Maidstone Zoo - Gate House Remains Permission Visit

Maidstone Zoo Gatehouse remains

Date: March 2020 

Location sandling

Abandoned or public:  permission is required 

Delmoished: No 

After learning about the Maidstone Gatehouse, I searched Google to see if it still existed. Surprisingly, I discovered that the gatehouse remains intact. On our way back from Maidstone, we made a quick stop to visit the place. We asked the owner if it was okay to take some photos and videos, and he agreed but warned us that we were doing so at our own risk. We then retrieved our camera from the car and proceeded to take pictures of the old gatehouse ruins.

It was an interesting place to photograph, where nature has taken over the gatehouse and left it to rot away on the site.

According to reports, Maidstone Zoo was managed by Sir Garrard Tyrwhitt Drake. The zoo opened in 1934 and became a popular attraction. Unfortunately, it closed its doors to the public in 1959.

Ashenbank Wood air raid shelter - Cobham

Ashenbank Wood air-raid shelter 

location: Ashenbank woods 

Date: 17-03- 2020 

Current state: You can visit  on walks 

Now the history  :   
https://webapps.kent.gov.uk/KCC.ExploringKentsPast.Web.Sites.Public/SingleResult.aspx?uid=MKE41918

Second World War dispersed accommodation campsite 5 in Ashenbank Wood, Cobham. One of 5 camps, it was established in late 1940/41 for the RAF airfield to the north at Thong Lane. Its situation removed personnel from the greater risk of air bombardment if quartered at the airfield itself. After brief use by the Royal Navy in 1945, the site was used as accommodation for the homeless. After 1954, the huts were removed and the site returned to nature. Traces of the spaces occupied by huts may be seen, as well as tarmac roads and three surviving air raid shelters. 

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Camp 4&5