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The Group of seven World War II fighter pens at RAF Kenley is a scheduled ancient monument comprising a set of reinforced concrete defensive structures constructed during the Second World War. These pens, built to protect fighter aircraft from aerial bombardment and ground attack, form part of the dispersed airfield infrastructure developed at Kenley from the late 1930s onwards. The structures date to the early 1940s and represent the standard blast-protected design employed across RAF airfields during the Battle of Britain and subsequent periods of the war. As surviving examples of operational airfield defence architecture, they retain significance for understanding both the tactical requirements of air defence and the engineering responses to enemy threat during wartime Britain.
Group of seven World War II fighter pens at the former airfield of RAF Kenley is a scheduled monument protected by Historic England under reference 1021243. View the official record →
The Group of seven World War II fighter pens at RAF Kenley is a scheduled ancient monument comprising a set of reinforced concrete defensive structures constructed during the Second World War.
Group of seven World War II fighter pens at the former airfield of RAF Kenley is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, legally protected by Historic England (NHLE) — the body responsible for designating and safeguarding heritage sites in England. The official designation reference is 1021243.
Several scheduled monuments lie within 10 km, including Fosterdown or Pilgrim Fort: a London mobilisation centre (5.1 km), Large multivallate hillfort at War Coppice Camp (5.1 km), Woldingham Fort: a London mobilisation centre 500m south of Whistlers Wood Farm (5.9 km).
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Group of seven World War II fighter pens at the former airfield of RAF Kenley stands on White Chalk Subgroup, bedrock that formed in the Maastrichtian. The rock here is chalk.