Chilworth Gunpowder Mills - Surrey

Chilworth Gunpowder Mills

Date:  October 2021

Location: Surry

Public or Abandoned:  Public

Demolished: Yes - Now ruins

Youtube Video

This explore was a pretty simple and easy one as it was open for anyone to go and explore - we parked up close to the country park walk entrance and then made our way  down the orange route seeing all the gun powder mills remain on the way - at the end of the route is the massive chain house ruins that you can go in and out of some the rooms as they have been left over for everyone to see 

the site itself is very peaceful with plenty to do and a place to sit.

its said that gunpowder works was built over 300 years ago and once was a thriving and successful gunpowder mill. it said the site is now one of many historic sites around surrey, Sadly most of the buildings was demolished in 20th century,  The gun powder mills is apparently an example of a 17th century mill  that produced gun powder 

Dorking Deepdene 2021 - Surrey

Dorking Deepdene

Date:   October 2021

Location: Surrey

Public or Abandoned: Abandoned

Demolished:  No

Youtube Video Yes

I have been to this location before in the past ( 2018 report here )  but we were in the area visiting something else but went back to the deepene bunker to show one of our friends who had never been in an underground tunnel.

getting to the explore was pretty simple just had to take a long way round to the historical walk as they are now building a home at the bottom of the historical gardens. 

getting into the tunnels was pretty easy, once inside was surprised how much of it has been trashed and it to looked so different from when I first explored back in 2018 - but when in the tunnels did bump into some local.

it is said that the tunnels had a control room, meeting room battery room, bedroom for the night staff, and a few other things to operate from. and that the tunnels were in used 24/7 -  when the tunnels stop operating is unclear