St peters swingfield , Kent

 St Peters Church 

                                           Date: october 

                                           Location: kent 

                                           Abandoned or Public : public 

                                          Delmoished: No

I somehow missed this church when I was last in the area, so I thought we should go and check it out, getting to the church was interesting as there was a huge puddle in the country lane and driving a petrol car was not always a good thing but we made it though, we parked up and then headed to the church -  but soon an I got out the car it started to really heavy rain :( - once inside I thought I was gonna be in a dark church but the lights work :D so that was  a bonus even though they work at 10 minutes a time, the church was lovely inside as it had been all set up for remembrance day,  

Like many other churches that are redundant, this church backdates to around the 13th century  and was restored in 1870 it said that the church was made redundant back in 2000 bit in 2011 CCT took over the church and opened it up to the public, like most redundant churches it Anglican 

 

St Clements Church, Knowlton

 St Clement Church - Knowlton 

                                           Date: october 

                                           Location: kent 

                                           Abandoned or Public : public 

                                          Delmoished: No

 This was our  last exploration of the day and a very quick one, once we parked up we walked around the church and went in, it was a very small  church, but it was very beautiful inside, Once inside we looked around, as we were leaving the church I we did notice that you can turn the lights on in this church ( what make it funnier is that there a sign ) 

It said that st clement church is a beautiful redundant church, that it is grade 1 listed, and back dates to Anglican times,  It said it was originally from the 14 or 15th century, and it said that the st clement church was oringal a private chapel, it also noted that in 1855 the church was restored.

In 1991 the church was taken over by the church's conservation trust.

Grain fort tunnels - Revist - Medway

 Grain fort Tunnels

                                            Date: october 

                                           Location: kent 

                                           Abandoned or Public : Abandoned 

                                          Delmoished: No

This was not my first visit and this most prob won't be my last visit. we were showing a friend the tunnels, and this time we had our 3-year-old with me too - who safe to say loved going inside the tunnels ( starting them young aha) , The only difference about visits this time, as I saw there was a small amount of remains of the fort above ground too which I have never notice in the past.

Grain Fort was always an interesting one to explore because the entrances are hidden but in plain sight too -  it said that tunnels A & B are connected and tunnel C is on its own as they have been backfilled somewhere in between.

 it said that the grain fort was built back in 1860, but in 1960 the main fort was demolished leaving only the underground tunnels. 

All Saints Church, Waldershare

All Saints Church 

                                             Date: october 

                                           Location: kent 

                                           Abandoned or Public : public 

                                          Delmoished: No

on our day trip out in and around Dover, we thought we would check out a few redundant and all saints church  was the first one we checked out, we parked the car and headed to the church, we signed the guest book and started looking around, it such a beautiful little church,

So it said that all saint churches are redundant Anglican churches, and is also said that the church is grade 2 listed,  it said that the church is said to back to the 12th century, sadly in 1980 the church was, declared redundant, but in 2006 CCT took over the church and open to public.

The old warden tunnel - Bedford

 The old Warden tunnel

                                            Date: october 

                                           Location: Bedfrod 

                                           Abandoned or Public : Abandoned 

                                          Delmoished: No

This was are last exploration of the day and to be there is not much to say about this one, it a very easy walk down as they opened it up as a nature reserve, once we got down to the tunnel entrance there was a bunch of rotting away car's and this always sad to see as it makes you wonder what happened to them, but then I spotted a hornet and that thing looked angry, As we approached the tunnel entrance you can hear yellow jackets buzzing around so we though it is best not to go and walk down the tunnels as did not want to be stung, so I stuck my camera though the entrance and got a photo of the tunnel.

So it said that the tunnel was part of the Midland Railway that would of connected Bedford, Hitchin and london together between 1853-and 1857

it said that the tunnel has been sitting abandoned for over 40 years.

Esplanade Tunnels - Dover - Revisit

 Esplanade Tunnels 

                                          Date: october 

                                           Location: Dover 

                                           Abandoned or Public : Abandoned 

                                          Delmoished: No

This was our first visit in over - And once we were inside - I forgot how big the site was, This was my second visit so I didn't take many photos this time ( 2019 visit ) can be found here :) , The tunnels have not changed much and are still the same, just a bit more chalk wring on the wall compared to last time.

So it said that the Esplanade tunnels was used in ww2 as a civilian shelter, the tunnels are a big complex that connected trevannion caves, athrol terrance cave together that was once linked by guilford tunnel,  It is  a romoure that these tunnel could open to public one day but it all hearsay.

 

Christ Church air-raid shelter dover

 

Christ Church air-raid 

                                           Date: october 

                                           Location: Dover 

                                           Abandoned or Public : Abandoned 

                                          Delmoished: No

This second exploration of the day was in the Dover area and I have to say it was a pain to get to it as one of the One time only explore due to how awarded it is to get to the tunnels,  once we were on the side, it wasn't that big still a nice little mooch.

So it said it was originally a small air raid shelter that was for a school,  but after the school was demolished it said it would hold up to 180 people.