Whitby ROC Post – Subterranea Britannica

Whitby ROC Post

Written by Unknown on 06 May 2000.

In a field next to the Abbey Grounds

ASSUMED DEMOLISHED Although the Whitby coastguard says it is extant.

Opened in 1959 and closed in 1968.

Written by Chris Hogg on 17 March 2023.

The WW2 Whitby Observer Post is still visible in the Abbey grounds behind the Abbey pond. The mound is capped with a locked metal lid. From here my Grandfather George Hugill plotted the Heinkel III bomber which was brought down at Banial Flatt on 3 February 1940.

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1968 1:2,500 OS map shows a compound which was probably the post. The buildings nearby might have been the WW2 post. which was at the same site.

1977 1:2,500 OS map shows both compounds have gone which suggests the post has been demolished.

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