Report - Singledge Water Tower - Kent - Apr 22

[Bikin Glynn]

Singledge Water Tower

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Really struggling to find much about this place other than it was built around 1906 & went up for sale in 2018 with planning for residential development.

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A friendly local told me the roof had come off the tower just a month before my visit in a storm, lucky that didnt land on anyone I guess.
I actually really enjoyed my mooch round here with my son while on hol last year.

Thanks For Looking
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[dansgas1000]

That's lovely, I do have a thing for a good water tower. It reminds me somewhat of one of the water tower at Shotley Gate on the old HMS Ganges site.

 

[Bikin Glynn]

That's lovely, I do have a thing for a good water tower. It reminds me somewhat of one of the water tower at Shotley Gate on the old HMS Ganges site.

thanks dude, I really like it

 

[Exploring With Pride 🌈]

Singledge Water Tower

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Really struggling to find much about this place other than it was built around 1906 & went up for sale in 2018 with planning for residential development.

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A friendly local told me the roof had come off the tower just a month before my visit in a storm, lucky that didnt land on anyone I guess.
I actually really enjoyed my mooch round here with my son while on hol last year.

Thanks For Looking
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I remember doing this a while back only cos we happened to see it from the motorway a few times thinking it was a farm silo till i eventually had a look on maps

 

[obscurity]

Proper local to me this. Been up ontop of with thing with @Wevsky a good few years back and it was proper dangerous then, dread to think what state it's in up top now!

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Proper local to me this. Been up ontop of with thing with @Wevsky a good few years back and it was proper dangerous then, dread to think what state it's in up top now!

Nice, is that up the internal "steps"? i did consider it but thought it a bit daft.
As mentioned 70% of the roof blown off just before my visit so if the floor is timber it will be proper fkd now.

Could still make a nice house though, not sure if it sold.

 

[Calamity Jane]

Wow, never seen this! This is quite lovely. Great images there.

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Wow, never seen this! This is quite lovely. Great images there.

thanks Jane, strange the post went unnoticed for 2 weeks lol

 

[obscurity]

Nice, is that up the internal "steps"? i did consider it but thought it a bit daft.
As mentioned 70% of the roof blown off just before my visit so if the floor is timber it will be proper fkd now.

Could still make a nice house though, not sure if it sold.

The internal steps only get you up to the base of the tank, we got a table, a scaffolding ladder and climbed up what's left of the original ladder. I wouldn't do it these days tbf 😂

 

[Calamity Jane]

thanks Jane, strange the post went unnoticed for 2 weeks lol

So it did. Weird. It just popped up for me on new posts.

 

[Mrbrown85]

I walked past this last year on a DofE expedition and wondered what this was. great Little insight to it.