NHER 42339 (Monument record) - A group of World War Two air raid shelters at the Cliff Hotel, Gorleston-on-Sea

January 2006. Norfolk NMP.
A group of World War Two air raid shelters are visible on aerial photographs at the Cliff Hotel, Gorleston-on-Sea (S1)-(S3). This includes five surface shelters and one sub-surface shelter, which has been built into an existing cliff top building. A possible observation tower (NHER 42465) has been constructed immediately next to the Hotel and it is likely that it has been commandeered for military use during the war. The shelters may therefore have been for use of military personnel, as well local inhabitants. The site is centred on TG 5292 0349.

An existing rectangular building with a pitched roof, appears to have been modified to act as a shelter. A wide stairway can be seen descending into deep recess at the rear of the building. A bank has been created alongside this. The front of the building has also been revetted with an earthen mound, into which two openings or vents are visible at the front of the building. To the rear of the Hotel and shelter are two sets of surface air raid shelters, both consisting of two conjoined rectangular shelters measuring 7m by 2m. A possible additional surface shelter may be located to the front of the main underground shelter, this measures 5m by 3.5m and is light coloured, possibly concrete.
S. Massey (NMP), 26 January 2006.