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FAN BAY DEEP SHELTER
This shelter is at the site of Fan Bay Battery, a WWII site originally comprising 3 x 6" guns with associated magazines, shelters, plotting room, administration and accommodation areas. Today only traces of the gun pits can be discerned among the undergrowth, and all surface buildings have been demolished. However there are still extensive underground remains at this site, the largest being the deep shelter.
However there are still extensive underground remains at this site, the largest being the deep shelter, constructed in 1941 No.172 Tunnelling Coy., Royal Engineers, which can still be accessed via a hole in the ground where the upper entrance once stood. Completed on the 28th August 1941, it was designed to accommodate 4 officers and 185 other ranks.
All of the stores, weapons and associated metal was removed during the mid 50’s by Bird’s Commercial Motors Ltd.
Location: Nr Dover
Condition: Very poor
Date Of Visit: 04/06/02
Plan: Yes
Video: No
Report: No
More Info: This site is full of asbestos
Just inside the entrance.
FAN BAY DEEP SHELTER
Steps leading down to the complex.
Inside the main tunnel.
More views inside.
More views inside.
Inside the unlined section.
At the bottom of the main stairs.
Many parts of the site are very unstable.
Tunnel leading to the unstable part of the complex.
Inside the unlined section.