Name: Ashley Walk Bombing Range Observation Shelter
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Ashley Walk Bombing Range Observation Shelter

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Location: Godshill, New Forest, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom

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3. View from Ashleycross Hill – Hallickshole Hill loop from Frogham

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Mike Cree

August 30, 2023

The site was used to develop a more effective air-raid shelter, built over five and a half months at a cost of £250,000. Once complete, the site became the first to be subjected to the devastating effect of Barnes Wallis's Grand Slam bomb, which was test-dropped on the site. After the end of the war, the site was returned to its natural state and the concrete bunker was encased in a mound of dirt because it could not be demolished. Visitors today can still see the bomb craters, an observation shelter and chalk markings made on the ground to help bombers find their targets.

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Location: Godshill, New Forest, Hampshire, South East England, England, United Kingdom

Ashley Walk Bombing Range Observation Shelter

1. Royal Oak Pub – Three Pines loop from Fritham

2. Eyeworth Pond – Eyeworth Wood loop from Fritham

3. View from Ashleycross Hill – Hallickshole Hill loop from Frogham

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