Oil mills upper & Lower 14th 10/2010

[wevsky]

Right putting the past few days events behind me ,myself and Unclebulgaria who unfortunately left his battery behind decided to visit both upper and lower oil mills..now I know there is in the lower so i was told a Victorian oil/fuel tank a large one as for digging for hours ignoring all previous posts for info ive decided to opt for a quote !


The Oil Mill Caves are easily visible from the road as they are situated directly behind a petrol station. They consist of a large U-shaped tunnel that has entrances at either end of the cliff.
These tunnels have served many different purposes over time, undoubtedly as air raid shelters during both World Wars and for storage. Today the lower tunnels are still in use for storage and workshop space, whereas the upper level has not been used for some considerable time.
Most of the tunnel is lined with concrete. The major problem with this tunnel is that it is saturated with water. Several years ago a huge fire in the lower tunnels left the walls greatly weakened. They are now very unstable

Right didn’t take a huge amount of pics or climb the many half broken walls in the lower as a revisit when uncle b is fully laden with battery is to be done,but as i know much to some peoples annoyance ive done a report and look i didnt do it the second i got in! on with the pics

A map of the upper ,there is a map of the lower its just that seems to cover the other sections within the same area in the street(doe etc) these at one point i believe would all have been linked as the many breezeblock walls show in the lower and this i believe i also read somewhere

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And now for the few i got in the lower before we decided to call it a night

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This next photo was just top the left as we came down the stairs..lots of walls lol
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[MJS]

nicely nicely.
The shadows on number 9 are great

[beam assisted]

Cracking pics mate

Skool boy error not having spare batteries lol

[wevsky]

uncle b wasnt having his best day then when we got out a few of our mates who where in the area one of which popped up to upper mills to point toward the lower decided to "own "his car with names in the dust and dirt lol

[coops]

Your underground stuff is quality mate ..love it :thumb

[wevsky]

Your underground stuff is quality mate ..love it :thumb

thank you mate i appreciate good press:)

[coops]

No probs mate keep em coming :smile

[wevsky]

this is all main stream stuff just with some locations tricky finding the right path and or gettin natured to death by prickly things

[Herbivore]

It's true, When I was there last month the undergrowth between the Upper and Lower entrances was eight feet high and very thorny. That's why I just did the Upper Mills on that occasion.

[unclebulgaria]

It's like a jungle up there,very annoying when you have battled your way through,get your camera out & discover it is missing the battery.

[wevsky]

It's true, When I was there last month the undergrowth between the Upper and Lower entrances was eight feet high and very thorny. That's why I just did the Upper Mills on that occasion.

i have the scratches and allsorts to show for it..but cold wet and generally bleeding like the berk i/we are we forged on cheers frosty for the impromptu and also scare Ub to death visit up the slope to point the way down!

[Ryda]

Glad to see this place is still accessible though after all the petrol station developments. I keep meaning to have another wonder around here, I've still got no pictures to document it - none worth seeing anyway! Nice to see a cheeky little report Wevsky!

[wevsky]

Glad to see this place is still accessible though after all the petrol station developments. I keep meaning to have another wonder around here, I've still got no pictures to document it - none worth seeing anyway! Nice to see a cheeky little report Wevsky!

Well if uncle b hadnt forgot his battery and we had of gone straight to this spot we'd of had time to climb some walla and crawl some tighter spaces but as it is this had to do..first time i went to upper poor health stopped me in the rain even trying to clamber up there!

[Herbivore]

"Glad to see this place is still accessible though after all the petrol station developments. I keep meaning to have another wonder around here, I've still got no pictures to document it - none worth seeing anyway! Nice to see a cheeky little report Wevsky!
"
If anything it's easier Matey!

[wevsky]

If anything it's easier Matey!

well less brambles and stingers then a few months back when uncle b and nite walker went up there but still a bit of a jungle going to the lower