Weston P.O.W Camp.
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The History on Weston Refugee Camp is rather hard to find from and from what little information we have gathered it seems that it had two roles since its conception.
At some point it was believed to be a German POW Camp during WWII and then after the war turned into a Polish Refugee Camp for pressumably immigrants.
With no absoloute proof and only relying on the locals in the area for information, we can only assume it served as both a WWII POW Camp and a Polish Refugee Camp.
Apart from the lack of concrete proof and history to Weston or even when it was erected, it was still an enjoyable explore.
Steamy and The New Mendoza inspired mine and Storms visit to the place.
The camp is spread out over an average size area and is rather tightly packed, unfortunatley not a lot remains inside them apart from the odd light switches, sockets and wiring.
The owner who`s land the camp sits on did inform us that the site was being demolished at some point towards late 2007.
The site itself is very much typical WWII style ie. corrugated huts, but it is quite photogenic in parts and the lighting in some parts adds to the effect.
It doesnt look like the site has changed at all really since its conception and is in quite good condition for its age.
The current land owners we dont think have always lived there due to there lack of accurate information, how ever they where more than helpful and told us as much as they could about the place.
Storm and myself spent around an hour wandering in and around the various huts before heading over to the ROC post at Faddiley.
This site is on private property and despite the current owners being very helpful and friendly it is advized that obtaining there permission first to explore the site would be wise.
All in all this is a cool little explore and does not fail to impress you especially if your into prisoner of war / refugee camps and world war two buildings.
If anyone is planning a visit it would be worth noting to do it before the end of 2007 before it gets demolished.
Date : August 2007 : Location : Derbyshire : Explorers : Havoc : Storm
