Abandoned WW2 MOD Submarine Listening Station - Or was it?

Today I visited the site of an abandoned WW2 MOD submarine listening station. Criggion Radio Station was a transmitter site latterly operated by BT on behalf of the UK Ministry of Defence. It was located near the village of Criggion in the parish of Bausley with Criggion, which lies in the county of Powys, Wales.
It was established in World War II as a back-up unit for Rugby Radio Station and took over the latter's traffic for a short period in 1943 following a fire at Rugby. Operating on 19.6 kHz with the callsign GBZ, the station was used until its shutdown on 1 April 2003 for sending messages to submarines.

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[edwelshandproud]

Was used during WW2 and kept going until the 90s then BT took it over. Was epic when the proper masts were still up until they were demolished in 2003. Explored these buildings when they were completely abandoned.

[justroamingaround]

remember this well when the beacons used to light up late night great vid keep em coming :)

[rhydtuned]

I'd say those are still MOD and he's the caretaker. That much security, fences and CCTV for essentially ransacked buildings... Look at his eyes when you ask him if he's contracted to work there and then the delay before he says he owns it... Interesting vid 👍

[brushhead]

This installation actually was in use up to the late 1990s and enabled communication with the Polaris Nuclear submarines of the Royal Navy.

[HondaCBCL]

The place looks even more epic before the pylons got taken down