Had been having a nosy on maps and was alerted to a possible culvert under the bus station at Batley , Speaking to Nuboid who is familiar with that area having done Monument he told me that it was uncharted ( so to speak ) which meant it probably wasn't much if anything at all , undeterred with a plan B in mind of having a look at monument if it turned out to be nothing we arranged to meet up at 8.00am and go check it out . The bus station at batley was rebuilt in 2005 so i was wondering if any new work had been done underground ? meeting up with nuboid proved to be a big help as he knows the area where to park best entry points and had done a scout beforehand so its as much his explore as mine . climbing over the fence at the corner of the bus station were st James road meets Bradford road we were in the batley beck with no more than a few strange glances
the first bit was very low concrete and to be honest looked like a back breaking stoop but thankfully it opened up straight away
well this was a nice surprise had been expecting rcp or at best a concrete box big roomy corrugated metal arched roof !
very clean and a fair old size
after the surprise of the first section it then transformed in to an old stone arch , note the concrete kerb sides which seam to be a standard feature in this neck of the woods similar to transporter and monument
stone arch changed to brick arch nice shot of Nuboids nikon
brickwork changed back to stone work was never a small drain never had to stoop once
one thing to mention about this explore was the amount of pigeons down there not only did this last section stink of bird poop they aggressively dive bombed you was lucky they diddn't take the camera and tripod out had to duck a few times i can tell you !
looking back downstream the roof on this next section was ramshackle at best
looking downstream again every pigeon in batley must roost on these girders lol
change in styles to flat concrete roof this is looking downstream we popped out briefly in to the open air
underground old bridge looking upstream it then widened out to a large size
a fair few feathery friends roost in here !
walking upstream a bit further we then approached this metal grill with a gated sluice gate to the right of the picture (which you cant see )
inside the concrete sluice we climbed over the sluice control and carried on upstream
small culvert we kept going upstream
glad we kept pushing on as ive never seen anything like this before green plastic or fibreglass bonded to the roof was quite photogenic mind
coming out of this we had another open air section then it went back underground again
concrete on the bend only the remainder was all stone
change to brickwork, it just kept giving this drain
looking downstream this was at the end of this particular section it now went out in to the open air again .
last shot after going upstream a bit the water got deep in one place ( waist high ) this culvert wasn't to long
well thats all folks as they say in the cartoons a brilliant explore well worth doing big shout out to Nuboid as well cheers mate one of the best i've done would recommend thanks for watching 
the first bit was very low concrete and to be honest looked like a back breaking stoop but thankfully it opened up straight away
well this was a nice surprise had been expecting rcp or at best a concrete box big roomy corrugated metal arched roof !
after the surprise of the first section it then transformed in to an old stone arch , note the concrete kerb sides which seam to be a standard feature in this neck of the woods similar to transporter and monument
stone arch changed to brick arch nice shot of Nuboids nikon
brickwork changed back to stone work was never a small drain never had to stoop once
one thing to mention about this explore was the amount of pigeons down there not only did this last section stink of bird poop they aggressively dive bombed you was lucky they diddn't take the camera and tripod out had to duck a few times i can tell you !
looking back downstream the roof on this next section was ramshackle at best
looking downstream again every pigeon in batley must roost on these girders lol
change in styles to flat concrete roof this is looking downstream we popped out briefly in to the open air
underground old bridge looking upstream it then widened out to a large size
walking upstream a bit further we then approached this metal grill with a gated sluice gate to the right of the picture (which you cant see )
inside the concrete sluice we climbed over the sluice control and carried on upstream
small culvert we kept going upstream
glad we kept pushing on as ive never seen anything like this before green plastic or fibreglass bonded to the roof was quite photogenic mind
coming out of this we had another open air section then it went back underground again
concrete on the bend only the remainder was all stone
change to brickwork, it just kept giving this drain
looking downstream this was at the end of this particular section it now went out in to the open air again .
last shot after going upstream a bit the water got deep in one place ( waist high ) this culvert wasn't to long
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