Cool pics of urban exploring, abandoned machines and stuff

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Robbie B said:

I did some research about places near me the other day and I stumbled across something interesting. There's a big forest near me that's on private land but not too difficult to get on (no houses/security or offices nearby). It's at the back of a disused war time runway and apparently inside this forest are still bomb shelters. I'm positively buzzing with excitement about trying to get in there. No one has got any pictures of inside yet. I just need the weather to buck up its ideas. I'll keep you chaps posted.

Is that near the "market"

[DannyScene]

thismonkeyhere said:

Was down in 'Burlington' the other day. Awesome.

Oh I would fking love a piece of Burlington!!

[thismonkeyhere]

DannyScene said:

Oh I would fking love a piece of Burlington!!

It is amazing, for sure. Spent about four hours down there. Could have happily doubled that and carried on exploring.

'Done to death' to a certain extent in online forums etc but has to be amongst the top places to visit.

[RobbieKB]

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Robbie B said:

I did some research about places near me the other day and I stumbled across something interesting. There's a big forest near me that's on private land but not too difficult to get on (no houses/security or offices nearby). It's at the back of a disused war time runway and apparently inside this forest are still bomb shelters. I'm positively buzzing with excitement about trying to get in there. No one has got any pictures of inside yet. I just need the weather to buck up its ideas. I'll keep you chaps posted.

Is that near the "market"

I don't think so but my ears have pricked up If you don't want to post a location on here please PM me it!

[DannyScene]

thismonkeyhere said:

DannyScene said:

Oh I would fking love a piece of Burlington!!

It is amazing, for sure. Spent about four hours down there. Could have happily doubled that and carried on exploring.

'Done to death' to a certain extent in online forums etc but has to be amongst the top places to visit.

Yeah from my online snooping it looks like I'd want a good 2 days at least. Is it possible to pro hobo it?

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RobbieKB said:

I don't think so but my ears have pricked up If you don't want to post a location on here please PM me it!

PM sent

[Morningside]

thismonkeyhere said:

DannyScene said:

Oh I would fking love a piece of Burlington!!

It is amazing, for sure. Spent about four hours down there. Could have happily doubled that and carried on exploring.

'Done to death' to a certain extent in online forums etc but has to be amongst the top places to visit.

Photos?

Is it really as amazing as I read about and still that large?

[thismonkeyhere]

Morningside said:

Photos?

Is it really as amazing as I read about and still that large?

Could do some photos - didn't think anyone would be that interested, there seems to be quite a few online already. (And I forgot my camera so they're all 'phone pics - not too bad though)

It is amazing and it is very big, and Burlington is only a small part of what's down there.

Highlights - many, but maybe the BBC studio, the telephone exchange, the library and the huge split level dining hall with circa-1960s coffee machines, immaculate and unused, filter papers next to them, just sat waiting for the coffee order that'll never come.

Oh, and the stores - the piles and piles and piles of Government stores just sat there, rotting.

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Morningside said:

thismonkeyhere said:

DannyScene said:

Oh I would fking love a piece of Burlington!!

It is amazing, for sure. Spent about four hours down there. Could have happily doubled that and carried on exploring.

'Done to death' to a certain extent in online forums etc but has to be amongst the top places to visit.

Photos?

Is it really as amazing as I read about and still that large?

I have some MOD DVD's of that place

[pidsy]

wow, burlington is huge! - over 60 miles of tunnels.

their main site gives an interesting map overlay on this page:

http://www.burlingtonbunker.co.uk/maps/

gives you an idea of scale. looks very secure though.

[hidetheelephants]

Jabbah said:

Panama canal?

[DannyScene]

thismonkeyhere said:

It is amazing, for sure. Spent about four hours down there. Could have happily doubled that and carried on exploring.

'Done to death' to a certain extent in online forums etc but has to be amongst the top places to visit.

Was it burlington where the lads from 28dl got the electric cart running and drove round on it? It was on youtube and in the news as well

[PumpkinSteve]

I love looking at stuff like this, I wish I could own a bunker myself

[thismonkeyhere]

PumpkinSteve said:

I wish I could own a bunker myself

There was a house with bunker for sale fairly recently. I may have read about it in this thread?

I so wanted it, but the practicalities of family and work life got in the way....

[Vieste]

Some R4 ROTOR bunkers are still for sale in the uk.

[AJLintern]

So if there was some sort of incident these days, where would the government go? I guess there must still be a bunker they can use which is prepared and ready? If so, is it known about? Or is it as secret as many of these decommissioned facilities were in the past?

[pidsy]

Vieste said:

Some R4 ROTOR bunkers are still for sale in the uk.

there was a cool one for sale by auction not long ago - came with 2 acres of forest, access road and a 5 room reinforced bunker.

guide was £14k - sold for £60k (no planning permission for anything)

[The Don of Croy]

AJLintern said:

So if there was some sort of incident these days, where would the government go? I guess there must still be a bunker they can use which is prepared and ready? If so, is it known about? Or is it as secret as many of these decommissioned facilities were in the past?

They'd need a pretty big bunker since ole Cleggy would insist that EVERYONE was included (all 62 million).

[shakotan]

Too much chat, not enough pics.

[Olf]

You may have seen this on the BBC:

http://detroit138squaremiles.com/