Salford Junction Canal Underground 07/2008

This site is located under the Great Northern and was originally an old canal which was drained to make way for air raid shelters during the Second World War. After the success of our over underground Manchester trip we decided to head towards the great northern warehouse a few weeks later only for a reccee but we managed to get lucky. Access was through a tiny hatch on a underground car park and down a 30 foot ladder. After spending around 45mins under here we decided to head back to ground level as our lack of preparation and lack of torch batteries got the better of us. Sadly our return trips never ended up with another success due to the proximity of the entry to security guards and security cameras.

Manchester Cathedral Steps Video 07/2008

On our second trip to this fantastic underground site, fellow explorer and friend Mike filmed the entire adventure from start to finish on his Sony camcorder with night vision.

Cathedral Steps Underground Manchester 07/2008

After Months of planning and research with dave and some lads from Stockport, we managed to find out how to get in this epic place, the date was set for a visit. After a sleepless night due to the excitement and a long day of waiting we arrived at the entry point, 30 seconds later 8 people are in the pitch black and untouched site. What an amazing feeling it was to be in a location that 1000s of people walk over every day on one of Manchester's main streets without realising what lies under their feet. This has to be the best 2-3 hours of my life and I was totally gutted when I had to leave, although I did return a second time and a good friend of mine (Mike) recorded it on his night vision camcorder (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=roZ-0_3EMMY).

Air Raid Tunnels Wigan 11/2007

After the success of the Stockport tunnels we headed over to Wigan's Meznes Park. We spent almost an hour trying to find this place, which happened to be located near a college. Once inside after a small ladder climb we were in and sadly we were very disappointed, as compared to Stockport this place was tiny and had very few features.

Brinksway Air Raid Shelters Stockport 09/2007

One of 3 shelters within the Stockport area, Brinksway is the largest and the one with the most tricky entry. After squeezing through the tiny entrance and seeing the array of long red coloured sandstone tunnels, we were overwhelmed at the sheer size of this place and got lost a few times.

Underground Arches Bolton 08/2007

After a mooch along the culverts of the river Croal, we found a bridge behind steel gate which led to a series of underground arches, which to this day i have no idea what they were used for. Strangely we found some x-mas decorations hung up in certain places.

ROC Bunker Bolton 02/2007

From the newly discovered urbex community I found out that during the cold war a group called Royal Observation Corp had over 500 small bunkers around the country that were manned 24/7 to report on any nuclear strikes that the soviets launched at us, Thankfully non ever were!!!.

I also discovered that there was a pristine example of one of these underground posts located only 2 miles from my house which was abandoned in the mid 90s, so we fashioned a torliff key to open the hatch from aluminum and off we went

ROTOR Bunker Goosnargh 01/2006

After our "accidental" visit to the filter block bunker in Goosnargh we managed to stumble across this derelict, decaying bunker by accident as well on the way home. Located next to a vets (yes an animal doctor) we decided to drive around the back and get out for a quick look. Sadly the bunker was sealed up tight, the main entrance being sealed with a huge thick steel door so i only managed to get some external shots. On another visit we bumped into a workman that was on site who told us this place was being converted into an "alarm monitoring station linked to Manchester", although he wouldn't let us inside. On a more recent visit to this bunker i have discovered that it has been completely overhauled and modernized although its true purpose is not fully known.

ROTOR Bunker (Filter Block) Goosnargh 01/2006

My first ever explore, driving through the village of goosnargh with 2 friends and we spotted a sunken structure, we were very interested so we decided to drive back home to bolton to grab a couple of tourches and a camera, so i grabed my good old fuji point and shoot and snapped away.