I was stationed at RAF Neatished from July 1992 to May 1999. Worked in the old R30 before being sent down to the R3 to ply my trade. I volunteered for a season at the museum that has been built in the R30 building. Many a happy moment had in this old site when I was a Scopey.

Brought back some memories! I was an Air Cadet at annual camp at RAF Coltishall in 1984 and we had a trip to Neatishead. We did go in to the bunker and I was amazed at the coverage of the radar as you could see all of the UK.

I was stationed there from 1984 to 1991, working in the R30. This is where the operations wing were based whilst the R3 bunker was being refurbished. God knows how many times I opened the main gate shown at 4:45. The R30 is the big building to the right of the gate.

These videos are addictive once you start watching one you can’t stop !!!

Wow awesome video ! I remember when I was a young air cadet in the very early 90s, I visited RAF Coltishall, they had a deep underground bunker called Border Radar, we went down it, saw loads of RAF personnel looking at radar scopes, it had a massive display screen indicating aircraft presently flying at that time, it was amazing to see but its a Shame I was only too young to remember everything in more detail, this video brought back my memories of that experience, you will have to revisit and get further access if at all possible Ian ☺

Hi guys great video of RAF Neatishead brings back loads of memories of my RAF service as was a radar operator in the late 70's to early 90's. Just some info for you the 2 small radars one was the s259 which had units deployed to ascension island and Stanley airport during the Falklands conflict and the 600 which was deployed to Mount Kent when the hostilities ceased. Keep up the good work.

That museum is awsome, went there last summer. Realy nice folks, nice piece of history.

Comment form my Dad who was stationed there in the 50's: The radar gear which I worked on all appears to have disappeared. The peculiar thing to right of the guard house has replaced the larger type 80 which I spent many nights with sleeping between the generators. We had to stay there in case the system tripped and so would be woken and on hand to run it up again. No wonder my hearing is not too good now; the noise there was deafening.

Great museum, the bunker tours are every 2nd Saturday in the month. Sadly almost all of the equipment has been removed by the RAF so there isn’t much to see now.

Hi, Guys, good video but it's not true that local TVs would buzz when the large green radar turned around. I lived as a child at Chapel House across the field. The only interference was on local radio when tuned into UHF - a very LOUD BEEB would be heard when the radar pointed towards the house. What you should have done was go to Barton Turf located through the other side of Neatishead village. It is part of the station but little is known what its purpose was. The radar station has changed over the years. Located at the back of the station used to be a line of rocker radar dishes going up and down which could be seen clearly from the back access road where you found the trees being cut down. During the 60s and as a child, lots of smoke or unburnt black diesel plumes could be seen coming from the chimneys around the bunker dome. I think this was from generating electricity. At the entrance to the museum to the right, a large white radar dish used to hum as it went round. It was sent to another radar station for display during the late 70s. RAF Neatishead was closely connected to RAF Coltishall which had the Lightning interceptors during the 60s and later the Jaguar. Lastly, the Large green radar dish was going to be removed but the council put a preservation order on it otherwise that would have gone in the late 70s as well. Andy

Nice red Jensen Interceptor in the car park as you drove in.

Wow this is probably one of the most chock full of information and history video's yet! 2018 has been a great year for your explorations! I found you folks this year, and have looked at many other exploration channels,but yours is the most enjoyable for sure! Hope to see you do more with Sam and Unleashed in new year too! Happy New Year!

Thanks for the tour. 2 thumbs up!

Morning coffee watching another great IKS production.

On the video at 10:23 the gate you got to was the alternate entrance. I recall it only ever being used during exercises. The green door was the entrance to the R3 bunker where staff used to go through a turnstile gate to get our id cards. Then it was down a flight of stairs to a blast area. Then a long corridor down to another blast area followed by another corridor to the NBC area where you were supposed to go through in the event of an attack. It was then you got to the crew rooms and the first ops area.

Once again lads, another great exploration. Thanks for sharing.

There is a BBC clip taken of the Base back in 1984, and features Joan Hopkins the Highest Ranking Femail Officer, Great Clip Guys, worth a look,.

Love watching you two you make a great team. You always work things out between each other great stuff

Such a cool place thanks for sharing it with us keep it up boys muck love from Maine as always

I'm loving the IKS Tour Bus.

Really interesting stuff guys thanks for posting!

And that cockpit you both went in is of a Victor Tanker, was designed to drop nukes but later the RAF transformed it to a air to air re-fuelling platform. All part of the V Force along with the Vulcan and Valiant.

Really enjoyable thanks chaps

Enjoyed that video guy's another top job. I liked Stacy's concentration when driving Aman on a mission haha . have a good new year and stay safe.

Really good vid guys. More like this would be awesome!

9:44 that's one of those bungalows...disguised as a bunker guard house.

"What's it do to your brain?" Less damage than television.

Just the same as RAF Boulmer which was my first posting in 1981

that rocket looks very cool when it is launched, thanks for uploading the video of the launches very cool!

Great video lads what an interesting place

excellent video of a very interesting place indeed..great to see this type of thing is being preserved

Really great informative video, many thanks. ..

Great! Thanks!

An interesting museum, especially if you are interested in the history of communication.

I’ve been in the bunker on a private tour part of the base is still under raf control and works with the trimmingham “golf ball” radar

First commentttttttt, I love your work and your videos, keep up the great work!!!

Gutted you didn’t get the opportunity to visit the R3. It’s a must see! Maybe another future visit!

Very cool place. I was thinking of visiting Kelvedon hatch , ever been ?

Interesting site. Looks like my kind of museum too. Pity I live too far away to visit regularly.

I served in the RAF at RAF Cranwell if war broke out we woud be shiped to Neatishead. I was there twice for TACEVALs (tactical exercise for militrary training). I was there between 1980 & 1981 to protect the bloodhound site.

If you email the owner in advance they let you inside the R3 and R12. I've been inside the R3 and are yet to return forcthe R12.

Who else noticed the Jensen Interceptor at 3:00? That said, excellent episode guys. What a fascinating site!

I live like 10 mins away from here? Try the old ludham airfield, an abandoned tower there! If you can get in that is..

The new style bungalow by the type 84 is the entrance to the bunker where all the cameras are ! Turnstile just inside and then stars and a heavy duty winch goes down the a long tunnel leading to a blast door

I also live near this , my understanding is that part of this site is still active ?

Haha .. in the pic @ 35:41 you look like an early 2000's techno duo :D

Nice FOLKS. Wish I had £2.5m to buy it. There is a SubBrit visit video of the bunker tour from 2011 and a documentary from Forces TV, both good watches. Keep it up folks.

Love the way you left your "mark" right next to my name, lol.

I knew it! You lads are in a smiley!!! Are you [chris] on the mk3/4/5 smiley owners club page on facebook? nice van ive got a few smileys myself, great vid too, my boats only 15 mins from you in this vid haa

This is a Type 84 radar which replaced the type 80 which was 50's technology. The type 84 had a crude organ-pipe height finding capability (which can be seen on the dish feed) whereas the type 80 could only report range and bearing.

Was this filmed in the summer btw? Beautiful place and beautiful weather. Really fascinating to see the place in its entirety.

So what is the radar at portreath (Cornwall) used for?

Kind of cool to see what all those empty, derelict, concrete places you visited would have looked like before they were abandoned.

The building near the Bloodhound missile is the R12 radar bunker what used to have a massive radar on top. I believe its currently being sold at the moment.

Is that the V6 Ford Transit Chris?

The room at 14:45 looks smaller than I remember. Imagine being a WAAF officer on watch in there at around 2 to 3 am. On your own. A w**ker of an engineer decides to gain access to the void below the control room.Suddenly he pops up inside a display plinth and grabs your ankles!!! They never did find out who did it, but they had a very good idea ;-) (I had a bit of a reputation during my service career)

I think everyone should do this to help your channel grow faster. I challenge everyone to d this to help the lads out.

Bet that would heat your fillings up a bit!!!

Ok Ian where are the bolt cutters. Lets see if the dogs have been fed lately. LOL

Nice beard...

Ian n Chris wats up Kate's hope all is well

Cool video, but sad thar you dont get near the radar

My claim to fame spent a night in a radar station on mount Tai Mo Shan Hong Kong while in the RAF how I came to do that relieved a Chinese Cook who had been stuck there for a day or two after a land slide had blocked the road up there.

So I put your videos on auto play for the whole day so yo get more views and I like them so you get monitized for them. I figured it would help give you a nice chunk of change to help you visit more places. I hope it works out for you guys.

Bloodhound could not take out ICBM's guys - this technology didnt come along until the late 90's with the Patriot system. The Bloodhound could however take out a whole formation of aircraft as it had an expanding band warhead..

I fell asleep and I’ve got no clue how I got here

Fab exploration lads. Microwaves do the same thing as mobile phones. They heat up the body slightly. If you are going to play silly phone pranks on HoE then come up with a script at home first eh. Thanks for putting up with his antics Chris.

Damn that van is noisy