Report - Lincombe Hall GPSS - Stourport-on-Severn - June 2021

[Grom]

This is the 3rd derelict GPSS PSD site that I've explored, the next site north from GPSS Upton. Explored with @chills.


History

Follow the river Severn north from GPSS Upton and just before you reach Stourport-On-Severn you will see traces of the next Pipeline storage site. Lincombe Hall GPSS (PSD) is a smaller site than some of the others, consisting of just one site.

The site formed part of the UK wide network of 'secret' pipelines that supplied aviation fuels to airfields during WW2. The GPSS Pipeline was eventually sold off and privatised in the 90s, with many parts of it falling into disuse. Many sites are still active today and are part of the CHL Pipeline.

Sometime between 2013-2018 the site was fully decommissioned with many of the surface pipes and tanks removed. Now it's under new private ownership but the future of the site is unknown.


The Explore

The explore started off with a bit of an unexpectedly long walk to find the first part of the site. This was the remains of the Pump room by the river. However it was extremely flooded, and totally inaccessible. It was clear it didn't see much footfall as we had to carve our own path through waist height nettles and brambles.

To the next part involved a rather long walk though a Caravan Park and up a hill to the main entrance of the site. We had to look busy as some random bloke was standing at the gate looking very interested in what was inside. Once he got bored and cleared off we found our way in.

There were fewer surface features here than the other sites, with only some underground areas accessible. This upper part of the site was connected to the lower part of the site down a very steep hill.

This was definitely the least interesting of the 3 sites I've seen so far, with not to much accessible other than blanked off tanks.
Still, nice to have this one documented!


Photos

The lower site:

The

The pump rooms stairs flooded.

The Upper Site.

I believe this is 'live' part of the pipeline just surfacing.

Access to the Tanks was through a row of covered entrances.

Inside

The access ports at the top of the ladders seen from the outside.

 

[chills]

Nice write up and snaps. Lots of walking and good day out there despite not getting into the tanks like the other sites! Couple of my different photos from the day below ✌

 

[HughieD]

Love these GPSS sited. Nicely covered...

 

[Calamity Jane]

Still plenty to document. So your daily exercise was well & truly covered. Well done both. Great snaps there. :

 

[A man called Martyn]

When i visited i regretted wearing shorts as i cut my leg on the razor wire and found the nettles unbearable. Prior to decommissioning the depot appeared to have a very basic Road loading gantry. If Regent Oil and BPA ever dealt with Road tankers at the site it most have being a challenge to get one in and out again.
As for the "Live Part" an operational pipeline still passed through the splitter manifold up until last year. This has since being re-routed. Lincombe (Hall) supplied another GPSS depot in Stourport, Which is long gone and the site is now a caravan park. A small Conoco depot in Stourport was also supplied via Pipeline from Lincombe.

 

[Grom]

When i visited i regretted wearing shorts as i cut my leg on the razor wire and found the nettles unbearable. Prior to decommissioning the depot appeared to have a very basic Road loading gantry. If Regent Oil and BPA ever dealt with Road tankers at the site it most have being a challenge to get one in and out again.
As for the "Live Part" an operational pipeline still passed through the splitter manifold up until last year. This has since being re-routed. Lincombe (Hall) supplied another GPSS depot in Stourport, Which is long gone and the site is now a caravan park. A small Conoco depot in Stourport was also supplied via Pipeline from Lincombe.

Shorts was a mistake! Especially this time of the year.

Now I have to work out where the next one is north from here. I've mapped quite a few out, but I've got a massive gap between here and GPSS Goostrey.

 

[A man called Martyn]

Shorts was a mistake! Especially this time of the year.

Now I have to work out where the next one is north from here. I've mapped quite a few out, but I've got a massive gap between here and GPSS Goostrey.

Heading north you have a pump station in Stourport, which is still operating. Then a disused pump station in bridgnorth and another disused one in market Drayton. After that the first depot is Beeston castle.