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Coldblow ACE HIGH Relay Station June 2011

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TheSarge

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Ok here goes for my first post, Be gentle :D

On my first ever Urbex experience about a month ago me and 2 seasoned urbexers made a day of visiting some locations around Kent and this one was our 2nd location of the day.

We arrived at the main gate, we tried to call the gatekeeper as past explorers have had success by asking to simply look around but we didn't get an answer. So we thought we'd throw caution into the wind and went in anyway, due to the size of the place we didnt stay long plus we have other locations to explore.

A little history

The Ace High station at, Coldblow was located alongside an existing WW2 communications station on Coldblow Hill. The transmitters, receivers and power supplies were located in a single storey brick building between the pairs of dishes. With the demise of the Ace High network the Coldblow station closed in the early 1980's was sold by auction in September 1986. The dishes, a local landmark, had been removed the previous year. A microwave tower on the site was retained by the Ministry of Defence and access rights to the tower were built into the sale agreement.

Hope you enjoy the Pics ;)

Old Tower

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The Brig

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Main Building

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Tower still in use

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Thank you for looking

 
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Firstly welcome to O.S

Now ya know what I'm going to say . . . . . did you climb the tower??? :D

I like Pic 8 looking through the building. (y)

 

TheSarge

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Thank you

You know what? That actually hadn't crossed my mind. Shame, i could have gotten a lovely areial shot :Gulp:

Oh well there's always a next time :cool2:

 

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Welcome to OS matey, I thought the same as Maniac when I saw that first photo, "Noooooooooo!!!" I screamed at my screen, "Tell me you DIDN'T climb it".

I HATE heights!!!

Spectacular first report, mucho respecto!!!

 

TheSarge

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Thank you very much Nelly

Haa i wished i had climbed the tower tbh, Heights dont bother me too much. I have to say i've seen a fair bit of you're reports, i've become a bit of a fan of you're work.

Respect to you dude :cool2:

 

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Thank you very much Nelly Haa i wished i had climbed the tower tbh, Heights dont bother me too much. I have to say i've seen a fair bit of you're reports, i've become a bit of a fan of you're work.

Respect to you dude :cool2:
Oh please, my heeeeed is swelling!!!

I'm just doing what I love, good to see you here mate.

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Wevsky

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Nice report mate ..tower shots would be cool..and ignore nelly he loves heights we have been on roofs we is urbex matey :) ..keep them reports coming!

 

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nice 1st report mate and a site ive not heard of before. Looks like a nice little explore (y) Welcome to o.s

 
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