Building record TQ 67 SW 1295 - Mayfield Road second World War radio listening post, Northfleet

Summary

Second World War radio listening post in an underground bunker in the rear garden of a house in Mayfield Road, Northfleet. Within, a civilian radio volunteer operator listened into, recorded and reported to the intelligence services German services' radio traffic. The post is thought to have been used from 1939 until 1945. The bunker survives.

Location

Grid reference TQ 6375 7359 (point)
Map sheet TQ67SW
Civil Parish GRAVESEND, GRAVESHAM, KENT
County KENT
District GRAVESHAM, KENT

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Full Description

Second World War radio listening post in a concrete underground bunker in the rear garden of a house in Mayfield Road, Northfleet. Within, a civilian radio volunteer radio operator listened into, recorded and reported to the intelligence services German services radio traffic. The post is about 2.3 m x 1.6m x 2m high and accessed down a short flight of steps from the garden. Within are the remains of a table on which radio equipment was mounted. Here a civilian volunteer of the Radio Security Service (RSS) sat. Transcriptions of recorded messages were collected daily by a courier and delivered to intelligence headquartrers at Bletchley Park. The post appear to have been in operation from 1939 until 1945 and the bunker is intact.
Owner : Private
Publicly accessible : No
How accessed for survey : Not accessible - within a private garden
Tourism Potential : None
Condition : good
Date of visit : 23/01/06


Smith, V.T.C., 01/01/04, Article, Mr. Martin's Secret War, in Historic Gravesham (Gravesend Historical Society) (Bibliographic reference). SKE13946.

Smith, V.T.C., 01/01/04, Article, Mr. Martin's Secret War, in Historic Gravesham (Gravesend Historical Society) (Bibliographic reference). Ske13946.

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  • --- Bibliographic reference: Smith, V.T.C.. 01/01/04. Article, Mr. Martin's Secret War, in Historic Gravesham (Gravesend Historical Society).
  • --- Bibliographic reference: Smith, V.T.C.. 01/01/04. Article, Mr. Martin's Secret War, in Historic Gravesham (Gravesend Historical Society).

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Record last edited

Jul 31 2009 4:34AM