Red 1 Chislehurst closing.

[Asomodai]

Red 1 has announced the last game day at Chislehurst is this weekend and they are moving to Fawkham... I hope it's a brand new site, but I am guessing the old Bedlam Paintball site (Which was briefly used by Mayhem SE (The Kent based one) or they might share the Ultimate Wargames site. 

 

This is significant as both Bunker and Chislehurst have shut down in a couple of months, which means only three active sites still left within the M25 (And only just!) 

 

D&A Dropzone in Swanley, Tactical Warfare in Croydon and Mayhem in Abridge being the last three. 

 

Edit: They are site sharing with Ultimate Wargames. I assume they will rotate weekly, UG being on Saturdays and R1 beings on Sundays. It's a shame because Chislehurst used to be a bus ride away from Central London. Fawkham is two trains and a 1 hour walk uphill. 

Edited January 7 by Asomodai

[Jez_Armstrong]

That's a shame, I really liked the site when I lived near it 

[AirsoftTed]

Sad to see another site go.

 

Not sure if it's still there as I'm up in Scotland now - but there is (or was) also Tactical Warfare Airsoft in Croydon/New Addington.  That's where I started out 12 years ago!

[Asomodai]

1 minute ago, AirsoftTed said:

Sad to see another site go.

 

Not sure if it's still there as I'm up in Scotland now - but there is (or was) also Tactical Warfare Airsoft in Croydon/New Addington.  That's where I started out 12 years ago!

AHH yes I keep forgetting about that one... It's so bad 😬

[Cannonfodder]

Never played there but I heard the site had potential but was poorly run (not surprising if the school was anything to go by)

[Jez_Armstrong]

34 minutes ago, Cannonfodder said:

Never played there but I heard the site had potential but was poorly run (not surprising if the school was anything to go by)

Have to disagree there, it was ran really well

[ButcherBill]

3 hours ago, AirsoftTed said:

Sad to see another site go.

 

Not sure if it's still there as I'm up in Scotland now - but there is (or was) also Tactical Warfare Airsoft in Croydon/New Addington.  That's where I started out 12 years ago!

 

[Colin Allen]

6 hours ago, Asomodai said:

AHH yes I keep forgetting about that one... It's so bad 😬

A truly awful site.

5 hours ago, Jez_Armstrong said:

Have to disagree there, it was ran really well

Too much waiting around, poorly briefed games, marshals not knowing the game rules and terrible marshalling in general.

[Cannonfodder]

2 hours ago, Colin Allen said:

Too much waiting around

Glad I missed it then. As I don't get to play as often as I used to this is one thing which really annoys me. I've paid to play not sit on my arse.

Edited January 7 by Cannonfodder

[Jez_Armstrong]

14 hours ago, Colin Allen said:

A truly awful site.

Too much waiting around, poorly briefed games, marshals not knowing the game rules and terrible marshalling in general.

Strange I never had that at all when I used to go 

[Colin Allen]

3 hours ago, Jez_Armstrong said:

Strange I never had that at all when I used to go 

When did you go there?

[Jez_Armstrong]

11 minutes ago, Colin Allen said:

When did you go there?

Probably from when it opened up until about 2018

[Colin Allen]

18 minutes ago, Jez_Armstrong said:

Probably from when it opened up until about 2018

Ok, my experience there was more recent than that.

[Colin Allen]

Has anyone tried D&A Dropzone?  It seems to be pretty exclusively inhabited by people from the Baltic states.

[Asomodai]

2 hours ago, Colin Allen said:

Has anyone tried D&A Dropzone?  It seems to be pretty exclusively inhabited by people from the Baltic states.

Yup. Love going there. Really nice bunch of people and it's very family friendly. 

[Colin Allen]

7 hours ago, Asomodai said:

Yup. Love going there. Really nice bunch of people and it's very family friendly. 

Excellent!  I assume it is the old Doomsday site, so will be heading back there.

[Asomodai]

1 hour ago, Colin Allen said:

Excellent!  I assume it is the old Doomsday site, so will be heading back there.

Its the very same site 

[Colin Allen]

6 hours ago, Asomodai said:

Its the very same site 

Excellent!  Doomsday was so good.

[Tackle]

2 hours ago, Colin Allen said:

Excellent!  Doomsday was so good.

Does anyone know if the site comes under the ulez zone ?

[Asomodai]

34 minutes ago, Tackle said:

Does anyone know if the site comes under the ulez zone ?

Just outside it. 

[Jaylordofwaargh]

I had mixed feelings for it, had a couple of really good days and a couple of meh days there. But importantly I could take the bus to get there and also take the kid.

The Falkham site is not travel friendly so looking around

 

So now having looked around at Dropzone, where do they publish game days?

Edited January 10 by Jaylordofwaargh
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[Tiercel]

TW Croydon... ugh... Gave it 3 chances, each time it got worse if my choices were play there, or quit airsofting, Id probably quit airsofting.

[Colin Allen]

31 minutes ago, Tiercel said:

TW Croydon... ugh... Gave it 3 chances, each time it got worse if my choices were play there, or quit airsofting, Id probably quit airsofting.

A terrible site; it seemed to improve for a while but then dropped off a cliff.  The final straw for us was when a marshal refused to wear eyepro in the playing area when people had loaded guns and later, when he had eventually put eyepro on, totally ignored a player standing next to him with no eyepro.

A terrible site run by terrible people.

[Asomodai]

6 hours ago, Jaylordofwaargh said:

I had mixed feelings for it, had a couple of really good days and a couple of meh days there. But importantly I could take the bus to get there and also take the kid.

The Falkham site is not travel friendly so looking around

 

So now having looked around at Dropzone, where do they publish game days?

 

Facebook only. They are currently on a winter break. 

[Asomodai]

On 10/01/2025 at 19:18, Jaylordofwaargh said:

I had mixed feelings for it, had a couple of really good days and a couple of meh days there. But importantly I could take the bus to get there and also take the kid.

The Falkham site is not travel friendly so looking around

 

So now having looked around at Dropzone, where do they publish game days?

Sadly D&A wont be reopened any time soon, and may not even reopen at all.