,500 German soldiers in a total of 80 wooden huts; measuring...