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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- Orford Ness is a shingle spit of land on the Suffolk coastline a few miles up from Felixstowe.
Orford Ness/Orfordness has been military controlled for both World Wars, though the section in this video is mainly the AWRE used for research purposes during the Cold War. The Beacon was built pre WWII as a long range radio navigation test, and Orfordness continued to be used for radio experiments, including testing the system that became radar. Its radio history continues to this day, with MW transmissions for Radio Caroline, having previously broadcast BBC World Service to large parts of Europe.
The abandoned Atomic Weapons Research Establishment (AWRE) buildings are probably the most striking on Orford Ness, having been left to nature when the site closed, ironically creating an apocalyptic scene of the area.
Aerial cameras: DJI Mavic 3 and DJI Mavic Air 2
Aerial Pilots: TheBoy-UK, djengines
Excellent footage. 👌 What a place to fly. Nicely captured 👌
Thanks, djengines and I spent several hours at this location with 3 drones gathering lots of footage :)
Fascinating scenery from a sf movie. Incredible place for flying 👍
It sure is a fascinating place :)
Hello , I think of Orfordness a place to go bird watching having sailed up here recently ,nice pics
In the several hours I was there, I saw seagulls, seagulls, seagulls, and some seagulls! LOL. I was a little disappointed not to see more to be honest, but that didn't dampen the visit to the place :)
Amazing video and such a fascinating place. Love the small craters and weird shapes in the sand. What is the black Windmill type tower near the end? It seems to be in use.
It's called Ordfordness Beacon, and was built 100yrs or so ago as an early navigation radio beacon. As far as I know, its no longer in use for this purpose (and there is some suggestion it was only an experiment anyway). It appears to be a listed building, which might explain its good condition, but I'm really struggling to find any conclusive info on it's modern uses.