Farthingloe AA Battery, Dover

 

               

I visited this HAA site back in but I was in the area again so I decided to check it out. Unfortunately, the place is still very overgrown compared to last time and has been left to deteriorate. However, the battery itself is very interesting and has many original features.

The battery was originally known as D1 battery and was used during WW2 as a heavy anti-aircraft battery. The layout of the battery remains the same, and it would have used 3'7 inch guns which were added at the start of World War 2.

There are two forts next to each other, and this is one of them

St John Fisher school - Medway

 St John Fisher 

                                           Date: May 

                                           Location: Medway 

                                           Abandoned or Public : Abandoned

                                           Delmoished: NO

I've known about St. John Fisher School being abandoned since the day it closed. Being a local, the news gets around quickly. I never went to this school, but I have friends who used to attend it. It's been on my "to-do" list for a very long time, and I finally had some free time on my hands. So, I met up with another group of explorers and went to check out the school. Once inside, which, to be honest, was pretty easy, we went looking around and exploring the building. There are homeless people living in there too, so it's best to stay away from the part they are living in as there are signs of life. The school is kind of the same size as most schools within the Medway area. This building was for year 9-11/sixth form, as the 7-8 had their own in a different part of town.

It's said that the school opened in 1964 but closed down in 2022 after a £40 million building was built to join both schools together.  in late 2023, the building was sold for £3.85 million to make way for around 139 homes.round 139 homes.