This was the final stop on my mini weekend roadtrip - an RAF base I had wanted to see for some time but I had never found myself in the right area.

All the buildings are totally stripped out and empty except for the much more modern medical centre which closed down only a couple of years ago and has been absolutely trashed by metal thieves and idiot kids alike, it does however have some nice operating theatre lights amidst all the chaos though. However the main draw for me and many others is the pair of tanks located on the base, covered in graffiti like everything else and left to rot.

I had heard off a mate that the medical centre, which is bordered by it's own separate fence had been secured no more than a few days prior however when we rocked up we found it open, and it turned out all security had done was cover the edges of the holes in the fence with black grease paint, they hadn't even bothered to seal up the gaping holes. I wish I'd gotten a photo for the 'hilariously pathetic security measures' thread!

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Thanks for looking

We have a somewhat similar abandonment here in Ontario; your semi-aerial shots even look convincingly like the same place... minus the AWESOME inclusion of a TANK!!!!

ooooo I love number 13