PoW Hostel 259 Collyweston

Derelict Buildings At Former RAF Collyweston

Location

Collyweston Great Wood NNR, Northamptonshire

Description

Site Visits

February 2015

Materials

DSLR Photos
UK FO Inspection Reports

Colley Weston was built as a Satellite Airfield from RAF Wittering during WWII. PoWs were latter accommodated on the site. However, site as it exists today contains the remains of the Bomb Dump and Ammunition Serving Facility from RAF Wittering along with a quarry and woodland.

At present I have no data as to the exact location of the PoW Camp on the site and the images shown were captured in 2015 when the former Bomb Site was visited as part of a previous project


Camera Images of the Possible site of the former PoW Hostel 259 Collyweston


Extracts from UK Foreign Office Inspection Report from UK National Archives Kew:

FO 939/314 PoW Camp 259 Weekley Detailing Inspection Visits including details of Collyweston Hostel