esplanade

1. The History The Esplanade tunnels are situated under Dover Castle in Kent and run along the base of the cliffs, between the Eastern Arm of the harbour and Dover town centre. They date back to the 1800s and originally were a cave system. They were subsequently expanded during the Napoleonic...

A visit from the same day I visited Chrit Church Air Raid Shelter. The Esplanade tunnels were open on the same day, so it felt rude not to visit as I missed out on it previously! The tunnels at Dover Esplanade have history dating back to the 1800s and expanded upon during the Napoleonic era...

On a misty day in Dover decided to try these tunnels out for an explore. The Dover Esplanade Tunnels, originally built for Napoleonic troops and later expanded into crucial WW2 command centers, hospitals, and Cold War shelters, though Level E (Esplanade) was primarily an air-raid shelter and...

went to dover tunnels with my dad and had a little mosey around. quite easy to get into if you are skinny and can slip under the fence. managed to get some decent photos but not much i can do with just an iphone. much bigger than the previous ones i went to as these went for about a mile but...

We decided to venture out further than usual and decided to see what we could find in Dover. This was our most favorite explore of the day and it was ALOT bigger than we had expected... The 'Esplanade' Tunnels comprise of three sections.. named Athol Guilford and Trevanion. Athol is the...

The esplanade tunnels are made up of 3 sections called athol, Guilford and trevanion. Athol is the eastern section and trevanion is the western section connected together by the 400m long Guilford tunnel. The tunnels began from the early 1800’s and were added to in the 1930’s/40’s for the start...

Hello once again lads, I've been gone for a while it seems, and I can explain why. I lost my job back in early July, which also lost me my motivation to even get out of bed in the morning, let alone write reports. Things are looking a bit better for me now though, so why not come back to 28 with...

The Explore in November 2019, I finally had a day off from work, we headed to Dover with few other explores ( who went before me) who showed us this place, I wanted to see it for ages, I knew it was back open so i was not gonna miss this one . when we got there we got in nice and simple (...

First time report on here so thought it would be nice to say hello before starting! so this is level E of the dover castle tunnels, it is in essence three small cave systems (Trevannion Caves, Chapel Caves and Athol Terrace Caves) connected by one long tunnel during ww2 to convert it into an...

One truly great explore and something not a lot of people get too see as its been sealed for a good few years. a big place and spent a few hours down their, loved all the old graffiti and history of the place and im also pleased it got sealed back up before anyone got in too wreck it and ruin...

Ok so this was a lucky one and i mean lucky. Completely unexpected so completely unprepared so excuse the poor pic quality. Torch was dying and so were the camera batteries so all done on flash and very quickly. But hey i got in so i dont care lol. Bit of history, Esplande, (Athol + Guildford +...

This elusive set of tunnels has been evading me ever since I started getting into this hobby about 3 years ago. I've seen pictures, I've missed out on opportunities to see them on more than one ocassion, and for at least the last 2 years I've been religiously checking and trying to find access...

This elusive set of tunnels has been evading me ever since I started getting into this hobby about 3 years ago. I've seen pictures, I've missed out on opportunities to see them on more than one ocassion, and for at least the last 2 years I've been religiously checking and trying to find access...

Right to be honest i havnt done any research on this place due to the fact i was convinced i wasnt going to be able to get up to the entrance ..well without a ladder which we didnt have,so i apologise for lack of info as i just wanted to get in get report up and go bed! Right myself nite walker...

Right to be honest i havnt done any research on this place due to the fact i was convinced i wasnt going to be able to get up to the entrance ..well without a ladder which we didnt have,so i apologise for lack of info as i just wanted to get in get report up and go bed! Right myself nite walker...