Great Baddow Chain Home Tower
The tallest structure in the City of Chelmsford area is the 360 feet high former Second World War Chain Home or AMES (Air Ministry Experimental Station) Type 1 aircraft early warning radar tower at the BAE Systems research centre in Great Baddow (UK).
The Great Baddow Chain Home Tower originally stood at Canewdon near Rochford Essex as part of a coastal network of anti aircraft radar stations. The tower was relocated to the then 'Marconi Research Centre' and present BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Laboratories site in 1956.
It is the only unmodified World War Two Chain Home tower left standing in the United Kingdom and was finally registered as a Grade II listed building on October 24th 2019.
Great Baddow Chain Home Tower
The tallest structure in the City of Chelmsford area is the 360 feet high former Second World War Chain Home or AMES (Air Ministry Experimental Station) Type 1 aircraft early warning radar tower at the BAE Systems research centre in Great Baddow (UK).
The Great Baddow Chain Home Tower originally stood at Canewdon near Rochford Essex as part of a coastal network of anti aircraft radar stations. The tower was relocated to the then 'Marconi Research Centre' and present BAE Systems Applied Intelligence Laboratories site in 1956.
It is the only unmodified World War Two Chain Home tower left standing in the United Kingdom and was finally registered as a Grade II listed building on October 24th 2019.