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Birkenhead tunnels

View attachment 753138 View attachment 753139 View attachment 753140 View attachment 753141 View attachment 753142 Went here last Saturday night been back twice since not the best pics but I'm trying I...

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East Goscote / Leicestershire / Tunnel System?

Hi, I was just doing some background reading about East Goscote in Leicestershire the other day and stumbled over a wiki and local pages which says there was an extensive tunnel system there during WW2...

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Underground Things on the Fonthill Estate, Tisbury, Wiltshire - January 2018

Hearing of numerous grottos, tunnels and mine workings on the extensive 9000 acre Fonthill estate in south Wiltshire and being a local, I just had to go and look. The estate is privately owned with...

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Crisp Delph Sandstone Mine - UpHolland 2017

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Dorking Deepdene Railway Control Centre - Surrey - January 2018

Another local one that I've been wanting to do for ages, but never got round to it until now. It's filled full of asbestos, so I made sure to bring my good PP3 mask, but even that wasn't enough...

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Western Park School Air Raid Shelter, Dec, 2017

History The former open air school, Western Park school was built between 1928 and 1930. Designed ergonomically to suit students with respiratory problems and built next to a large open park where they...

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WT Henley Cable Works Air Raid Shelter, Nortfleet - August 2017

Henley's was a factory that made electrical cables, and was established in 1837. More on the history here. The remains of the actual factory itself is only accessible if you're a proper skinny bastard...

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Deepdene - WW2 Southern Railway Traffic Control Centre, Jan 2018

Deepdene - WW2 Southern Railway Traffic Control Centre was visited many many times but for these who haven't seen or heard about it...(just in case!) History: what we know about it originally emanated...

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Hospital Cave (outskirts of blackhall) August 2012 Report LITTLE INFO

Right here a go a dont know much about this cave either just that its known as hospital cave and is situated on the outskirts of blackhall in the dene (right beside the hardwick hall hotel). Always...

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Manchester Victoria Arches Nov 15

Big Big thanks to @Bigjobs, @Ojay and @Paradox, it was my first time on a rope, you guys acted like pros and made it easy for us. So thanks History The Victoria Arches were a series of arches built in...

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Excelsior Tunnel, Kit Hill, Cornwall - January 2018 (very eerie apparently!)

With thanks to the Daily Mail whose article dated 10th March 2017 made me aware of this site. As the Daily Mail is known for the highest standards in journalism, there's no need for me to do any...

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Southern water nuclear bunker, Gillingham, kent - May 2017

The bunker was built in the 1980s by the region’s water company, Southern Water, which built three underground emergency centres in order for them to be able to control Britain’s water supply in the...

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Air Raid Shelter - Port Glasgow [Jan 18]

This Air Raid Shelter in Port Glasgow was built for the workers of the nearby Gourock Ropeworks, and was the largest privately owned shelter within the UK at the time. It is believed to have been built...

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Rushden rugby club

Hi folks, Has anyone come across any underground structures at the above location? I've been travelling around there recently and it looks like there are air vents coming up and its slightly mounded....

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East Goscote / Leicestershire / Tunnel System?

Hi, I was just doing some background reading about East Goscote in Leicestershire the other day and stumbled over a wiki and local pages which says there was an extensive tunnel system there during WW2...

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AEI Air Raid Shelter, Northfleet - December 2017

History W. T. Henley was a cable/wire company that was founded in a small London-based workshop in 1837. William Thomas Henley is famous for having converted his old lathe into a wiring covering...

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Ha'penny Shelter, Stockport, 2017

Not very exciting, but this thread https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/springmount-mill-stockport-december-2017.t111790#post-1194979 reminded me of it, as it's attached to the mill. I think it is under an...

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Boughton Brake Tunnel - February 2018

History: British Rail opened a four-mile single-track branch to the new Bevercotes Colliery in 1961, linking it to the network at Boughton Junction. It was closed temporarily between January 1962 and...

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Morlais (Miler Tunnel), Merthyr Tydfil - January 2018

Having visited many times over the years but always with copious amounts of mist, no matter the time of year, we found ourselves using the Miler as a shortcut to the Quarrymans Arms in Pant over the...

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Deepdene WW2 Southern Railway Control Bunker, Dorking – July 2016

Explore: Visited with @UrbanZ. After two hours of clambering through woodland we finally came across this enjoyable little site. I have to say, the suicidal spiral staircase entrance was a joy to get...

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