In my ongoing quest to knock over all of the big sites around Kent, this one came up next. I've always like the look of this place since I've been on the forum, so it was nice to be able to head over and have what was in the end quite a relaxed explore. After some confusion I met up with Stealth just around the corner from the mill, and with the aid of his tripod made it on to the site, glad not to be greeted by rumoured polish secca or dogs. So on we pressed.
I'll cover the mill in this first post, then follow on with the air raid shelter in the post after.
History taken from Reef's report, doesn't seem to be much about the place online...
As we made our way across the walkway to the non-silo side of the complex, it became very apparent that the place had been utterly stripped of copper, which was a shame. Many floors just covered in empty tubing.
Stealth living up to his name and getting in the back of my pictures without me realising
We had a few issues with fire doors as we navigated the confusing layout of rooms, but we got there in the end. Most of the rooms still had their original machines, but pretty much every wire had gone, with occasional graffiti dotted around.
Stealth reliably informs me that a few years ago he crawled across this girder. Balls of steel.
That completed most of the site, so we made a move for the roof, although now I think about it we only did the roof on the silo side
This room at the top was littered with sketchy looking trapdoors to the darkness below.
The room at the very, very top of the mill now belongs to the pigeons. The smell of their faecal matter from that room is still haunting me!
We spent quite a while in there, and pretty much saw all of it, apart from that other roof. Shame to see the place in a sorry state compared how others have found it over the last few years, but a nice explore anyway. After the mill we headed off for a pint and some derps, more to follow!
SJP
I'll cover the mill in this first post, then follow on with the air raid shelter in the post after.
History taken from Reef's report, doesn't seem to be much about the place online...
As we made our way across the walkway to the non-silo side of the complex, it became very apparent that the place had been utterly stripped of copper, which was a shame. Many floors just covered in empty tubing.
Stealth living up to his name and getting in the back of my pictures without me realising
We had a few issues with fire doors as we navigated the confusing layout of rooms, but we got there in the end. Most of the rooms still had their original machines, but pretty much every wire had gone, with occasional graffiti dotted around.
Stealth reliably informs me that a few years ago he crawled across this girder. Balls of steel.
That completed most of the site, so we made a move for the roof, although now I think about it we only did the roof on the silo side
This room at the top was littered with sketchy looking trapdoors to the darkness below.
The room at the very, very top of the mill now belongs to the pigeons. The smell of their faecal matter from that room is still haunting me!
We spent quite a while in there, and pretty much saw all of it, apart from that other roof. Shame to see the place in a sorry state compared how others have found it over the last few years, but a nice explore anyway. After the mill we headed off for a pint and some derps, more to follow!
SJP
