A while ago I heard about a Rifle Range on the South Downs near Plumpton, Sussex. The exact purpose of the range is unknown but might be military (WW2) in origin or possibly a long forgotten local gun club. After doing a bit of research I found an old OS map from the 1950s which had a reference to the rifle range. Seems that the firing range started next to the B2116 and ended up near the top of the downs. The distance between the start of the range and the targets was about 500 meters so this was some serious shooting - maybe sniper training of some sort.
Using the Longitude and Latitude of the location of the Rifle targets from the OS map (50°53'54.7"N 0°03'50.4"W) I found this location on google Maps:
50°53'54.7"N 0°03'50.4"W - Google Maps
What is left of the metal targets and a bunker for the people who set the targets up can be found in dense woodland here. There are no paths to this location and the best way to access it is trampling through brambles from the escarpment to the left. Not a great site and probably not worth travelling a distance for but might be of interest to local explorers looking for something not many people have been to in quite a while
Using the Longitude and Latitude of the location of the Rifle targets from the OS map (50°53'54.7"N 0°03'50.4"W) I found this location on google Maps:
50°53'54.7"N 0°03'50.4"W - Google Maps
What is left of the metal targets and a bunker for the people who set the targets up can be found in dense woodland here. There are no paths to this location and the best way to access it is trampling through brambles from the escarpment to the left. Not a great site and probably not worth travelling a distance for but might be of interest to local explorers looking for something not many people have been to in quite a while
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