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  1. Hidinginplanesite

    Report - Gala Bingo / Buzz Bingo Hall - Chatham - medway - Jan 2025

    As this already made it round, as its being bored up ( Inside and outside as they are also boring up the doors from the inside & On other urbex forms via different people ) i post my report post my report. I have known about the bingo hall ever since it closed down in 2020, and I have always...
  2. Webbs0710

    Report - Kingsnorth Coal Jetty, Medway Estuary, May 24

    The Kingsnorth power station was a 2000MW dual fired station situated in the River Medway estuary. This was an ideal location as it allowed coal to be brought in by sea. Another Location I was shown by @Exploring With Pride ๐ŸŒˆ whilst down in Kent, making good use of his boat on a gorgeous day...
  3. Scanetri_

    Newbie from Medway, Kent.

    Heya, ive done a few local sites such as Grain Tower, looking to get out and see some other places if theres any possiblity :)
  4. Wastelandr

    Report - Medway Trip to Fort Darnet & Kingsnorth Coal Jetty - August 2023

    Way back in 2021, I ventured to Fort Hoo in the River Medway via an inflatable canoe as detailed in my report below. It was an incredibly photogenic place, although the adventure became more memorable for missing the high tide by a matter of half an hour and having to wait until dark to return...
  5. Exploring With Pride ๐ŸŒˆ

    Report - St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School (May 2023) Medway

    St John Fisher Catholic Comprehensive School was of two schools in Chatham that moved to Rochester to combine the two schools into one site, this one is the larger one, among its former students are ballroom dancer and tv presenter, james jordan and retired footballer, jimmy corbett who played...
  6. Wastelandr

    Report - Hoo Fort, River Medway - September 2021

    The History Hoo Fort was one of the many Palmerston Forts built across the country following the 1859 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, which decided that hundreds of forts and batteries should be built across the UK's coastline incase of an invasion by France, named after...
  7. War explorer

    Medway area

    Hello everyone, what available in Medway area to explore ? Thanks
  8. Stumpy_UX

    Hello from Medway.

    Hello from Medway. Iโ€™ve been exploring for almost 3 years now. Like many I got into the hobby when lockdowns hit. With a lot of extra free time and only being able to meet a select few friends outside we began looking for interesting places to visit. Since then Iโ€™ve met a number of great...
  9. Lndnpdd

    Report - Fort Hoo, River Medway - May 2021

    The History Fort Hoo and Fort Darnet were built on the recommendations of the 1859 Royal Commission. It is located on Hoo Island covering Pinup Reach, the inner navigable channel of the River Medway. A detailed history on this fort can be found here or in the excellent write up a couple of...
  10. T

    Report - Grain Tower Battery, Grain, Kent, 18th September 2011

    The History Grain Tower Battery (aka Number 1 The Thames) was constructed between 1848 and 1855. It stands at the mouth of the River Medway with Southend visible on the other side of the estuary. Construction is in the style of a Martello Tower with more modern additions made during WW1...
  11. Exploring With Pride ๐ŸŒˆ

    Report - Medway estuary WW1 submarine wreck

    May 21 We finally got round to visiting the wreck of (named UB122) although the name was actually another vessel and has just been widely associated with this particular wreck. At the end of WW1, at least 100 of Germanyโ€™s U-boats (submarines) were confiscated, and towed IMG_0699over to here to...
  12. Lndnpdd

    Report - Shipwrecks on Hoo Island, RIver Medway - May 2021

    So this report is something a little different from the usual on this site and is hopefully of interest to a few people on here, apologies to the people who might find this a bit boring. In the River Medway, there are two forts which were completed in the 1872 and sit on isolated islands either...
  13. K

    Report - Fort Clarence - Rochester - Kent - West Casemates - January 2021

    Quick bit of history: This is one of the many forts in Medway and construction started in 1808 and completed in 1812. The fort was built to run from its flanking tower Medway Tower that sat on the river right through to it's other flanking tower Maidstone Tower on Maidstone road, sadly neither...
  14. Hidinginplanesite

    Report - Cars in the wood - Kent - April 2021

    Tbh there is no where to even put this report so I though Iโ€™ll just put in this ! The Explore Today we went and explored some local woods in Kent, after seeing these cars online a few times and some help from a Non explore ( i assume someone who local ) they gave me the right direction to the...
  15. Hidinginplanesite

    Report - Cliffe marsh - Medway - April 2021

    Just another small report that has no use anywhere els Iโ€™m no stranger to cliffe marsh and I only ended up there today as a friend off mine wanted to go up to the fort and see a few other Bits that the marsh has to offer iv been to all these places before and have documented them in the past...
  16. Hidinginplanesite

    Report - Fort pitt tunnels and guardhouse - feb 2021

    THE EXPLORE: Fort pit tunnel : Living local to fort Pitt, iv know about the tunnels for a good 7 years but have failed to find the entrance on a number of occasions In 2020 I got told that an entrance had been found and you can access the part of the tunnels, but I held off going for ages...
  17. Hidinginplanesite

    Report - Sturdee Sports & Social Club - Medway - December 2020

    I first spotted this place back in October on the way back from picking your own pumpkin but I wasn't sure if you could get into it - then I forgot about it until I saw another explore ( @Chloe Explores ) got in .. So after i saw this i though ill head down to the social club my self on a late...
  18. Llama

    Report - The North Downs Irrigation Tunnels, Medway - August / October 2020

    History: The North Downs, also known as the chalk spine of Kent, has a long history of water supply going back centuries. The downs itself, stretches all the way from Farnham in Surrey, right across to Dover in Kent, and is of course entirely made up of a chalk base. The chalk itself has a...
  19. AdTreads

    Report - Matthews Equestrian Centre, Medway, August 2020

    Me and mate went out for a ride through a country park, on the hope of exploring some houses we see before. Heard about this place before but stumbled across it, chained the bike up and in we went. Won't add too much as many have posted before. Me mate found this online, This is an awesome...
  20. Wastelandr

    Report - Fort Clarence East Castemates, August 2020

    Really excellent place, incredibly well tucked away and as a result I didn't see a single piece of modern rubbish inside, not even a monster munch packet or a stella can. Nice to see somewhere a bit older than the usual Victorian Palmerston Forts after having seen plenty of those. Explored with...
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