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At 2:08 he breathes heavily and says what the he'll is that

They didn't keep chickens in the outbuildings. That was an apple store, the racks were to keep apples cool and dry through the year. The building is still in the same same family since 1930. they started doing it up, they stripped everything out to basically start again and make it good. But circumstances changed and it wasn't finished. It's now up for sale.

how do i get there

Wow

Are you by yourself ??? Lunatic

My mum served there as a WAAF 1943-46 and there is now a framed large photo of her on the outside of the museum wall.

This is not englands only surviving steam engine. There are millions of others. I work with a total of 4. I’ve heard they say it’s the only one in England at the museum and it’s a bit misleading

I don't recognise anything! I was stationed at Oakington when I served in the RAF in 1964/5 and Waterbeach was still a training airfield. The Royal Engineers were also using it for training and in the process of taking it over. No brick built accomodation then! It was all wooden huts! I had to go there every day to maintain/repair the radio setup and strangely enough, the Army catering was better than the RAF's!

I live in Waterbeach and I’ve snuck in there many times!

Did you actually go in the house? Does anyone own it?

I was stationed there 85 to 88 Waterbeach was a lovely village

Been there done that

Hey mate! Love your videos. Stumbled on them as I’m sick in bed. I’m coming to stay with a friend in Landbeach in June for a month from oz. Love to go exploring/legally 😂 many places around Cambridge you’d recommend. Cheers..

I was stationed there with the Airfield Construction Branch in 1965/66 following their move from Wellesbourne Mountford. The unit was later turned over to the Army engineers regiment.

Many thanks Zinc for posting and sharing your video of Waterbeach - appreciated! I have wonderful memories and many good friends whilst at RAF Waterbeach where I lived between 1954 and 1958 with my parents in a Warrant Officer married quarter as my father was a Master Navigator who served for 40 years in the RAF from 1940 I attended Waterbeach Primary School and Cambridge High School. Coincidentally I retained an interest in aviation and former RAF airfields and married quarters. This started with the first aircraft I ever flew in being G-AHED, a de Havilland Rapide owned by Marshalls Cambridge whilst at the Battle of Britain Air Show at Waterbeach in 1955. In 1971 I bought my father's former RAF Devon which he flew whilst stationed at RAF Northolt and at the age of 25 I obtained an AOC and started an airline - Macedonian Aviation based at Southend operating six DC3 Dakotas and Devons/Doves. When the Army barracks at Waterbeach closed and the engineers moved to former RAF Kinloss Scotland in 2010 one of my related companies bought 321 former NCO and officer MQs on the base. Since 1980 I have purchased 35 former military married quarter and airfield sites, some Army and Navy but the majority being former RAF facilities see www.twsg.co.uk

Many thanks Zinc for posting and sharing your video of Waterbeach - appreciated! I have wonderful memories and many good friends whilst at RAF Waterbeach where I lived between 1954 and 1958 with my parents in a Warrant Officer married quarter as my father was a Master Navigator who served for 40 years in the RAF from 1940. I attended Waterbeach Primary School and Cambridge High School. Coincidentally I retained an interest in aviation and former RAF airfields and married quarters. This started with the first aircraft I ever flew in being G-AHED, a de Havilland Rapide owned by Marshalls Cambridge whilst at the Battle of Britain Air Show at Waterbeach in 1955. In 1971 I bought my father's former RAF Devon aircraft which he flew whilst stationed at RAF Northolt and at the age of 25 I obtained an AOC and started an airline - Macedonian Aviation based at Southend operating six DC3 Dakotas and Devons/Doves. When the Army barracks at Waterbeach closed and the engineers moved to former RAF Kinloss Scotland in 2010 one of my related companies bought 321 former NCO and officer MQs on the base. Since 1980 I have purchased 35 former military married quarter and airfield sites, some Army and Navy but the majority being former RAF facilities see www.twsg.co.uk

I spent just under two and a half years here early to mid '80's. Great posting. No garrison - The village was all ours!

Yeah, that would creep me out.

Thanks for the videos mate,was there 95-2000,great memories.

Interesting

I went to Waterbeach to see my mate back in 2003.He was attached to 39 Engineer Regt prior to deployment to Iraq.Bks looked a lot different then.It's a damn shame these Bks will be lost forever and redeveloped.You only have to look at Aldershot.Buller Bks/Travis Bks/Browning Bks/Arnem Lines all gone.History just erased.Great video btw...

That was the old Cinema and where we used to go for briefings before deployment. Part of the Training wing. It is a romney hut.

The wood was there to block out the wind. The pillboxes were built at the beginning of WW2 to cover fields where gliders could land. They are bloody freezing in winter even with the stove which that pill box is missing

yo nice videos, hit me up if your going again next time. I live right near by.. let's explore together.

Waterbeach was my last posting before I left the army in 2012.. We had 2 Regiments located here.. One was disbanded, and the other moved up to Scotland just as I was leaving..

Hi mate, planning a visit here soon and was wondering if you would like to meet up for a visit, given you know this place pretty well?

My Dads youngest brother Fred Newton did 30 ops over Germany from there in Lancs. Bomb aimer /navigator. Went with Shell in 46 into oil. Met D Bader.

Lots of orbs

Thanks for posting. I spent a few years living on the base when my father was stationed there. I remember the Burma star air displays. I got my distance swimming certificates in the pool there. Memories.

So when it was a engineer regt there were Reme workshops, looked like the small hangers you passed think the tall chimneys are the cook house and naffi ,bit hard to get orientated because you are not showing the buildings properly some are new built after 83 , when i was there the two big hangers n(not shown) have presevation orders on them they used to hold a lancaster sqn in each one and are the second biggest hangers in uk after the one that hold the airships at bedford. RE Sqns were 53construction , 60 fld spt , 34 fld sqn and 48 fld sqn , hq and spt and i think 8th brigade HQ to the left of front entrance is the guard room and jail, to the right officers mess although you are further up the airfield . Hq offices are in front of main gate as you enter .various other things servicing bay , battery room , loads of store rooms etc. cinema and briefing room been there years. think the reason some of the buildings are locked is because of asbestos common when these buildings were put up ,nissan huts are either made of it or its in the ceilings , floor coverings , black toilet systems, heating pipes that run through the old buildings are lagged with blue asbestos all perfectly safe as long as no one starts smashing the place up. Might go up there for a look before the H blocks are demolished and grab a few photo's

Since it was RAF Waterbeach, it was then home to 39 Engineer Regiment (Airfields). I was stationed there from 1972 to 75.

I'll coming on the next filming session for sure

About 9 months old and about half of the base has gone I think .. there building 12,500 homes on the land .. such a shame

Good Job! Saved me a walk!

My Dads [Arthur Newton]youngest brothere was here -514 squdrn 1943 Frederick Newton -[b L/pool 1915]sergt-Bomb aimer /navigator- ive got some of his hand written training notebooks- on Ansons Flew in Lancs and Sterlings. Got photos- -Tharined at West Freuch nr Stranraer S Scotland. Some remnants of targets still extant 30 ops over Germany -not a scratch, He used to phone us up at 2 am at Huyton L/pool on leave. My dad1946 to Borneo with Shell-settled back in Rock Ferry Wirral 1950. Foreman at Stanlow oil 1946-Great sportsman Hot school L/pool I have his 1928 schoolboys diary. phil newton

What did the security say to you when you got caught? I thought this was still owned by the MOD? Also it would be great to see more videos on this place before its lost to history as these are the only videos of the site on youtube whilst its abandoned. Keep up the good work! :)

Where was this located

Tbh I don’t know how you haven’t been caught! It’s so hard to get into. Also what time was this when you went? And when was this taken because when me and all my mates went here to find the buildings there was literally nothing there 🙄

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