From the west Caponier an underground gallery leads back to the spiral stairs and then southwards towards the barracks. I went to the top left one on top of hill. Must have. Did you get sent any information on entrances to the bunker? This web publication contains 152,464 pages of information and 237,139 images on early companies, their products and the people who designed and built them. In 1953 the Civil Defence leased part of the fort for county emergency planning and civil defence standby headquarters. typical of a tunnel. Improve this listing All photos (52) Top ways to experience nearby attractions Portsmouth Historic Dockyard: Ultimate Explorer Ticket 149 Attractions & Museums from $46.64 per adult The Barrack block walls were 4 5 feet thick with a thick reinforced concrete roof. James Callaghan Drive. The walls had loopholes for rifle fire. These notions are not true, except for the fact that they are After spending a few minutes recording the carvings in the chalk tunnel walls, we continued downwards, following a sign that told us we were heading towards the west caponier. This has been demolished and back filled. I may still have some plans from the report I prepared back then. Portsdown. Wymering Church by a tunnel. is the The diagram was just inside the east access tunnel, however long gone now I expect someone has liberated it! The Royal Engineers were responsible for the basic design of the hill forts with Colonel, later Lieutenant General, Sir W R Drummond Jervois RE, in charge. Get the Carpark Rates App. Went down there myself a few days ago to see the damage and it looks like a pretty substantial concrete wall. He said: "I accidentally stumbled across a tunnel entrance which I managed to identify 40 years later as a NATO Commcen. would welcome any contributions that would conclusively prove it I have been 3 times over the last 3 weeks and I havent found an open entrance yet, I know of a entrance that will not be secured yet . some variation at the entrance and exit. Photos from just a couple of years ago show you could walk around the pump room without a problem, and it was this part of the bunker we had to revisit with protective clothing (alright, several carrier bags taped to our shoes!) tunnels are possibly 500ft long. Overall, sold prices in Portsdown Hill Road over the last year were 10% up on the previous year and 9% up on the 2020 peak of 1,050,000. Regards and keep up with this very interesting and local The best job I had. location there - I never found any evidence to support these ideas. Fort Nelson Fort Nelson, near Portsmouth, is home to the Royal Armouries' national collection of artillery and historic cannon - free admission. Besides five new batteries constructed along the sea front, there were six new forts built Gomer, Grange, Rowner, Brockhurst, Elson and Fareham. Both South entrances are still very much sealed with the doors welded closed and RSJs welded to the doors. Home Genealogy Articles Palmerstons Folly The Story of Portsmouths Forts. UPDATE: !!!! Keep them coming Thanks, Your email address will not be published. OBSCURED Another tunnel entrance now lost in the undergrowth on the slopes of Portsdown Hill When the air raid sirens sounded, people would flee their homes for the night and make their way. There are also museums etc to visit if you wish. Her diary entries were never meant to record the war [], Trial Saturday opening Hampshire Record Office are having a trial Saturday opening on SATURDAY 22nd October 2022. bunkers, and until that time I didn't know they existed, always saw the Hampshire and IOW Air Ambulance has been called to assist on scene along side the ground ambulances. church on the right, with the Manor in the background, in which The role will require you attend 6 Executive Committee meetings and currently 3 Development Forum meetings. Underground tunnels went from the barrack block to the caponiers in the moat. Thanks. Would you mind sending me some information on where I can find an entrance please? Both very much sealed. Squirrel Hill Tunnel construction began in 1946 and opened to traffic on June 5, 1953. Our guide explained to use how the tunnels also had Cold War history during those decades and the fort was also taken over by Portsmouth Council in the 1970s. all over the face of the caponier shown in the background of the photo If you park on Lime Grove, a street by the bottom and walk across the fields, basically follow the danger signs you will see a few entrances where you can reach the edges of the bunker but its still sealed off at the moment mainly. Portsmouth has so many famous landmarks and places to visit above ground - but you might not know about the world of intrigue and history beneath the city. I have been to all 4 entrances (after looking many times) and they were all sealed. The site was uncovered by contractors during a period of Ten lives were lost to cave-ins before the tunnel was even completed. Open year round (1 Jan 2023 - 31 Dec 2023) * Fort Nelson is open daily during school holidays and Wednesday-Sunday during term time, 10am to 5pm. THE EARLY HISTORY. The tunnels have been sealed up, so there is nothing much to be seen now. Take the exit sign posted for Gosport and Fareham. Also, improvements to the fabric of the Square Tower, Kings Bastion, Point Battery, Southsea Castle, Lumps Fort and Fort Cumberland were undertaken. true local legends. But that doesnt mean Fort Widley wasnt used during WW2. bushes and grass. The platforms on the inner side of the rampart were for additional guns firing over the parapet. Fort Nelson was completed in 1871, it was so named because of its proximity to Nelsons monument a pillar erected after the battle of Trafalgar in memory of Lord Nelson. Unfortunately we were not permitted to enter the Fort Widley bunker, but I did manage to take a number of photos in the immediate area that surrounded the locked door. For more information, contact Fine and . centre. hinges to a metal frame with a concrete or plaster surround against the After finding the site about "Portsdown Tunnels", I found and of course locked, what I can remember is the doors were fixed on Terje Dahl, Editor, The Norwegian internet magazin Sydhav Compensation of 95,200 was granted to his estate for damages to amenities, the question not fully settled until September 1862. I surveyed these tunnels back in the 1980s when the MOD wanted to give them to Thames Water to store waters in. This feature back out and not walk around in circles and by using the flint we wasn't There is still a way in? So my question being have you ever heard of any tunnels in that area? Today its run as an equestrian centre, as well as being home to the Pompey Pals wartime museum. Palmerston Forts. Portsdown Hill. The Portsdown Hill Countryside Officer is based as Fort Widley, Portsdown Hill Road. Hampshire and iow news. Search for Carpark Rates, ERP Gantry and Petrol Station in Singapore. During the Second World War it was modified to provide more accommodation. The car being driven very dangerously on the wrong side of the road is a black Ford. The ww2 bunker and radio station, Went today, it is still accessible via the other entrance and seems like the flooding may have subsided? Didnt go all the way though so who knows. He attended two weeks after the invasion launched, and so staff replaced the markings on their giant map to depict the scene at the time for him - something they had claimed they were too busy to do when General Charles de Gaulle had visited days earlier. You can imagine how dangerous this job of digging tunnels into Portsdown Hill would have been. What is the area on the southern slope directly below Fort Southwick, it is a tarmac road leading to a compound with a locked iron door going into the hill? Registered Charity No 284744, Hampshire Genealogical Society, 2023 | Site by Wizbit, Palmerstons Folly The Story of Portsmouths Forts. Wymering Some people may disagree with these statements and I Thanks. Sussex Street These notions are not true, except for the fact that they are true local legends. Me and a few other explorers are looking to go up and have a look and we need some direction. I used to live in Hillsley Road, when Portsmouth Housing Association had There was another staircase, plus a smaller corridor running off into a set of smaller rooms used for defensive purposes. I found the 4th entrance but its been filled with a massive block of concrete, Shame to see it in the state its in we went in a few years ago now when it was in really good state I still have photos, I live in the area so always been interesting to me I remember going up the big ramp where the shed was and seeing urbex spray painted near the upper level bunker. As Jake said, blocked with concrete although nothing a sledge and a bolster cant remove. You can see that secondary tunnel branching off, and the ventilation aspects in the photo below. They face inland, which to some people looks the wrong way. and paper to jot any markings or distances down as for a reference, we had READ MORE: The tiny Hampshire village of Micheldever that was built around a train station. #1. stopped rounds. "As the years went by I still quietly absorbed information. Remember air has 21% oxygen at 19% you will start to suffer from oxygen deficiency and at 16% will be struggling to survive. end. There is more than one entrance/exit to the fuel bunker. * Calls to this number will be recorded for quality, compliance and training purposes. House Prices in Portsdown Hill Road, Portsmouth, Hampshire, PO9 Properties in Portsdown Hill Road had an overall average price of 1,145,000 over the last year. The thing that sticks in my head the most walking around the Portsdown fuel bunker was the sheer feeling of infinity when looking down the entrance shafts with no end in sight. Took a look up there this evening. Having just had a look through your site and being born in Portchester and Portsdown Portsdown is a 69.1-hectare (171-acre) biological Site of Special Scientific Interest on Portsdown Hill, on the northern outskirts of Portsmouth in Hampshire. Driver's Guide ( mobile version) I also used the excellent website portsdown-tunnels.org.uk for certain reference points in this guide. Police are currently at the scene of a serious collision on the B2177 Portsdown Hill Road, Portsmouth. One day, being as inquisitive as young boys are, we managed to prise the top of the door open This is the sight that greeted us as the door was opened. truth if any there may be in these stories but, as they say, anything is I can confirm the entrance is blocked with a full wall of concrete. As we reached the west caponier, the tunnel opened up into a larger room with a high ceiling. SO23 8TH, Affiliated to the Family History Federation. Used by a charitable trust as an outdoor activities centre. The Navy used it for radar in 1947, and a Navigational School until 1968. Mandai Track 15 may not be the easiest to get to - and the trail itself is not a loop - but the sprawling route is especially popular with mountain . chalk walls of the tunnel, it seemed as if we had walked a fair distance The roof was now lower, with the tunnels now becoming white-washed bricks walls, with various cabling and ventilation pipes running along them. told that there is a small gauge train that runs directly from Fort this. Fort Widley was completed in 1871. The sludge meant that they were unsuitable for alternative use. Found two entrances but all sealed up with metal doors any other ways in would be great to see inside done a few others but would like to get in here. / south and looks like a tunnel entrance. Fort Wallington, completed in 1865, was built on blue slipper clay. Explores the tunnels, shelters and caves on Portsdown Hill Portsmouth P.s Im a very good climber. This last section of the gallery is brick lined; the main magazine opens off its west side about half way between the spiral stairs and the barracks. underlying ground. Theres now a way in was there 13/09/2020. Ghostly residents include a man said to be a sergeant-major who enjoys whistling while haunting the fort. Most of the five miles of tunnel construction was made during WWII, when the south facing slope of the hill was countryside. On the south side, two storey accommodation was living quarters for about 250 men, there were also married quarters for twelve soldiers. You could clearly see where the chalk had been dug out by hand tools in the 1860s, rather than using mechanised digging equipment. Many thanks I see the new YouTube video, one was flying a drone down there, he did ok. Then one went somewhere on a rope and that went a bit wrong. It still has the same quality and security as our other paddocks and is fully enclosed with 6ft high fences, these include an extra layer of fine fencing around the bottom so no smaller dogs can escape underneath. there) . Good luck though If you do head up that way, let us know if its unblocked! I thoroughly recommend a visit; Ive put their website link at the bottom of the page, please do support them. And went to the two big doors by tunnels. The tunnel consist of two bores that pass through Squirrel Hill in Pittsburgh, Pa, carrying two lanes of one-way traffic in each direction for S.R. Did you find it? The dominant feature of this open space was a huge spiral staircase. They came the Crookhorn Pass was being built - the big chalk scar in the 104 30K views 2 years ago This incident took place on Portsdown Hill, Hampshire on the 19th of May 2020. Our Fort Widley tunnels tour by returning back the way we came, emerging back into the light next to the Pompey Pals museum. Perhaps the best-known setup is that which exists beneath Fort Southwick, one of several forts built on Portsdown Hill to defend the overland approach to Portsmouth's naval base. Top ways to experience nearby attractions Portsmouth Historic Dockyard: Ultimate Explorer Ticket 145 apprentice in HM Dockyard Portsmouth in the early 1970s, I worked in Yard Work to prepare the site started - and finished - in 1942 and provided the Armed Forces with a bombproof HQ to oversee its plans. There are 9 tanks as I recall 7 are 700 feet long with 2 shorter ones. There are also museums etc to visit if you wish. The Fort Widley tunnels are rarely open to the public. Upon entering the tunnels, my first thought was how it had a very-1950s and 1960s' vibe to it, even down to noticing some wooden flecked wallpaper on one of the walls. blackness that I have never forgotten. Excelsior Tunnel. photo site location. The Found the entrances on the south slope, all sealed up. The forts on Portsdown Hill were built as a result of the 1859 Royal Commission, as part of a series of fortifications built to defend Portsmouth and its dockyard (which is 8 kilometres away) from a possible attack from inland, as the development of rifled gun barrels made it possible for an invading army to land elsewhere, circle around to the Four tunnels can be accessed beneath the fort, built in the 1860s and armed until the early years of the 20th century. Unfortunately all entrances have been welded shut with a big steel bar. Opening Times. One of them was locked, and it was explained to us that this door was the Fort Widley bunker that had been created in 1952. The tanks run in parallel with two access tunnels running along the front and back of the tanks. ft*. Now located all 4. Portsdown Hill gives anyone (for free) the most amazing 360degree view of the area. The main tunnels which appear to have more stuff in are well and truly shut up now (properly locked and welded shut) however the radio tunnel in the side of the white cliffs is still accessible (but hard . Scott any chance to can get in touch? I cannot see any way in, and I have looked carefully at the overlay of the fuel bunker several times. Fort Southwick, completed in 1870, was the only hill fort used by the armed forces. samuelkelly14@gmail.com. shelter, shelters, airaid, air-raid, air raid, civil defence, widley, purbrook, Explore the fascinating tunnels that burrow deep into the chalk hill high above Portsmouth. During a few visits to the site, we managed to see the entire place. Please stop e-mailing me. In-fill, covering a fault in the One criticism was that if the forts were in danger of being overcome by an enemy, the soldiers manning them would retreat down Portsdown Hill to Hilsea Lines. But what this change in temperature did do was change the conversation over to reports of hauntings. Portsdown Hill is known for providing stunning views of Portsmouth, the Solent and the Isle of Wight. go to the chalk pits by Chalkpit Road, before Lime Grove was built to Perhaps that says more about my physical fitness? I would like to give a big thank you to Nick and Chris at the Pompey Pals charity who kindly invited us down for the morning in November, 2021. Required fields are marked *. It was refurbished and then became part of the Royal Navy's NATO communications network - leading to the Soviet Union classifying it as a 'Category A' target. Just found a possible way in, requires some climbing though! I mean theres only two that can be humanly opened. Our locations Headquarters Porton Down Salisbury Wiltshire SP4 0JQ (Alternative postcode for some sat-nav systems: SP4 0JG) Email centralenquiries@dstl.gov.uk Central enquiries 01980 950000 Dstl. If I was a believer in ghosts, this is where I would imagine they might want to appear! Is there any other way? Where are the other 2, are they on the north slope of the hill? The escarp is about 10 - 15 feet thick, backed by earthwork and surmounted by a rampart. Danramsden@live.co.uk if wanna email me instead. For me though, this is a result of knowing the history of the place and the easily explainable change in temperature as you descend lower underground. Hello, I live locally and would like to know if theres any other entrances, please drop me an email Id be very grateful. You can easily imagine how cold it would be during winter, particularly with the open windows from the flanking gallery. We are in desperate need of a Secretary who will be the central point of contact. Id like to go this weekend. Past quiky mart, up hill park at dead end, follow path through RHS gate 100m. You can usually buy a cup of tea and a bacon roll from the van in the car park and sit and watch Portmouth and the Solent. I was a choirboy at the above church and we were allowed access to the cellar of the vicarage at weekends as there was a snooker table, dartboard, and table tennis table we could use. hump in the centre of the picture was used as a firing step. - [Has anyone heard of this? The entrance to the Western & Atlanta Railroad tunnel at Tunnel Hill Douglas Ullman, Jr. having also gone to Purbrook Park school I have a few comments. Horsham. Would do but not local, never been there and a long way to go and fail. Another that a tunnel runs from Gosport to wheel disappeared into the ground. vintage abel reels. The North Compound and Top Entrance sit on top of Portsdown Hill while the Main Access & Access tunnels are cut in to the southern side of it. There is a vent shaft in Browning Avenue, Portchester but this has a metal fence in front of it and would only be accessible if you had something to cut through concrete and rebar. Theres 4 entrances in total, Baz. and I never even saw the security guard come out or disappear from where to get into a open tunnel entrance, and upon walking around them, we find Tenure: Not available. generated a In 1939 the Army returned, it also housed the Home Guard Headquarters and the Ambulance Depot. Important, noteworthy & interesting comments are highlighted below. below. The coastal locations of the, Read More The Heroic Wartime Actions of Patrick Dumbo Taylor Who Crashed Near Blackfield & FawleyContinue. Much of the underground network is now closed to the public, but continues to attract interest - with oil pipelines, bomb shelters and even a radio station having been created beneath the surface. as Southwick Priory which was then about three miles to the north. an extract from an email received about Wymering Manor. Our Horsham paddock is located on Dawes Farm just off the Bognor Road, the field is surrounded by trees and offers 3 acres of space for your pooch to enjoy. Been to them all and you need some kind of oxygen to breathe in them as the farther you go in you cant breathe in there. It is in fact a firing step used for rifle Is there people living in there? Be interested to hear! This included: Isle of Wight and Needles passage, the recently rebuilt Hurst Castle, and the four Solent Forts Spitbank, St. Helens, Horse Sand and No Mans Land. In 1836 the Georgia General Assembly created the Western & Atlantic Railroad, which would connect Ross's Landing (soon to be renamed Chattanooga) with a point on the Chattahoochee River. Terms of use | slightly and with the use of a torch we tried to see what was inside. On email me] onto which the small gauge train runs on at Portchester Castle, near to Really want to visit this place could anyone help me with finding an entrance please ? Compensation for residents evicted from their homes is unknown. Wondered for a long time how to get in there, Any update on this, would very much like to get in to have a look about. Birth, Marriage & Death (BMD) Unwanted Certificate Service. Been looking on aerials as Im planning another trip and seen 3 places on the surface Valve compound and 2 others for possibly the 4th entrance wondering if Im close or can get a hint. For safety reasons you didnt want too much traffic past an area where gunpowder etc was stored. 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