Report - Truleigh Hill Rota Bunker (july 23)

[Exploring With Pride 🌈]

Truleigh Hill was a Chain Home Extra Low (CHEL) site built in 1952 to replace the Chain Home Low Radar station built at the site in 1939. It was a R2 single level operations room serving a single Type 14 radar system. The station was decommissioned in 1958 and sold to a private buyer in 1965

The explore
After hearing this place was open from another explorer a group of us decided to go check it out i had previously only done beachy head rota bunker so seeing this in the condition it was in was amazing.
Note this place has since been resealed

Down the long corridor that on the way out we realised the lights still work so had to go back down for pics lol unfortunately on our next visit a week later someone had broken some of the lights

Evidence of the weed grow that was previously there

Main chamber

The whole place was in great condition concerning

Rooms of clutter and some vintage bikes

Had a good rummage through the two rooms full of clutter laid out a few bits for photos on the return visit somone had flipped the wagon over 🙄 so i just set it all back up lol

some barrels of something

A random buzz lightyear

some more of the things we dug out of the clutter

some of the features still in place

mmmmm some good old mystery meat?

A newspaper from 1981

Original features like this are what i love to see surprisingly still in tact and working

Thanks for looking

 

[Olkka]

It's gross but it's also rotor (ie cool) so i don't know how to feel

 

[Bugsuperstar]

Nice to see it again!

 

[Calamity Jane]

Good take on the place. I like the og bits. This has previously been NP.

 

[Ant-the-m4nc]

Lovely set, keeping my ears open for when I can get a chance to get down there.

 

[VirtualExplorer]

A real relic of the cold war. If you walk about the bungalow you might very well be able to spot an entrance to the bunker. But be warned this place is loaded with asbestos. The bungalow is also used by sussex police/emergency services for comms (which is probably why the electric is still on) so best be discrete. As the sign says "Enter at your own risk!"

 

[Exploring With Pride 🌈]

A real relic of the cold war. If you walk about the bungalow you might very well be able to spot an entrance to the bunker. But be warned this place is loaded with asbestos. The bungalow is also used by sussex police/emergency services for comms (which is probably why the electric is still on) so best be discrete. As the sign says "Enter at your own risk!"

People have broken into the bungalow and police turned up, I dunno why people do that the entry was already open outside so was no need for it

 

[VirtualExplorer]

People have broken into the bungalow and police turned up, I dunno why people do that the entry was already open outside so was no need for it

I would say anyone going into the bunker risks being arrested given the link to the emergency service communications. Sussex Police probably view this as their property. The farmer who owns the land surrounding it is very aware people try to get into it. I have actually spoken to him about the incident in the late 60s where a teenager was crushed to death by a blast door in the bunker.

 

[Exploring With Pride 🌈]

I would say anyone going into the bunker risks being arrested given the link to the emergency service communications. Sussex Police probably view this as their property. The farmer who owns the land surrounding it is very aware people try to get into it. I have actually spoken to him about the incident in the late 60s where a teenager was crushed to death by a blast door in the bunker.

They obviously wasn't keeping an eye when the grow was down there unless the farmer got a share lol

 

[Ant-the-m4nc]

They obviously wasn't keeping an eye when the grow was down there unless the farmer got a share lol

I know a few farmers who have needed an influx of cash, so wouldn’t be surprised. 😂

 

[VirtualExplorer]

They obviously wasn't keeping an eye when the grow was down there unless the farmer got a share lol

I do not know what has been going on down there it is meant to be abandoned since the 70s but there was a pile of modern electrical wiring, with modern electrical RCD type fuse boxes and large water containers as shown in your report that certainly looked newer than the 1960s/1970s. Infact this must have taken place after 2007 when some guys got in via a different route: Report - - Truleigh Hill R2 Nuclear Bunker 03-10-07 | Underground Sites when the blast door to the bungalow tunnel was locked. If it is linked to a growing operation they have some balls since I suspect Sussex Police are paying for the electric bill here.