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Loddington Culvert, Leicestershire, January 2017

HISTORY ("borrowed" from previous reports - thanks guys) The GNR & LNWR joint railway line ran from Nottingham (or Newark), via Melton Mowbray, and on to Market Harborough & Northampton, built...

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Ventor, Rochdale - January 2017

Ventor is a combined sewer overflow near Rochdale with a stone and brick outfall to the River Roch. Just a few metres in is a large concrete chamber. Straight ahead is a section of RCP which leads to a...

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Child Snatcher - Meltham - January 2017

Child Snatcher - Meltham [/URL] This has been on my list of places to visit for a bit now, turned up a few days ago only to find out I'd left all my torches in another bag at home. At least it gave me...

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Yarn Spinner - Meltham - January 2017

Yarn Spinner - Meltham This was the second culvert of the day after Child Snatcher further up the valley. It turned out to be a topsy turvy explore in the end. I had a good idea where the upper end...

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Megatron - Sheffield 2016

The almighty Megatron Megatron is a brick-built Victorian storm drain beneath Sheffield city centre where three rivers meet. ... Megatron - Sheffield 2016

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Double Trouble, Runcorn - December 2016

History Runcorn, which derives its name from the Anglo-Saxon term rumcofan (meaning a wide cove or bay), is a small industrial town and cargo port in Cheshire. It is located alongside the southern bank...

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Loddington Culvert - February 2017

Nice little culvert, a fun explore with the drain dweller himself @KM_Punk. Located near Loddington, the culvert channels the brook under the railway that closed about 50 or so years ago. Interesting...

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Marefield Culvert - February 2017

Under the Masefield junction, one large culvert turns into two. One is with a fast, strong culvert and the other is sinking mud. Nice explore, once again with @KM_Punk. A short one so I didn't take...

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Bunker, Warrington - May 2016

The first storm drains we have explored & it was a bit of a challenge if I must say, firstly we didn't really know were to start, a few searches online and we found a much easier access point...

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Worsley Brook Culvert (Old Worsley), Manchester - December 2016

History Once part of Lancashire, Worsley is a small town in Greater Manchester, England. It is first mentioned in the Great Rolls of the Pipe (a collection of financial records maintained by the...

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Loddington Culvert, Leicestershire, January 2017

HISTORY ("borrowed" from previous reports - thanks guys) The GNR & LNWR joint railway line ran from Nottingham (or Newark), via Melton Mowbray, and on to Market Harborough & Northampton, built...

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Ventor, Rochdale - January 2017

Ventor is a combined sewer overflow near Rochdale with a stone and brick outfall to the River Roch. Just a few metres in is a large concrete chamber. Straight ahead is a section of RCP which leads to a...

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Megatron - Sheffield 2016

The almighty Megatron Megatron is a brick-built Victorian storm drain beneath Sheffield city centre where three rivers meet. ... Megatron - Sheffield 2016

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Child Snatcher - Meltham - January 2017

Child Snatcher - Meltham [/URL] This has been on my list of places to visit for a bit now, turned up a few days ago only to find out I'd left all my torches in another bag at home. At least it gave me...

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Yarn Spinner - Meltham - January 2017

Yarn Spinner - Meltham This was the second culvert of the day after Child Snatcher further up the valley. It turned out to be a topsy turvy explore in the end. I had a good idea where the upper end...

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Double Trouble, Runcorn - December 2016

History Runcorn, which derives its name from the Anglo-Saxon term rumcofan (meaning a wide cove or bay), is a small industrial town and cargo port in Cheshire. It is located alongside the southern bank...

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Marefield Culvert - February 2017

Under the Masefield junction, one large culvert turns into two. One is with a fast, strong culvert and the other is sinking mud. Nice explore, once again with @KM_Punk. A short one so I didn't take...

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Loddington Culvert - February 2017

Nice little culvert, a fun explore with the drain dweller himself @KM_Punk. Located near Loddington, the culvert channels the brook under the railway that closed about 50 or so years ago. Interesting...

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Brushes Reservoir Bypass Culvert February 2017

I’ve been in and out of a few small culverts now, but I think this is my first proper explore and certainly my first report. I’d seen the report by Jim and The Lone Ranger and taken the lack of...

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Lees Brook Culvert - Lees, Oldham - Feb 2014

Lees Brook Culvert – Lees, Oldham History Essentially this is a continuation of the Majestic Culverts as it lies about a mile downstream, even though the area and local mill is called Lees Brook it...

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