Aspidistra Transmitter Facility and Bunker
United Kingdom /
England /
Crowborough /
World
/ United Kingdom
/ England
/ Crowborough
World / United Kingdom / England
Second World War 1939-1945, radio - do not use, transmitter, bunker
Site of a 500kW transmitter and underground bunker used during WW2 to broadcast fake instructions to the German populace in the closing days of the conflict.
The site was later used by the BBC and is now owned by Sussex Police.
Building No.3 is grade II listed: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1392...
The site was later used by the BBC and is now owned by Sussex Police.
Building No.3 is grade II listed: list.english-heritage.org.uk/resultsingle.aspx?uid=1392...
Wikipedia article: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspidistra_(transmitter)
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Coordinates: 51°2'31"N 0°6'8"E
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