Bidston Hill Air-Raid Shelter – Subterranea Britannica
Bidston’s shelter was in the side of the hill allowing access at grade into two main entrances, while at the uphill end a 25m ventilation shaft was sunk, doubling up as an emergency escape via a series of steep metal ladders.
Dark and murderous history of hidden tunnels beneath Wirral …
2018年5月6日 · View of the Windmill on Bidston Hill on a cold day (Image: Liverpool Echo) The dark secret history of a Wirral beauty spot is being revealed – including its hidden network of wartime tunnels...
Lost tunnels under Wirral's streets from air raid shelters to old ...
2021年5月8日 · Further secret tunnels under Bidston are said to lead from a former fever hospital on Flaybrick Hill directly to the old chapel at Flaybrick Cemetery. Monks Ferry and Woodside Tunnels
Bidston Hill - Wikipedia
The Bidston Hill tunnel project was born in 1941 out of the devastating effects of the Luftwaffe blitz on Merseyside. Many infrastructure targets were hit, people killed and many more made homeless. The first week of May 1941 saw the peak of the attack, involving 681 Luftwaffe bombers, 2,315 high-explosive bombs and 119 other explosives.
Bidston Hill Underground Tunnels Part 1 - Wirral-Wikiwirral
On arriving there we noticed a steel door on the side of the hill (the side facing Hoylake Road) and the door was open, a couple of us went in and to our surprise found huge tunnels going an awfully long way under Bidston Hill. Off the tunnels inside were rooms with painted signs, and huge electric motors with blades of them, like extraction fans.
Dark and murderous history of hidden tunnels beneath Wirral …
2018年5月6日 · Less well known is the existence of a second shelter -- with 2,213 bunks and 793 seats -- which was built under Bidston Hill's Rhododendron Garden, its entrance facing Hoylake Road. Wirral author and historian Tony Franks-Buckley, who runs Hidden Wirral Myths & Legends, is running tours of Bidston focusing on its many secrets -- including the ...
bebbington - Old Wirral
Bidston Underground Tunnels For many of the earlier generation the tunnels beneath Bidston were a place to play, a place to explore and a place to hide from the world. But for many years now the tunnels have been shut off from the outside world due to lack of maintenance and persistent health & safety issues. With the
Hidden history of Liverpool Blitz we walk over every day
2024年11月30日 · Bidston’s shelter was in the side of the hill, and contained 1,596 bunks, 793 seats, toilets, a canteen and a fire aid post in its extensive tunnels. Construction began in December 1941 and...
Bidston Hall - Bidston Hill
Bidston Hill sits on top of a warren of tunnels. Some suggest that these tunnels are used to connect the houses of witches together and that the cellar of Bidston Hall acts at the nexus. More likely smugglers, as the tunnels were well used by them and smugglers would have spread tales of witchcraft and demons to keep people away.
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Second World War air raid shelter tunnels, Bidston Hill, Bidston. View this record at the Archaeology Data Service