Upper Hale Underground Reservoirs, Aldershot Garrison, Surrey – April 2017

[Landie_Man]

Upper Hale Underground Reservoirs, Aldershot Garrison, Surrey – April 2017

Continuing on from Flexlands, Southside, my friend and myself visited this site. I don’t really do underground, but I quite liked it here and I think it lit up quite well.

History
These Reservoirs are South of an area known as “Caesars Camp”; which was then; a major water catchment area for Aldershot Camp which had its own water supply from Aldershot Town

There are a number of uncovered reservoir's in this area; and until recent years a water tower and pump house across the road.


The Explore
Just a quick explore in here really. Quite refreshingly cool as expected under there; though incredibly slippery which is understandable of course!

Got a few shots here; and I for one quite liked it under there. The ladder we used was incredibly sturdy, but I have been told that other ladders here are not!!!

We left after about 20 minutes to check the rest of our list for the day.


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Thanks for looking! More At:
https://www.flickr.com/photos/landie_man/albums/72157681699662934

 

[Gromr]

Not seen this one pop up for a while. Lovely lighting in there.

 

[night crawler]

Very neat bet that cool down there

 

[SlimJim]

Nice! Decent amount of light too.

 

[smiler]

Nicely Done Thanks

 

[Landie_Man]

Thanks everyone

 

[stu8fish]

Nice to see its "on" again. Will pop back in someday soon.

 

[Rubex]

Very cool! Nice one

 

[jsp77]

Lovely stuff Landie_Man, you have lit it up well.

 

[yortsandthat]

Back in the late 80's as kids we broke into there. Took turns climbing down the ladder whilst a friend would close the hatch to see who would scream like a girl.

 

[Hayman]

The curved concrete roofs remind me of photos I've seen of another covered/underground water reservoir, but with brick archwork and from a much earlier era. Possibly somewhere in Italy.

 

[SimonCG]

Is anyone able to pin this location on a map? Assuming it's still there?

 

[brickworx]

Is anyone able to pin this location on a map? Assuming it's still there?

These are long gone - filled in with concrete a while back I believe

 

[Riskybex]

These are long gone - filled in with concrete a while back I believe

The reservoirs are still there. Work started on reusing them but it seems they abandoned it.

 

[Hayman]

The reservoirs are still there. Work started on reusing them but it seems they abandoned it.

Were they 2,000 years old - as the ones in Rome are - they would be 'sites of special scientific interest' or 'listed buildings'; even open to the public under the National Trust. Here, they are seen as obsolete industrial holes in the ground.

 

[brickworx]

The reservoirs are still there. Work started on reusing them but it seems they abandoned it.

Ahhhh good to know - thanks.......Local to me and enjoyed a couple of trips there back in the day..... still accessible do you know?