Broadwoods Folly - Box hill - Dorking

 Broadwoods Tower 

Date: February

location: Boxhill

Delmoished: No 

On my recent trip to visit family in the Box Hill area, we decided to stop at the Box Hill site itself and explore the many walking trails it has to offer. 

Despite the weather being quite gloomy, the views were still beautiful. We took the most awarded route up to the Broadwood Tower, and the view from the top was amazing. I can only imagine how much better it would look on a clear day. We spent about 20 minutes there, taking photos, looking around, and having fun in the mud with my daughter.

This folly, made of flint, was built around 1815. The stairs and upper floor have been removed due to rot. There was also a tree that had been growing in the middle for around 50 years, but it has since been chopped down, leaving only the stump.

Dorking Deepdene Railway Control center

Dorking Deepdene Railway control Centre 

Location : Dorking

Date: 29-04-2018 

This place was really interesting, and the fact that you could walk right in was really cool to see, as places like this are rare and often heavily damaged. This bunker was used during World War II and was constructed within the caves. It would have housed 30 staff members at once in the emergency headquarters within the network of tunnels. The facility included a meeting room, a control room, bedrooms for the night staff, and other necessary amenities. The site was in use 24 hours a day.