
Eerie images have revealed the most decayed remnants of once proud British WW2 military sites that have now been left deserted.

The series of shots show the bare steel infrastructure of the Bushfield army training camp near Winchester which was in operation during World War Two and was used to train Royal Green Jackets recruits in the sixties.

Another image shows a pillbox bunker alongside a canal in Berkshire, while other pictures show a crumbling radar tower that was in operation between 1941 and 1943 to monitor shipping near a Tilbury on Thames minefield and the abandoned Women's Auxiliary Airforce section of RAF Stormy Down, Wales which shows a picket post and empty dark air raid shelter.

The spectacular images were taken by an urban explorer, using a Nikon D3100 camera, who wished to remain anonymous.

'Having an interest in aviation, I sought out old World War Two RAF airfields and came across other promising abandoned military installations as well,' he said.

'The history in these images invokes something that is hard to put into words like sadness or melancholy maybe.'

The urban explorer who took the photos says that the key to a successful explore is to research the locations online before he goes, making sure that he has worked out how to access the site.

'Usually I research information about the site and have a look at Google maps to see what is there and how to obtain access,' he said.

'Many people like these images and comment on the atmospheric quality of some of them.

'Some people have spoken of when they served at these locations in the military or when they last visited the sites.'

A crumbling radar tower once in operation between 1941 and 1943 to monitor shipping near a Tilbury on Thames minefield. The radar, built outside Coalhouse Fort, an artillery fort built in the 1960s, was used between 1941 and 1943

‹ Slide me › A decaying military building at RAF Rivenhall, a former Royal Air Force station in Essex. Opened in 1942, it was used by both the Royal Air Force and United States Army Air Forces. On the left as it was during World War Two and on the right as it is today

A railway siding in Wiltshire where ammunition was transferred by tunnel to an underground storage facility during WWII

A gun battery in Essex used by the British military in World War Two but has since been left deserted and decaying. It was constructed in 1890, near Coalhouse Fort, in the village of East Tilbury and was originally armed with two 10-inch and four 6-inch disappearing guns

Railway siding known as Box Tunnel in Wiltshire where ammunition was transferred by tunnel to an underground storage facility during WWII. The tunnel runs between Bath and Chippenham

Remains of hangars, RAF Yatesbury in Wiltshire taken by a photographer who wanted to remain anonymous. RAF Yatesbury in Wiltshire was an important training centre during both the First and Second World Wars, until it closed in 1965, and was where pilots from the Royal Flying Corps began their training in 1916

Bare steel infrastructure of Bushfield army training camp near Winchester, in operation during World War Two and was used to train Royal Green Jackets recruits in the sixties. The Royal Green Jackets (RGJ) was an infantry regiment of the British Army, one of two large regiments within the Light Division

A pillbox bunker - an anti-tank defence - at Garston Lock, Kennett and Avon canal in Berkshire. A Nikon D3100 camera was used to take the snaps

On the left an image of the remains of a hanger at RAF Yatesbury in Wiltshire and, right a radar tower at Thames near Tilbury. RAF Yatesbury was used to train airborne wireless operators and, from 1942, radar operators

The photographer said the images emit a sense of 'sadness and melancholy': Pictured is RAF Rivenhall in Essex. Today, the remains of the airfield are located on private property and the northern half being turned into a quarry

On the left a decaying set of stairs at RAF Stormy Down in Wales and on the right an air raid shelter at the same location. It was an armament training school for the Royal Air Force and was later taken over by the French and after that the American forces were also stationed at Stormy

The abandoned Women's Auxiliary Airforce (WAAF) section of RAF Stormy Down, Wales. The WAAF was established in 1939. At its peak strength, in 1943, WAAF numbers exceeded 180,000, with over 2,000 women enlisting per week

An abandoned runway at RAF Wisley in Surrey which is now surrounded by cornfields. Originally farms the land on which the airstrip was built was requisitioned in 1942 during WW2

A hangar at the former RAF Llandow in South Wales which opened in 1940 and closed in 1957. The major RAF unit based at Llandow throughout was No. 38 Maintenance Unit RAF (38 MU) which was tasked with the reception, storage and despatch of RAF aircraft