Farleigh Down tunnel is about 1 mile long and use to join Monkton Farleigh central ammunition depot to the railway.
Ammunition trains would unload onto gauge trucks and then go down the slope shaft into the loading area.
2 old photos of the loading area from Monkton-Farleigh.co.uk.
The ammunition would then be unloadid on the the conveyor and go up the tunnel to the Main West Corridor.
Conveyor workings.
Notice the tunnel changes shape?
The top of the tunnel where is joins Main West Corridor.
Old photo from monkton-farleigh.co.uk of the other side of the wall looking down the tunnel.
The other side of the wall in my photo.
After this it has been blocked up by wansdyke security. They are just the other side of the wall so you have to be quiet in this area.
There is also some old workings on the left through a hole in a wall.
Some more photos of the loading area.
Ammunition trains would unload onto gauge trucks and then go down the slope shaft into the loading area.
2 old photos of the loading area from Monkton-Farleigh.co.uk.
The ammunition would then be unloadid on the the conveyor and go up the tunnel to the Main West Corridor.
Conveyor workings.
Notice the tunnel changes shape?
The top of the tunnel where is joins Main West Corridor.
Old photo from monkton-farleigh.co.uk of the other side of the wall looking down the tunnel.
The other side of the wall in my photo.
After this it has been blocked up by wansdyke security. They are just the other side of the wall so you have to be quiet in this area.
There is also some old workings on the left through a hole in a wall.
Some more photos of the loading area.
