Londonist: Subterranean London...Mapped!

showmethesquaremile

Tue, 02 Sep 2008 02:27:20 +0000

Four floors of ironclad safety deposit vaults beneath what is now the City of London Magistrates Court. Was the UK's first deposit vault, and doubly secure because the waters of the Walbrook allegedly surround it. It's on the triangular site at the corner of Walbrook, Bucklersbury Passage and Queen Victoria Street.

joeyinthebush

Thu, 05 Jun 2008 17:49:19 +0000

There is a bunker here http://maps.google.co.uk/maps/ms?ie=UTF8&hl=en&msa=0&ll=51.562172,-0.236995&spn=0.002301,0.004629&t=h&z=18&msid=113726868076624067544.00044eede44bdecbc95fa It was built by Churchill as an alternative to the Cabinet War Rooms. Codenamed "Paddock" it was the place where Churchill & his ministers would have holed up in if the Nazis won the battle of Britain. Apparently it was never used much due to the damp.

Nshimbi

Wed, 19 Mar 2008 14:26:40 +0000

The Honor Oak underground reservoir is in the location shown on the map. It's under the space bordered by Homstall Road, Cheltenham Road, Kelvington Road and Brenchley Gardens on the map. When completed in 1909 it was the largest underground resevoir in the world and is still the largest in Europe. It holds enough water for 1 million people.

danyey

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 16:30:49 +0000

From what I recall, the last part of the Tyburn runs along Storey's Gate/Great Smith Street/Great College Street to the Thames. I think I discovered that on the Parliament website. I'll try to dig it out... You could also include the Westbourne which runs along Westbourne Terrace, through the Serpentine, through Sloane Square (as everyone knows), along Bourne Street to meet the Thames below the Royal Hospital. And don't forget the sewers running along the Embankment. Also, is there something beneath the MI6 building?: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SIS_Building

Dave

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 01:53:29 +0000

I have a copy of 'War Plan UK' by Duncan Campbell sitting around at work. This 1982 book supposedly details some (largely unauthorised) exploration that the author undertook, investigating miles of unmapped and uncharted (or not publicly charted) underground tunnels, apparently linking key government and defense sites with various telecommunications centres. I'll see what I can dig out from the book. There used to be a website with a handful of interesting pictures from Duncan's explorations, but I can't find it any more...

zarstar

Sat, 15 Mar 2008 00:50:17 +0000

The River Tyburn along with some of its fish and possibly the smallest bridge in London can be seen in the basement of Gray's Antique Market (nearest tube: bond street) The Market has two entrances - choose the entrance down the side of the building marked 'the mews'. The antique market is a little gem in itself.

tikichris

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 23:47:22 +0000

Have you ever come across any Sleestaks while spelunking London?

onionbagblogger

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 22:08:17 +0000

More on the Clapham North Deep level Shelter over here: http://onionbagblog.blogspot.com/2008/03/going-underground-tuesday-11-march-2008.html Feel free to use the pictures for the map :)

jimmewis

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:23:08 +0000

Do you want to include the Honor Oak reservoir, one of the largest underground reservoirs? Supposed to be somewhere around SE22 0RY.

jimmewis

Fri, 14 Mar 2008 20:22:46 +0000

Do you want to include the Honor Oak reservoir, one of the largest underground reservoirs? Supposed to be somewhere around here: http://maps.google.co.uk/maps?f=q&hl=en&geocode=&q=SE22+0RY&ie=UTF8&ll=51.454756,-0.054717&spn=0.009574,0.028839&z=15