Remains of st Marys abbey - Kenilworth

 Remains of St Marys Abbey 

                                             Date: october 

                                           Location:  Kenilworth

                                           Abandoned or Public : public 

                                          Delmoished: No

This was our last exploration of the day and to be hosted, I was a little bit disappointed as online it looked a little better, but as we were in the area there was no harm checking it out, most of the area was under construction and there is a small park nearby.

Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Garden - Kenilworth

Kenilworth Castle and Elizabethan Gardens.

                                             Date: october 

                                           Location:  Kenilworth

                                           Abandoned or Public : public 

                                          Delmoished: No

This was our first exploration of the day, and was an interesting one too - Once we arrived we parked in the free carpark ( if you English H member ), and headed down to the entrance of the castle, we got our tickets and headed into the castle, thankful the weather held out and it wasn't that bad, some parts of the castle were flooded, on the ground due to the heavy rainfall and some parts was slippy but overall was a good little explore.

 

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.