A mini-report to compliment a thread posted earlier today by @Thumper discussing the combination lock code to access this site. For several years now, there has been an arrangement with locals to access the site. Access is for dog-walking only and no access is allowed into any of the buildings. The combination lock code only accesses the areas pictured below and not to the actual manor house and ops room.
HISTORY
The station was established on top of quarries from which Bath Stone had been extracted. In the 1930s some of the tunnels had been converted for use as a Central Ammunition Depot. The vast caverns had some 2,250,000 square feet of space, divided into many smaller chambers. During the Second World War, the Operations Centre of No. 10 Group RAF was housed there in three buildings (Operations Room, Filter Room and Communications Centre), which were partially buried for protection.
The operations room, responsible for directing RAF aircraft in the No. 10 Group area, was initially established in a block adjacent to the manor house in June 1940. The area covered by No. 10 Group encompassed South West England and South Wales. Later in the year the operations room was relocated into the north end of an underground bunker in Browns Quarry. The operations room became disused in May 1945 when No. 10 Group was disbanded.
The Filter Room, responsible for filtering large quantities of intelligence on enemy activity before it was passed to the operations room, was located in the south end of the underground bunker in Browns Quarry and became operational in 1940. The filter room became disused in May 1945 when No. 10 Group was disbanded
The Communications centre was located in the west part of the underground bunker in Browns Quarry. The members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force who staffed the underground bunker were billeted at nearby Hartham Park.
After the war, the site was used by the following RAF units:
Fighter Command Control & Reporting School RAF 1945-1948
Headquarters Southern Sector RAF 1950-1957
No. 81 (Training) Group RAF 1952-1958
No. 24 (Training) Group RAF 1958-1973
RAF Rudloe Manor is known as "Britain's Area 51" since declassified secret files released at the National Archives indicated the site was the centre for UFO investigations in the 1950s. It has been said that the remains of an alien spacecraft and an alien body has been stored here.
: Well there's a documentary on Netflix that says so, so must be true!
The station was closed in 2000. I am not sure where the alien was taken to, but looking at my son right now across the room, I have to wonder if I have been burdened by it.
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Thanks for reading
HISTORY
The station was established on top of quarries from which Bath Stone had been extracted. In the 1930s some of the tunnels had been converted for use as a Central Ammunition Depot. The vast caverns had some 2,250,000 square feet of space, divided into many smaller chambers. During the Second World War, the Operations Centre of No. 10 Group RAF was housed there in three buildings (Operations Room, Filter Room and Communications Centre), which were partially buried for protection.
The operations room, responsible for directing RAF aircraft in the No. 10 Group area, was initially established in a block adjacent to the manor house in June 1940. The area covered by No. 10 Group encompassed South West England and South Wales. Later in the year the operations room was relocated into the north end of an underground bunker in Browns Quarry. The operations room became disused in May 1945 when No. 10 Group was disbanded.
The Filter Room, responsible for filtering large quantities of intelligence on enemy activity before it was passed to the operations room, was located in the south end of the underground bunker in Browns Quarry and became operational in 1940. The filter room became disused in May 1945 when No. 10 Group was disbanded
The Communications centre was located in the west part of the underground bunker in Browns Quarry. The members of the Women's Auxiliary Air Force who staffed the underground bunker were billeted at nearby Hartham Park.
After the war, the site was used by the following RAF units:
Fighter Command Control & Reporting School RAF 1945-1948
Headquarters Southern Sector RAF 1950-1957
No. 81 (Training) Group RAF 1952-1958
No. 24 (Training) Group RAF 1958-1973
RAF Rudloe Manor is known as "Britain's Area 51" since declassified secret files released at the National Archives indicated the site was the centre for UFO investigations in the 1950s. It has been said that the remains of an alien spacecraft and an alien body has been stored here.
: Well there's a documentary on Netflix that says so, so must be true!The station was closed in 2000. I am not sure where the alien was taken to, but looking at my son right now across the room, I have to wonder if I have been burdened by it.
1. Sentry post at the entrance
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3.
4.
5.
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9.
10.
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Thanks for reading
