chipping norton

History Struggled to find much online other than this, The original building was erected as a private house before 1875 and during World War I it was presented by Mrs Walford and run as a Red Cross hospital by Mrs Daly of Over Norton Park. It was opened as a war memorial in 1920 and run as a...

It’s been a while since I have done a railway tunnel. So when Mookster posted this we went and had a look whilst in the area. Visited it with Man Gone Wrong and V50jake who we dragged along with us. We made the trek down the hill to it and found our way quickly inside the north portal end. It...

Believe it or not I have only ever photographed two railway tunnels, with this being the second one. The first was seven years ago and my photos of it were awful. This one however was too local to me to not do at some point, and it was a lovely and cool, if a little damp, place to be on a hot...

Chipping Norton Tunnel Opened: 1887 Closed: 1962 715 Yards Long Horseshoe shaped in profile the structure is entirely brick built, with a lining comprising six rings. A falling gradient to the south of about 1:100 is incorporated, together with a curve of approximately 22 chains radius through...

Chipping Norton Hospital has, to put it bluntly, been a pain in the arse of a thorn in the side of myself and other Oxfordshire-based explorers for the last decade. I first checked it out very soon after closure in 2011, but unsurprisingly found it well sealed, it's location right in the middle...

Well i admit this one's late! May 2011 TBM and i want to chipping norton hoping to get into a number of places. All, but the social services, where boarded up with not access points. This one one of my first explores, so i apologize if these photos aren't quite up to scratch. January 2012...