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'Ello Folks,
I had a revisit to Willington today with LIO112 and Jimba, we found a funny hatch thingy, upon dragging it to the side we found a ladder, I cautiously decended to find a small walkway above various pipes and valves, leading to the flooded underground parts, the room seems to house pump controls, and is in pristine condition inside.

I Wonder What Is Under This Rusty Hatch?
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The Ladder Down
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First View
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Crispy Rust
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Looking Back
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LIO112 Enters The Abyss, While Jimba Watches...
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Switchgear
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Rusty Walkway
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GENERAL WILLINGTON SHOTS

Concrete Jungle
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Inlet Valve
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Looking Up
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Pepper Pot (Straight Out Of Camera :mrgreen:)
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Evening Light
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Thanks for looking!
 
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Twas a good day, nice weather too :)

Here are some general shots of Willington Power Station from todays adventures -

There was some interesting graffiti in the cooling towers...
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"Danger danger, high voltage!"
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Ladder disappearing into the underground room james. s found.
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*prods*
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Thanks, I will have to take the wellies, and investigate further the waterlogged part underneath this platform further down the ladder :)
 
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It is sort of at the back, near the Right end of the Substation if you are viewing it from the towers, the hatch is on a piece of hardstanding, next to another hatch which has a yellow fence around it :)

The ladder does go down further, but there is quite a bit of water so waders are needed for full investigation, I don't think there is much under it, just a small pipe leading into a massive (flooded) underground structure.
 
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Hey where's the control room?
Click to expand...

I may have worded that wrong, it's not a massive main control room by any means, But It does have a few biggish switchboards, so I believe it may have been somthing to do with water/coal management maybe.
 
Top find on that underground bit !!!
Full marks for poking about that extra bit,it payed off well.
loving the pepper pot shot too ! Nice one. :)
 
Thanks folks! If any of you are going back to Willington in the near future, PM me and I can show you where the fabled yellow and black striped hatch is :)
 
Nice find guys & great pics. Haven't had the pleasure of doing this site yet, think i may have to make a visit on the the next roadtrip.
 
Thank you :) It's a nice relaxed place to stroll round, and the cooling towers make great echos. There are plenty of other underground hidey holes too, but quite a few are filled with water, if you are feeling brave you could crawl down the underground water pipes.
 
Nah, it's not too hard :)
Tell me if you ever want to do Willington, I would happily tag along, I always love going there, despite having been about 5 or 6 times now :mrgreen:
 

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