Report - Westbury Chalk Pit - Wiltshire - Apr 21

[Bikin Glynn]

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Last day at work so time tomess around doing a report
As prev reports I genuinely cant find much about this place but believe it was just a quarry & processing area for products used in the nearby cement works (which I believe is also closed down, not sure if anyone has checked that out?)

Whatever it is, its one of the biggest damn holes Iv seen & access forces you precariously close to the edge!

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Visited here with @Down and beyond after a mad underground trip & it was a pleasant surprise, I have a lot of pics so will just get on with the industrial goodness.

Thats all I can fit in this one, thanks for looking


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[Calamity Jane]

Nice photos. Looks an interesting explore. Lovely bits of industry there. Loads of walkways too. Like this a lot.

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Nice photos. Looks an interesting explore. Lovely bits of industry there. Loads of walkways too. Like this a lot.

Thanks jane it is a nice wander with plenty to see

 

[KPUrban_]

Do enjoy seeing large quarrying machinery.

It appears to be a Raw Mill which would make sense considering the Former Westbury Cement works (closed 2009, now part demolished) is almost next to it.

Looking a bit further online it seems to be half of the system that was in place with the clay washed here and it then pumped to the cement works for grinding into rawmix.

 

[monk]

Not bad that

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Do enjoy seeing large quarrying machinery.

It appears to be a Raw Mill which would make sense considering the Former Westbury Cement works (closed 2009, now part demolished) is almost next to it

Sounds right, I presume they did some sort of processing there to then take product straight to the cement works.
Do u know if any of the works is still standing

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Not bad that

Thanks monk

 

[Down and beyond]

A very nice report it was a good trip around that !

 

[Bikin Glynn]

A very nice report it was a good trip around that !

That was a great day wernt it

 

[Mikeymutt]

That's really nice that is. Got some great bits of stuff left. And that is one big hole ain't it. And guessing bigger when you see it for real.

 

[Bikin Glynn]

That's really nice that is. Got some great bits of stuff left. And that is one big hole ain't it. And guessing bigger when you see it for real.

U wouldn't want to fall in it that's for sure

 

[Slaters1208]

Sounds right, I presume they did some sort of processing there to then take product straight to the cement works.
Do u know if any of the works is still standing

The cement works is maybe a mile or so away where there are still some storage facilities but no production is done there any longer. A few months ago this quarry was used as a location for the new Mission Impossible movie with Tom Cruise filming here.

 

[Wally_urbex]

Another great report there. Excellent images :

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Another great report there. Excellent images :

Thanks Wal;y

 

[ikkdjct]

Nice pictures and fab report. On Google maps it looks like all the buildings have been destroyed…