There are several paths leading to the cache. You can park near
the start of a footpath at N51 27.650 W002 19.410 from there there
are two paths one takes through fields then up along a road to
'Beeks Lane' and along to the Bunker (past the Cache!) or a shorter
steeper route is from the parking head up toward the farm on the
horizon then along Beeks Lane to the cache, please beware if you go
this way as two of the stiles are well hidden by brambles and
hawthorn!. Both of these paths contain stiles and cross open
uneven. Terrain rating applies if you take the 'short' path.
fields. Or, if you dont fancy the walk, you could just drive along
Beeks Lane. Please beware that although the map shows a route
through to St Catherines, this is not easily passable by motor
vehicles. Beeks lane does not have a great choice of places to
turn a car round! Some of the fields may contain sheep so if
you are walking dogs please take appropriate care.
You do not need to leave the path or road to locate the cache.
Cache is a 35mm film container
Since its inception in 1925 as in integral part of the UK air
defence system, the primary role of the Royal Observer Corps (ROC)
was the recognition and identification of hostile aircraft. With
the start of the cold war and the increasing threat of nuclear
attack in the 1950's, the ROC was given the added responsibility of
reporting nuclear bursts and monitoring fall-out which necessitated
the construction of 1563 underground monitoring posts throughout
Great Britain & Northern Ireland.
The ROC MARSHFIELD post (51 27.292 -002 19.719) was constructed
in April 1958 and decomissioned in September 1991.
The Cache is placed nearby.
This bunker is no longer accessible for an internal inspection
as the hatch is padlocked and is on private land
. Cache does not contain a pencil so please
bring one with you
Have a look at this website for the location of other UK ROC
stations some of which are open and accessible.
OS Map of the area is available here