WWII Pillbox at Kiln Bridge Kiln Bridge St John s Woking which was rebuilt in 1899 and restored in 1991 was named after brick
WWII Pillbox at Kiln Bridge Kiln Bridge St John s Woking which was rebuilt in 1899 and restored in 1991 was named after the brick kilns that were once beside the Basingstoke Canal between Robin Hood Road and Copse Road These kilns were used to make bricks for locks and bridges on the canal By the steps to Kiln Bridge on the northern towpath of the Basingstoke Canal in the Hermitage and Brookwood direction there are the remains of this World War II pillbox that is now incorporated into the rear wall of shops in Hermitage Road Pillboxes were so called because they resembled the hats of the time These machine gun posts were defensive positions built in the Second World War and were hidden all over Southeast England
Size: 5020px × 3360px
Location: Kiln Bridge St John s Woking, Surrey, UK, Europe
Photo credit: © F. Jack Jackson / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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