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SARRE BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS
This complex of underground tunnels was built in the 1940's and served as Brigade headquarters for the South East Army Command; it was manned by Canadian troops. Other similar bases were also established at Reigate, Canterbury and Tunbridge Wells. At Sarre, the complex consists of three parallel stairways excavated into the chalk. These lead downwards for fifty feet before the main areas of tunnels and rooms are reached.
All three entrances were blocked at the end of the war, but in more recent years they have all been bulldozed and their exact location is now unknown.
Location: Sarre, Isle of Thanet
Condition: Poor
Date Of Visit: 10/02/04
Plan: No
Video: No
Report: No
Other Sites in the Area:
Minster ROC Post, Alland Grange Chalk Mine, Manston Decontamination Area
Access tunnel to the complex.
SARRE BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS
The main Tunnel.
The corrugated steel tunnel is still in good condition.
The signals room.
Some areas of the site are not in good condition.
Alcove leading off the passageway.
Some areas of the site are not in good condition.
The supporting pillar, which has rotted away leaving this bizarre remnant.
Inside one of the entrances.