Gas Holder No.7, Battersea, London
Seffy, Gabe and WhoDaresWins.
Some (brief) history for you:
Now then. I've had my eye on this giant ever since I first became interested in gasometers, and indeed London. Having been to, and finished with Battersea Power Station, it was time for something different.
Getting into here, I'm not going to lie, is not easy. I've half sacrificed a pair of jeans through this (I hope the others appreciated it!). Whether the PIRs and cameras actually work, I don't know, but it's safe to say we avoided them anyhow. Someone certainly lives in the house that is further over on the site, but I'm not sure if it's security of any kind or not...
After clambering over 4 rather inconvenient obstacles and some lateral thinking, we found ourselves inside the cage at the bottom of the staircase. Next stop - the top. The stairs are fairly wobbly and old, but nowhere near as dodgy as the platforms in-between. The fact that you can actually see the ground through large rusting holes is, well, reassuring...?!
The views from the top were rather noice indeed. The bonus was being able to get down inside the holder itself, and see what we had seen in a few photos previously. Truly amazing...
A photo of the Gasworks site, taken earlier in the day from the B Side roof of BPS
Roof of the holder
We arrived with minutes to spare before the BPS floodlights were turned off, so had to be quick, hence the photo is not great...
And lights off...
Inside, standing at the top of the long staircase down
(Sorry about the uber lack of lumens, my P7 was dying horribly...)
Usual people piccy...
Seffy, Gabe and WhoDaresWins.
Some (brief) history for you:
Now then. I've had my eye on this giant ever since I first became interested in gasometers, and indeed London. Having been to, and finished with Battersea Power Station, it was time for something different.
Getting into here, I'm not going to lie, is not easy. I've half sacrificed a pair of jeans through this (I hope the others appreciated it!). Whether the PIRs and cameras actually work, I don't know, but it's safe to say we avoided them anyhow. Someone certainly lives in the house that is further over on the site, but I'm not sure if it's security of any kind or not...
After clambering over 4 rather inconvenient obstacles and some lateral thinking, we found ourselves inside the cage at the bottom of the staircase. Next stop - the top. The stairs are fairly wobbly and old, but nowhere near as dodgy as the platforms in-between. The fact that you can actually see the ground through large rusting holes is, well, reassuring...?!
The views from the top were rather noice indeed. The bonus was being able to get down inside the holder itself, and see what we had seen in a few photos previously. Truly amazing...
A photo of the Gasworks site, taken earlier in the day from the B Side roof of BPS
Roof of the holder
We arrived with minutes to spare before the BPS floodlights were turned off, so had to be quick, hence the photo is not great...
And lights off...
Inside, standing at the top of the long staircase down
(Sorry about the uber lack of lumens, my P7 was dying horribly...)
Usual people piccy...
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