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The Kingsnorth power station was a 2000MW dual fired station situated in the River Medway estuary. This was an ideal location as it allowed coal to be brought in by sea. Another Location I was shown by @Exploring With Pride 🌈 whilst down in Kent, making good use of his boat on a gorgeous day...

Introduction One from the backlog. St Martin’s has been posted a number of times but thought I would share my take on the place considering I haven’t done many asylums and this explore was a highlight of 2022 for me. Visited with @JakeV50. Information & History It has been covered numerous...

I am interested in this underground hospital .. I can't find too much information on it and am unsure if A) it actually exists and B) if it's assessable. If it does exist am sure it won't take too long to figure out a way in (if it's possible). Does anyone have any information on it and whom...

Explored with @WilsonTheHuman I have not really seen this on 28DL but it is out on the web already with a load of other reports, after seeing this place pop up a few times over last week week and I was in over anyway i thought ill check this out we started of our day in Dover, Exploring the...

The History Hoo Fort was one of the many Palmerston Forts built across the country following the 1859 Royal Commission on the Defence of the United Kingdom, which decided that hundreds of forts and batteries should be built across the UK's coastline incase of an invasion by France, named after...

Hi everyone, my name is J.J. I've lurked on the forum for a few months and just decided to make an account, when I was younger I used to look through all sorts of abandoned buildings but have only recently got back into it in my adulthood (checked out the abandoned hospital in Gravesend a few...

Ashford Locomotive Works Constructed in 1847 by the South Eastern Railway Company, Ashford Locomotive Works was a replacement for a previous wagon works which was based in New Cross, London. The construction of the facility also included the building of nearly 150 homes to house the workers...

Owls Nest Woods, Kent - ccLate 2021 Pool House. Intro :~ We were in the area and had already completed three previous explores.. We drove this way going back and thought we'd give it a try. We really wanted to see the topless lady laying pool-side by an Artist going by the name of...

ABC Cinema, formerly known as Granada Theatre was a permanent fixture at the bottom of Lower Stone Street, in Maidstone, Kent. There are a few other reports of the same location, and I thought i'd post some of my own images well to add to the collection. The building itself is reasonably...

Cliffe Fort - Report - cc2021 Cliffe Fort is a disused and abandoned artillery fort built in the cc1860s to guard the entrance to the Thames from seaborne attack. The fort was constructed during a period of tension with France. It stands on the south bank of the river at the entrance...

SHORTS TUNNELS KENT : JULY 2021 Attended as a guest upon invite. I will add the History blurb shortly... Please don't comment until after I have written some information about this place. I did manage to film most of it and have a 4 part youtube video covering most of the areas within.. But...

The History Grain Tower Battery (aka Number 1 The Thames) was constructed between 1848 and 1855. It stands at the mouth of the River Medway with Southend visible on the other side of the estuary. Construction is in the style of a Martello Tower with more modern additions made during WW1...

Tbh there is no where to even put this report so I though I’ll just put in this ! The Explore Today we went and explored some local woods in Kent, after seeing these cars online a few times and some help from a Non explore ( i assume someone who local ) they gave me the right direction to the...

I don’t know where to really put this report for 2 reason 1) it’s technically public as it on a walking route 2) I only have a few pictures anyways I’ll crack on .. sheppey is only 30 mins drive from me just basically the other end of the ME postcode so still fairly local to me .. I epxlored...

THE EXPLORE: Fort pit tunnel : Living local to fort Pitt, iv know about the tunnels for a good 7 years but have failed to find the entrance on a number of occasions In 2020 I got told that an entrance had been found and you can access the part of the tunnels, but I held off going for ages...

With a good friend back on-leave, and as a result re-introducing himself in to my bubble, we both set out on Friday evening to give a semi-local location an explore: the WT Henley/AEI Cable Works air-raid shelter in Gravesend. History The WT Henley (later AEI) Telegraph Works site is situated...

History: The North Downs, also known as the chalk spine of Kent, has a long history of water supply going back centuries. The downs itself, stretches all the way from Farnham in Surrey, right across to Dover in Kent, and is of course entirely made up of a chalk base. The chalk itself has a...

History: In the latter half of the 19th century, the railway network had expanded rapidly, connecting up towns and villages to London, enabling more people to still work within the capital, but move out into the countryside. With this, grew a demand on houses, and consequently, an even greater...

History: In the 1860s, Canterbury's water supply was drawn from a variety of sources, such as the River Stour and local wells. However, without a filtration system, the water was deemed hazardous and unfit for human use, and could only be used for cleaning purposes. Subsequently, by 1870 a...

History: Kingsnorth Coal Loading Jetty in the River Medway, although officially named Oakham Ness Jetty, was built in 1964, as part of the construction for Kingsnorth Power station, which was to become operational 9 years later in 1973. The jetty itself was built 1.2 miles out into the estuary...