Is This England's Biggest Pillbox?

[@RobertHatfull-df4ch]

Il have to check this out as it's near to me There's a few pill boxes and tank cylinders in dagenham east and one in plain sight at the entrance of the nature reserve opposite the train station there used to be a 2 storey one but it was demolished in the early 2000s . Thanks for takeing us on the urbex fellas great content .

[@anthonydefreitas6006]

Good find and i agree on the condition being very clean. This must be in the middle of nowhere.

[@BeyondthePoint]

Not really sure how it’s done so well - maybe it was cleared at one point?

[@swigginstevesbargainbeerre1612]

Great vid, interesting structure kept in such good nick

[@tftv1987]

Great vids you guys make keep it up much appreciated👍

[@BeyondthePoint]

Thank you!

[@jayarnold3792]

Hi guys.i remember seeing a large 2 storey pill box between Upminister and barking on the c2c line when I was a kid. It’s not there now. Also remember a underground pillbox over Benfleet downs and one on canvey in some ones back garden. Keep up the good work Jay

[@BeyondthePoint]

Hi Jay, not heard about that cheers for the memory. Any ideas where those two pillboxes might be - any more on Canvey would be a gem to find? Thanks!

[@jayarnold3792]

Beyond the Point the underground one is just past the old rail crossing by Benfleet station.i used to always look at it when I went passed on the train when worked in Southend in 1988.when the weathers better il go and find it.then il contact you with the proper location.(it’s been 32 years since I’ve seen it. The other pill box is down larup ave in a garden.you used to be able to see it from the road,but the house has an extension now. We used to play on it in the early 80’s. It was covered in mud as a rockery,but you could see the outline of it. Hope this helps Jay

[@BeyondthePoint]

Great info much appreciated cheers, we’ll check them out. Do you reckon the Canvey one is still there then? Liam

[@jayarnold3792]

Beyond the Point yes I believe so. I only know of that one on canvey apart from the brick built one.i think that’s it

[@RobertHatfull-df4ch]

I remember the 2 storey pillbox I used to play in it as a kid it was located in dagenham east but was demolished in the mid 2000s there's a couple of lil pillboxes and tank cylinders that had a tunnel underneath but these where capped off in the 80s .

[@somebodysmart1947]

I very much wish my cranky wood plankp house is one tenth as solidly built as this beautiful structure.

[@TOM_OUTDOORS]

Nice one! Gonna have to go take a look at this one!

[@BeyondthePoint]

It’s surprisingly neat for what it is, really good condition. We still haven’t checked out the Burnham mine tower!

[@TOM_OUTDOORS]

@@BeyondthePointyou won’t be disappointed mate, apart from all the bird shit in there! Wear masks and gloves cos of the toxins in the shit. Amazing structure though.if it wasn’t full of bird poo, I would camp in it.

[@BeyondthePoint]

Does sound good. Yeah we’ve heard that’s a bit of a must, sounds pretty grim but not unexpected at this stage 😂

[@user-ie1lz4oi3o]

Great video

[@trashcity8019]

Was there ever a follow up to the vid with Wilko?

[@andysanger7723]

Yes definitely the largest one I have seen bigger than the 5 pillboxes home guard location were l live west Sussex 👍

[@vcislander2509]

Did you watch yuletide this year?

[@BeyondthePoint]

We didn’t no!

[@hannahandpaul7965]

Fantastic video great viewing 👍

[@BeyondthePoint]

Cheers!

[@mds6179]

No it actually in Dorset it's called fort Henry I been there before it's really cool it was built in ww2 to stop Hitler from invading you know churchill Eisenhower and the queen Elizabeth the second dad was there

[@BeyondthePoint]

Very interesting didn't know about this, that's huge!

[@mds6179]

Your welcome did you Google it

[@bearded653]

wow just amazing 👍

[@Chicotime89]

Jimmy hill

[@BeyondthePoint]

What’s these inside jokes you keep making 👀

[@oldskool731]

germans would of just avoid it surely did u plant them coins or wot

[@BeyondthePoint]

We didn’t plant the coins believe it or not, crazy stuff. Perhaps the Germans would’ve avoided this or similar big defences, but between all pillboxes there would’ve been other barriers back in the day, so it wouldn’t have been on its own

[@juancabrillo6859]

Sorry, but I don´t agree with you: it´s only a pillbox. What kind of resistance should it have fought? It is not a fort or something similar. I don´t know the exact location because I didn´t found it on Google Maps. But during the filming for me it looks like that it not a very strategic locatation. Well, in my opinion the Germans had - in case of an invasion - bypassed it. But in a case of an attack on the pillbox german pioneer troops would have used their experience from their attacks on Fort Eben Emael in Belgium and on the french Maginot line.

[@BeyondthePoint]

I see what you mean - I’m not saying it would’ve had an overall impact in the defence of Britain, but for the role of a pillbox - as part of a stop line to slow enemy movements, it’s certainly more likely to have held the line than most. Whilst it’s not in a particularly strategic location I think it would’ve kept those marshes locked down from paratroopers at least temporarily - it has a vast view across the flat fields for miles so it could’ve been ‘strategic’ in the sense of it defending a large area prime for enemy landings. I doubt that any pillbox would have entirely halted a German advance as you rightly say, but this isn’t what pillboxes were used for and hopefully I didn’t give that impression in the video. I’m just saying it would’ve been a formidable obstacle, but inevitably it would’ve been overrun and who knows what would have happened to the occupants if they didn’t retreat in time!

[@danhudson4614]

You can look at any pillbox and say I don't see the point. The mere fact it had Anti Aircraft capability says it was statigically placed . The biggest over look here is the fact many pillboxes weren't hidden (some where) as the threat of invasion was VERY real they also doubled as a visual deterrent for spy planes! That said most home guard said if the invasion came the last place they would actually go into or feel safe was a pill box 😂.

[@danhudson4614]

There's a few double pillboxes dotted around, the open space of the AA implacement makes it seem a lot bigger.

[@boconplaying1605]

​@Beyond the Point where is it? I live in southminster and wanna check it out