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Gunpowder Mills Chilworth. Not sure if this is worthy enough o be on here..but it has a lot of history towards it! The mills were built over 300 years ago and were operational from the 1620s until 1920, being most extensive and productive in the 17th century and from the 1880s to the end of...

Got a few grid refs and ground collapses n filled in entrances n filled in drift looking areas all around between godstone n dorking that I want to dig out and gain entry to some mines, need some extra hands tho to get it done.. any like minded explorers that are as enthusiastic as me about...

The Former University of Law, Guildford – Abandoned Campus Explore History The Guildford campus of the University of Law (formerly the College of Law) was one of the institution’s major teaching centres for decades. Originally opened in the 1960s, the site served tens of thousands of trainee...

We urbexed this huge old fort. This was one of many that were built as part of The London Defence Scheme, in preparation for war. These forts were used to store weapons and ammunition in preparation for war. This fort was amazing! There was a basement with multiple rooms and extremely narrow...

Long time since been on here, but moved about a bit and now just about at the Surrey/London border and hoping to find others that are ready to explore! Feel free to reply here or drop me a DM :)

History (Copied from doozer) This pillar-and-stall quarry consists of seven or eight sub-parallel extraction tunnels running steeply down-dip. interlinked by remarkably few and narrow man-ways throngh the intervening pillars. Ceiling heights are even lower than in the Merstham and Chaldon...

History/info This pillar-and-stall quarry consists of seven or eight sub-parallel extraction tunnels running steeply down-dip. interlinked by remarkably few and narrow man-ways throngh the intervening pillars. Ceiling heights are even lower than in the Merstham and Chaldon quarries, of the order...

Come on peeps who's on it then ?? Got 2 in one location n 2 in another n we are in sonny jim no F ing about mate lol straight in all 4..

Access to this mine is strictly by permission of the WCMS. Contact them if you’d like permission to enter and they’d be happy to help!!!!!! History The quarry was worked for Firestone, a building stone, before the advent of railways this was the best available stone in the Home Counties. It is...

Hey everyone, I'm new to the forum and to urban exploration in general, but I've been pretty fascinated by abandoned places, decaying architecture, and industrial history for a while now. I'm around Surrey and Bedfordshire, and have been doing a lot of research into the history of places...

History Two underground mines were discovered in the 60’s by cavers, one was named quarry dean and the other was named football field quarry. Both mines (which I’m convinced were connected at one point) date back as early as the roman era. The stone quarried from these mines were used to build...

History High quality sand deposits in Reigate were mined at least since the 1700’s up untill the early 1900’s. This left numerous mines (or caves in which they are known by) around the town. Most of the sand extracted was used to make glass in horticulture and as a cleaning abrasive. After the...

I’ve had a bit of a break from urbex recently but we got word that this place was now open. Have tried a couple of times before but it had security with land sharks and was then taken over by travellers. The garden centre is a complete mess, stripped out and vandalised but had a few nice...

Ramptons Trains Peter John Rampton, born in 1934, passed away on July 3, 2019. His name is well known in narrow gauge circles in connection with saving a major collection of locomotives and carriages, as well as for his links to Brecon Mountain and Vale of Rheidol Railway’s, but few...

Hello, this is my first post on here. I'm mainly in surrey but also have another house over in Devon so I'm open to locations from either. I've done some exploring before but only have 2 locations that I've gone to so far one wasn't great but the other was the fernhurst research station which...