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A vast base that made up the the Tri-Base area with Molesworth and Upwood. Alconbury served as a major bombed base during WW2 and came to notoriety during the Cold War as it stationed the U-2 spy planes.
The place is pretty vast and a relic of Cold War military architecture and is now largely used for industrial purposes, however there's a lot left alone.
The site is absolutely massive and very busy, but whilst this is annoying, it also makes exploring the base easy so long as you have a car as no-one will think anything of it as there's so many cars and lorries on site. If you just walk about, you'll probably gain more attention!
I had to cut the trip short and didn't see nearly enough!
U2 spy plane hanger:
Alongside the U2 hangers was the infamous "Magic Mountain" which the films from the U2s were processed and analysed:
Surprisingly I found a tunnel throught the middle of the building, meaning entering the place is well and truely out of site. However, it was well locked up unfortunately.
Whilst the place is now in civilian hands, there's still many military remnants, which the police and SAS, who train on site, seem to take shots at:
As I cruised about the site I noticed this massively protected, imposing building:
However, I did find a door, which, to my delight, swung open!
I went throught 3 very secure doors to enter the place, but it seemed the SAS had been training there too, knocking through the 3 foot thick concrete walls!
The place had 5 decontamination airlocks in a row:
The first gate on the road to the 'hot row', where the nukes were stored:
The place was in use as a fireworks store and a police car had just stormed past, so didn't fancy trying my luck!
A scenic shot of the control tower, which was very locked up!
The place is pretty vast and a relic of Cold War military architecture and is now largely used for industrial purposes, however there's a lot left alone.
The site is absolutely massive and very busy, but whilst this is annoying, it also makes exploring the base easy so long as you have a car as no-one will think anything of it as there's so many cars and lorries on site. If you just walk about, you'll probably gain more attention!
I had to cut the trip short and didn't see nearly enough!
U2 spy plane hanger:
Alongside the U2 hangers was the infamous "Magic Mountain" which the films from the U2s were processed and analysed:
Surprisingly I found a tunnel throught the middle of the building, meaning entering the place is well and truely out of site. However, it was well locked up unfortunately.
Whilst the place is now in civilian hands, there's still many military remnants, which the police and SAS, who train on site, seem to take shots at:
As I cruised about the site I noticed this massively protected, imposing building:
However, I did find a door, which, to my delight, swung open!
I went throught 3 very secure doors to enter the place, but it seemed the SAS had been training there too, knocking through the 3 foot thick concrete walls!
The place had 5 decontamination airlocks in a row:
The first gate on the road to the 'hot row', where the nukes were stored:
The place was in use as a fireworks store and a police car had just stormed past, so didn't fancy trying my luck!
A scenic shot of the control tower, which was very locked up!
