a very little history is known on these gas towers but they have come to a common landscape around the UK after the gas holder was no longer required. most of the gasholders are waiting to be demolished with no date set in mind
this one stands at the strand in Gillingham and has become a landmark at the current time.
they say that the fort was built around 1813 but was used as a hospital in 1828 and then used for an "asylum " in 1847 it is said that in 1930 fort Pitt grammar school overtook the site, and then in 1986 UCA Rochester was built losing what was left of the fort.
Living local to fort Pitt, iv known 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 because it got very popular with other explores.
In Feb 2021, I finally went to the small part tunnels, because it had died down with other people going to it, get into the tunnels well that was an interesting one for sure but I’m gonna leave it there. Once inside I was surprised that a lot had been back filed in but there was still a decent amount to see, overall spent a good 30/40 mins in there taking photos.
The Guardhouse : Well there is not much to say about the guardhouse & iv been before, but to my surprise, I was surprised to see it still open π This one is not that interesting only because it one room but made a good mooch.
As we were wrapping up our day of exploring, our friend suggested that we check out an air raid shelter hidden in plain sight in the middle of the park. We headed over to the manhole cover that we needed to lift and opened it up, then lowered the ladder down.
Once inside, the layout was pretty simple and similar to most air raid shelters I have visited. This one was a relatively quick explore.
We were out exploring all day, and this was one of the first places we checked out. I have to say, getting in and out was not easy due to an extremely tight gap, but it was still very cool to explore.
I still can't find much history on this site, but it is related to Fort Pitt.
