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I know tis an old explore, but the farm that owns the land doesn't mess with the box, so it is likely to be in the same condition. Again if you knock at the door and ask permission they are quite happy for you to have a good crawl all over this pillbox.

A type DW3/22 bullet proof pillbox (guess who ahs been loaned a pillbox book?) this is one of a series of 7 in about a 4 mile radius. On the Macclefield-Leek road, it sits on a hill overlooking Hug Bridge, a River Dane crossing just by the Cheshire/Staffordshire border.

Basic brick construction with a concrete rendering, it has the obligatory concrete blast walls inside. Unusually it still has the wooden supports at each slit. i assume a plank would be laid across the supports to rest guns on. The supports are hinged to allow them to sit flat against the wall out of the way.

Walking up the hill to the box.


The view over the top of the box, down to the river crossing it protects


Nice lichen and moss covered steps going down into a surprisingly dry box


Two ends of the blast wall in front of the doorway. I seem to recall this one had 3 curved walls that met in the middle.




Those wonderful hinged brackets, two to every gun slit


Bosley Cloud


The obligatory brick shot







The pillbox is in the field next to Hug Bridge farm. If you ask nicely they'll let you go for a look. Easiest access of all the boxes in this area.