Brading Reservior, Isle of Wight - Nov 07

[Urban Mole]

Yet another site Ive visited a few times now, but last time was with Timtom.

Its a disused Victorian reservior that used the feed the town of Brading and surrounding villages, but a new one nearby has replaced it.

On with the pics;

I scanned this in from the local newspaper, some bright spark wanted to turn it into an underground cafe

Daytime shot, its all uncovered now due to the above paper report.

One of the 4 vents on the top.

Inside;

Entry hatch and a rather large ball valve system.

The curved sidewall.

Some of the many pillars.

Pillar and concaved side wall.

Pillar base.

Lovely enamelled brick floor.

And again.

One of the many spiders that now call this place home.

And another.

Hope your not squiemish

Not 100% sure what this was, but I think the top pivoted on a float device, telling you the water level.

Night time shot.

 

[Neosea]

Nice find, thanks

 

[Timtom]

Nice one matey! Would make a cool little underground house Thanks for taking me anyway..

 

[Foxylady]

Would make a cool little underground house

This is really interesting because a mate of mine was telling me about an underground reservoir near Sidmouth which had been converted into a house. I couldn't picture it at all as I'd never seen one...now I know!

 

[Urban Mole]

a mate of mine was telling me about an underground reservoir near Sidmouth which had been converted into a house.

A quick google, and .... http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/devon/6463889.stm

 

[Foxylady]

Cheers Urban. Woolbrook! Couldn't think of the name! Doh!

 

[Urban Mole]

I think it would be cool (in both meanings )to have an underground house, but you wouldnt get much light, unless you installed some of them sun light tube things
You proberbly wouldnt have much of a problem getting permission for an extension tho
And no I dont mean in a Fritzel way...

 

[BigLoada]

Wow I am totally envious of you! I dream of finding an underground disused resevoir. It looks incredible.

 

[Urban Mole]

Thanks BigLoada, its quite a nice place to visit, and the echo is amazing in there.

I think per square mile, the Isle of Wight has more stuff than anywhere else in Britain lol...
(thats just an assumption, dont hold me to it)