WWII Radio Direction Finding Tower, Beacon Hill, Harwich Essex.

[@Olleetheowl]

I did my time at H.M.S.Ganges (across the water @ shotley) and never knew this existed. Brilliant!

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

We've been to Ganges in the past, fascinating place but sadly not all the memories people have shared with us were positive. Thanks for watching glad you enjoyed it 😊👍

[@Urbexy]

Another great video. It's little gems like this that help us understand the sheer challenge of protecting the coastal waterways.

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

@@Urbexy Thanks.. The more we've learned about this history the more we appreciate just how much went into it all.. its quite amazing really and sadly so few people realise..

[@AliceGoss]

Fascinating to look at the old war sites, locations you show so well. Really interesting.

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Thanks Alice.. we're slowly learning more and more. Glad you found it interesting 👍😊

[@brianmoir3388]

Looking forward to watching thanks so much Em & Stu 😊

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Thanks Brian as always, hope you enjoy it 😊👍

[@brianmoir3388]

I really enjoy your content thanks Em & Stu much appreciated 😊

[@MattandBecExplores-lt9vf]

Interesting location. Love how knowledgeable you both are. Big thumbs up 😊👍. Hope you've had a great weekend ❤.

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed watching.. Check out next week's video where we take a look at Beacon Hill Fort next door.. so much to see it's gonna be a very long one! 😁👍

[@BrettMarks-hs8yq]

Awesome video you 2 look forward to catching up again when you come up next ....

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Thanks Brett, was nice chatting to you that weekend.. hopefully we'll be down that way again in the near future 😊👍

[@kateneaves9989]

Thanks for another interesting video. Glad to see you had your Director Finley with you. Please tell him he does an awesome job.

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Thanks Kate! We all had a lovely little weekend staying at a Caravan park and exploring the history around Harwich.. Didn't film too much else this time other than the Fort next door but we do have another little channel where Finley likes to take charge if your interested in taking a look.. 😊 youtube.com/@the-great-escapers?si=hNtwrrXkGjULC5Qj

[@minicrow1]

Recently found your videos. Very interesting. Im from essex and interested in this military history from anglia/kent areas. Excellent work

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Thanks for taking a look at our videos.. Glad you found them interesting.. we have plenty more from around East Anglia and a few from the Kent area 😊👍

[@adrianbanks2089]

Thanks For The Great History Lesson ! Better Than The Crap on T.V ! ( From a Windy North Kent )😊😊

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Lol Thanks Adrian.. Sunday TV isn't the best these days so glad we gave you something to watch! Appreciate you watching and commenting as always 😊👍

[@barrybark3995]

cool vid! i oft have watched dog walkers on that path [from Felixstowe] and i once sold a painting i did of harbour crescent to someone whose granny had lived on it . Cool your sons in the vid too

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

@@barrybark3995 It's a really beautiful and interesting part of Essex especially if you like military history.. we've seen the radar tower many times but this was the first time we'd been able to take a look inside so couldn't resist taking the opportunity to make a quick video.. My son Finley is often with us and enjoys learning about the places we visit but as he's still quite young we don't like to focus too much on him when we're filming. Thanks for taking the time to watch and comment 👍🙂

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

P.S We're hoping to also get back to Felixstowe as soon as possible, as u know there's loads of amazing military history over there too! 😀

[@barrybark3995]

@@ExploringWithEmAndStu i once fastened the coil of a metal detector to the heel of my shoe so i could detect at Landguard undercover as it were .Later found out thered been a minefield on the beach durrr

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

@@barrybark3995 Oh dear.. here's hoping all the mines have been removed by now but you never know.. they do still have a habit of turning up now and again! 😳

[@beachcomberbloke462]

What a great little museum,i was unaware that the array was moved manually not a popular duty! Also is that a Banksy on the wall?😀👍

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

It really is a lovely little museum, having been to the one at East Tilbury in the past and seen the state that's now in it was nice to see one so well looked after.. I believe there's some disagreement regarding the 'Banksy' on the EXDO tower, it certainly looks like one but I'm no expert 😂

[@johnharrison2826]

Been here many time's. I'm organising a group trip from my cold war museum to there.

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

It's a great little museum and the volunteers who look after it have done a great job plus they're very knowledgeable as I'm sure you know.. Hope you're group trip there goes well.. Thanks for watching 😊👍

[@johnharrison2826]

Like my museum in Ipswich run by volunteers. ​@@ExploringWithEmAndStu

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

@@johnharrison2826 We're still trying to find a time when we can get over to you to take a look as we'd still love to if the invitation is still open? 😀

[@bigbasil1908]

I remember going in it in the early 90's and the steel floors had collapsed. It was a mess of tangled rusted steel inside but you could climb up inside it a way. Then at some point it was boarded up with steel and had a tall fence put around it, to keep the kids out I guess. It must have taken quite some work to strip all the rusted steel out of it and restore it.

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

We had no idea it had been in such a mess, it really does make you appreciate how much work has been done to get it back to near its original state.. Thanks for watching and commenting 😊👍

[@eltelboy8492]

I lived in harwich in the late 90’s early 2000’s and we used to play man hunt all over that area as it wasn’t fenced off, you could get down in all the tunnels, we lived opposite this and one day we had a knock on the door and it was the police, in one of the bunkers which was over grown in front of it by brambles, a dog walker had found a burned body with what was later determined to be axe wounds to his legs, it was rules a suicide.

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Yes I heard about the body they found in the late 1990s.. all seemed abit suspicious dispite being ruled as suicide.. It's great this place is now being looked after and preserved but I'd have loved to have explored it when it was overgrown and abandoned, there's something quite magical about it..

[@eltelboy8492]

@ they were a Asian family, the brother never returned to school and they moved away shortly after. Yes it was great fun to go around whilst it was all wild and open access.

[@Benslife96]

Nice video ! I’m guessing the fort is coming up on the channel again soon ? I will probably go back again soon

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

Yes should be next weekend if I get it put together in time but it's gonna be a long one! 🙈😆

[@Benslife96]

@@ExploringWithEmAndStu not surprised when I went 3 years ago they had found so much new stuff from my first visit 5 years ago

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

@@Benslife96 They've really transformed the place since we first went 6 years ago, we really only scratched the surface this time showing just the main bits but the video will probably still be nearly an hour long! 😆

[@paulprior3935]

Be nice to have a restored ExDO Post... I think there is still some original equipment in one of the forts at Gosport?

[@ExploringWithEmAndStu]

We've taken a look at the ExDo post at Landguard Point and been in the one at East Tilbury a long time ago but yes it would be great to see one restored.. 😀👍

[@bigbasil1908]

@@ExploringWithEmAndStu The radar tower near Coalhouse fort has had the doorway bricked up now. Visited there early this year.

[@clivemitchell4316]

Literally 2 miles from where I live