This was great find by Dan who visited it with Jake at the time. They gave me the tip off and I went for a gander the following week, I then decided to give it a visit again. The first time I went it had been raining a lot over the last month and was advised to wear wellies. It was we advised as the whole area was really wet, with it being big like in places. This recent visit a few weeks back was the opposite after a dry summer and extremely mild autumn I just wore normal boots as it was virtually dry. The old pump house is well hidden in trees and a bit of a faff to get too but nothing that extreme. But it was worth going too though as you get quite a mixture of pumping equipment inside, and outside. The building at the rear has had a large tree collapsed on it in the past, and also since my last visit another tree has fallen on it, but luckily not a huge one, so no damage. Outside is an old ram pump building with two John Blake rams inside in deep water. This was my first time seeing some rams, so was pleased to finally seeing some after seeing so many posted by Urbanchemist. Then inside the building and in a room on its own is a R.A lister CS oil engine to power a Climax number 3 pump. R.A lister are a well known company for making engines and agricultural machinery. Heading through is a sunken area with the remains of a water wheel which is in a very dilapidated state. Over the sunken area is a large concrete pad with a channel put into the middle which comes from a large clear pool at the back. There is a little weir what feeds into the waterwheel area. In this area is a couple of electric pumps and water tanks, this is were the roof has collapsed the worst. To get across the water wheel area is two scaffold boards side by side. I walked across these last year with no issues at all. But this year I got halfway across and the outer board gave way taking me down quite a bit. I managed to scramble on the other side board which started giving way, but that started going, so quickly jumped onto the concrete pad. Luckily it was dry and not much water in the sunken bit. luckily I could climb over a bit of fencing at the back and clamber over some fallen tree and out without falling in the pool.
A little bridge over one of the channels feeding to the pump house.
The old pump house with the tree fallen on it, and the ram pump house to right with another tree on it.
At the back of the pump house is a little waterfall that’s been man made to move water. It was very muddy to get here, and probably not possible last year.
Hydraulic ram pump house.
The keep out sign painted on the inside of the door still makes me smile. Was that to keep people in forever?
The lister engine.
The old waterwheel area and showing the state of the roof. and now collapsed walkway to the left.
The weir.
The pool at the rear, it was so clear.
A great little pump house with a great mixture of equipment inside.
A little bridge over one of the channels feeding to the pump house.
The old pump house with the tree fallen on it, and the ram pump house to right with another tree on it.
At the back of the pump house is a little waterfall that’s been man made to move water. It was very muddy to get here, and probably not possible last year.
Hydraulic ram pump house.
The keep out sign painted on the inside of the door still makes me smile. Was that to keep people in forever?
The lister engine.
The old waterwheel area and showing the state of the roof. and now collapsed walkway to the left.
The pool at the rear, it was so clear.
A great little pump house with a great mixture of equipment inside.
