History:
Unfortunately, there's not a great deal of info online regarding this place, but from some guesswork and liaison with the @TheVicar who's far more clued up than me, I can enlighten you to an extent...
Firstly, the clue is the name, this particular storm relief links into both Deep Ochre and Holloway storm relief, and was constructed at various points ranging from 1893 to 1955.
Like many other of London's colossal scaled subsurface soakaways, features tend to remain the same, including the all to familiar red brick tunnelling design.
Our visit:
In keeping with my last handful of drainage expeditions, I was accompanied by none other than @TheVicar and @obscureserenity for the ride. Standardly starting our afternoon in the nearby spoons in Hackney, loading up on greasy grub & cheap pints.
Although it wasn't long before we made our way in the direction of the lid, one by one, high-vis'd up, head torches at the ready, we dropped in...
Unbeknownst to me, this would turn into quite the underground trek.
Following the right-hand tunnel, all seemed well for the first half, however, it wasn't too far down before we were met by what's perhaps the gnarliest ladder I've had the misfortune to deal with...
It certainly pays dividends to bring gloves to these things!
With the ladder thankfully surpassed, we found ourselves in the pill-shaped tunnel section, believed to have been constructed between 1909 -1911.
Personally, this was the most photogenic area of this place by a long shot, and so the photo opportunities were shamelessly seized...
Unfortunately, there's not a great deal of info online regarding this place, but from some guesswork and liaison with the @TheVicar who's far more clued up than me, I can enlighten you to an extent...
Firstly, the clue is the name, this particular storm relief links into both Deep Ochre and Holloway storm relief, and was constructed at various points ranging from 1893 to 1955.
Like many other of London's colossal scaled subsurface soakaways, features tend to remain the same, including the all to familiar red brick tunnelling design.
Our visit:
In keeping with my last handful of drainage expeditions, I was accompanied by none other than @TheVicar and @obscureserenity for the ride. Standardly starting our afternoon in the nearby spoons in Hackney, loading up on greasy grub & cheap pints.
Although it wasn't long before we made our way in the direction of the lid, one by one, high-vis'd up, head torches at the ready, we dropped in...
Unbeknownst to me, this would turn into quite the underground trek.
Following the right-hand tunnel, all seemed well for the first half, however, it wasn't too far down before we were met by what's perhaps the gnarliest ladder I've had the misfortune to deal with...
It certainly pays dividends to bring gloves to these things!
With the ladder thankfully surpassed, we found ourselves in the pill-shaped tunnel section, believed to have been constructed between 1909 -1911.
Personally, this was the most photogenic area of this place by a long shot, and so the photo opportunities were shamelessly seized...
Admittedly, I did find myself wondering what exactly it is that draws me to drains when faced with a barrage of excrement amongst all manner of god knows what else...
(🤮🤮🤮)
Moving as swiftly as possible powering our way through this, the design of the tunnel suddenly changed to the more contemporary industrial concrete rings.
Becoming apparent that Deep Orche was nearby, and our exit was within reasonable distance, we decided to rattle of a few extra snaps before packing the cameras away.
From here, it spat us out into Deep Orche, which we visited back in December. Unfortunately, this time around the exit we used previously was jammed shut.
But alas, and after momentarily panicking at the idea of retracing our steps, we soon found a lid that would play nice.
Up the ladder we went, and one by one we were greeted by the well-received night air... ahhhh.
All in all, and despite the ever-lingering drain stench, this would be one I'd classify as worth looking at!
Until next time ~
