Site of Second World War pillbox on the east boundary of the Canewdon radar receiver site, on the hillside north of Lambourne Hall Road (EHER 20769)

Now destroyed. The site of a Type FW3/22 pillbox on the east boundary of the 'Receiver Site' at Canewdon Radar Station (EHER 19574). It was demolished in 2000 but residual concrete and steelwork preserve its location.

July 2003. World War Two Defences in Rochford survey: site visit and desktop research. Aerial photographs taken in 1960 and a detailed map of the area dated 1972 show that this pillbox stood on the east boundary of the 'Receiver Site' at Canewdon Radar Station (EHER 19574). <1> <2> The aerial photographs and local surveys show that, in common with many pillboxes in the area, the design was a Type FW3/22 facing east to guard the radar station against attack from that direction. Demolished in 2000, small pieces of broken 'WWII' concrete and steelwork now indicate its former location. <3> Two photos. <4> <5> NRHE data transfer: 1995-2002. Defence of Britain survey. Type 22 pillbox to the North-West of New Hall Farm. Formed part of the perimeter defences of RAF Canewdon. <6> <7>