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Alton Camouflaged Pillbox

Alton Pillbox

Side view

This is the interior

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Croxall pillbox

Croxall pillbox

Hopwas

Hopwas

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Hopwas

Hopwas

Hopwas

Hopwas

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Rudyard

Rudyard Reservoir

Rudyard

Rudyard

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Rudyard type 24

A view of the entrance.

Ellastone

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Camouflage paint

Entrance showing blast wall.

Ellastone

Wolseley pillbox

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Wolseley

Wychnor

This pillbox can be accessed from a public towpath east from Wynchnor village and is one of five pillboxes covering these crossings. The others are at SK 19211489, SK198149, SK 20491604 and SK20331561.

This pillbox was part of Western Command Stop Line No 5 - which ran from Tamworth to Burton-on-Trent and then by River Dove to Ashbourne . Many thanks to Dave Pemberton for these photos.

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Between Kings Bromley and Yoxall on the A515 at a crossing of the River Trent a type 24 stands. It was built as part of Western Command Stop Line No 6. This view from the side shows the new road bridge. The original road bridge stands below. SK1133176

The pillbox can be accessed from a public footpath and is one of two pillboxes covering the bridge. The other is at SK 131181 and is built into a bank of rising ground above River Trent north of the bridge.

The exterior is of brick showing a slightly later date of construction to other concrete pillboxes along the Western Command Stop Line No 6. Many thanks to Dave Pemberton for these photos.

Type 26 variant

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Type 26 variant

Type 26 variant

Type 26 variant

Type 26 variant

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