Sundon Chalk Quarry

[Torchman]

Me and Chubbs went up the dissused Sundon Chalk Quary on Friday

Sundon Chalk Quarries are part of a large disused complex of chalk pits just to the west of Upper
Sundon in Bedfordshire.

Just thought I'd share some of the better Pics we took:

One of the underground passageway entrances

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Some of what can be found inside

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Then we moved onto what looks like a storage bunker of some sort

This is the main entrance

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Some pics from inside

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Some left over equipment

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Another entrance now blocked up

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Another one with just enough room to squeze through

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Some of the left over evidence that once there was a railway on the site serving the chalk quarry

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If anyone is intersted in meeting up there we can arrange something, up ther quite a lot lately so anyone is welcome to tag along.