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Background: Alternative Names: Burrington Adit; Waterworks Tunnel, Burrington Waterworks Adit Length 980ft Vertical Range 15ft This is a long level tunnel (an adit), driven 1941-44 by Axbridge Rural District Council to tap the supposedly vast water resources of the Old Red Sandstone under...

Explored solo. Seeing as we were in Soton for the day with no specific objective, I decided to bring along some of the drain gear and check out a culvert I've known about for ages — on an unusually swelteringly hot day for May. This culvert is around 170m in length and carries Tanner's Brook...

Explored solo. I first found this drain on the 20th of May 2023, back when I was just cutting my teeth in the hobby of drain exploring. At first I was quite intrigued by it, but once I got into the hobby properly later that same year, my attention shifted to other drains and I frankly just lost...

The Wince brook rises at Chadderton, then continues for 3.3 miles merging with the Irk at Middleton. Foxdenton is one of 4 culverts along the Winch brook passes beneath Foxdenton treatment works, consisting of half brick & half concrete (arch). it's worth mentioning there is a 200yd culvert...

After failing our first drain of the day me and @GRONK had a wander to Hyde Falls before ticking off another one of the 7 culverts along the Gore Brook and what a little beauty she was.. Hopefully well be able to complete the brook this year if we pull our (me) finger out. History Sidedraft is...

Explored with @cattos mc budget. The Beverley Brook Storm Relief Overflow was built in 1934 after severe flooding proved that its original counterpart approximately a quarter of a mile upstream — the Beverley Brook Storm Relief Culvert — wasn't sufficient during periods of inundation...

Explored with @cattos mc budget. I'd known about this drain's infall on the Beverley Brook for quite a while, but it wasn't until I saw an article on SilentUK's site that I was inspired to go and actually have a look at it. The Beverley Brook Storm Relief Culvert was built in 1925 to alleviate...

Done solo as the other two were put off by the name alone! After a failed visit to Supercharger B due to a downpour causing a CSO upstream in the culvert to go mental (more on that further down), we didn't really know what to do next. So we walked over to Arachnophobia, our final culvert to...

Done solo as the other two weren't quite keen on this one! After a brief visit to Inhospitable, we had a bit of time to spare, so we headed over to the Cornbrook as it was only a short walk away from where we were staying. We were going to check out the final culverted section of the brook...

"Brown Source" (Explored with the usual team) As @Ojay made a much more informative report than me, Ill cut straight to the chase and get on with the photos! If you want some background on this site, check out his report here. The culvert outfalls somewhere in the North East of Manchester via a...

Explored with @cattos mc budget Named after the sheer amount of golf balls found inside which are from a golf course upstream. :oo Coming here was a bit out of the blue as our original plan was to revisit Dreadnought in Bristol but this didn't end up happening due to train strikes and other...

"Brown Source" ^ The above image was taken in 1910, depicting the infamous "White Hills" / "White Stuff" known to local residents. Essentially industrial waste from the local brickworks that formed steep and unstable hills alongside the brook. Allegedly these hills were 'reprofiled' during...

Went back to the Carr Brook after I explored the upstream section last week. I now knew that this culvert was only accessible from the downstream section where it outflows into the Don at the Brightside Weir, so I entered where it ends and made my way upstream. I decided that I would make the...

Took a trip out to Darnall today to check out Carr Brook. The plan was to follow the downstream stretch down to the outfall at Brightside Weir in the River Don (Nice n' Steady), but I couldn’t figure out an access point; so I ended up exploring the much shorter upstream section instead. I’d...

Another one on my to do list ticked off ! No doubt spurred on by the Vicar and his excellent report i got up early doors and set off to find this . Access was easy enough i entered downstream and worked my way up a pair of ducks voiced there disapproval at seeing me in there brook first thing...