Clifton Bomb Proof Records Room Bunker, Bristol | May 2021

Derelict Places

Help Support Derelict Places:

This site may earn a commission from merchant affiliate links, including eBay, Amazon, and others.

TopAbandoned

Well-known member
Joined
May 8, 2016
Messages
81
Reaction score
284
Location
Wallsby, UK
Bomb Proof Record Room Bunker, Bristol | May 2021

History


Bristol's bomb proof record room, located almost right beneath Clifton Suspension Bridge, was originally a railway line, known as the 'Clifton Extension Railway',which closed in 1922, It was later repurposed for the storage of important documents for different departments within Bristol City Council and the South West Region, It's now been left to rot for decades, and is fairly well hidden.

YouTube video


IMG_1381.JPEG

The Entrance, which as you can see, resembles an old railway tunnel.

IMG_1385.JPEG

The long very wet tunnel, which is why I'm glad I brought wellies

IMG_1393.JPEG
IMG_2171.JPG

IMG_1388.JPEG
IMG_1390.JPEG
IMG_1391.JPEG
IMG_1394.JPEG
IMG_1395.JPEG
IMG_2173.JPG
IMG_2175.JPG
IMG_2179.JPG
IMG_2181.JPG
IMG_6232.JPG
IMG_1396.JPEG
IMG_1398.JPEG
 

Attachments

  • FFE25059-62F0-47BE-909F-808B44689043.jpg
    FFE25059-62F0-47BE-909F-808B44689043.jpg
    721 KB · Views: 146
There have been TV programmes about restoring the railway. Perhaps it was the only (funicular) railway with separate tracks for first and second/third classs carriages.
 
There have been TV programmes about restoring the railway. Perhaps it was the only (funicular) railway with separate tracks for first and second/third classs carriages.
Yeah, I believe that's the Clifton Rocks Railway, you're thinking of, it's right next to it almost
 
The railway was entirely within a tunnel. Is that accessible? There is a picture of it in the Oakwood Press book 'Lines to Avonmouth' by Mike Vincent and it shows four tracks to give the two classes of service that Hayman describes.
 
The railway was entirely within a tunnel. Is that accessible? There is a picture of it in the Oakwood Press book 'Lines to Avonmouth' by Mike Vincent and it shows four tracks to give the two classes of service that Hayman describes.
What I got from the TV programme about it is that the place is secure, but there are plans for some sort of restoration. Perhaps, by contacting the people who hope to restore it - and showing an interest in the site - they might let you in.
 

Latest posts

Back
Top