HMS Wildfire Remains
Date: Feb
Location: Chatham
Demolished: No
There are two doors located in the moat just behind Mid Kent College. These doors lead to a large underground complex known as HMS Wildfire.
The specific purposes of the tunnels remain largely unknown. The photo below shows what is left above ground. It is believed that HMS Wildfire was constructed in 1937 and was utilized during the war before being abandoned. The site was forgotten and overgrown until the college took ownership of the grounds and rediscovered the doors.
I’m surprised to read HMS was in any way still officially operational in 1988 because that’s the year I and school friends first explored it.
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