Abandoned House

Abandoned houses are cool. Odd bits and pieces are left behind that would never normally be seen, things that are normal to the people who lived there but interesting to the inquisitive (nosey) types like me!

Guardian of the house:

Decay over time:

Time for a quick game?

My favourite shot:

Many thanks to a like-minded explorer for the information, this was urbex at it's best!

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Pontin's @ Plemont

Several different plans have been submitted for the development of the Plemont Pontin's site into housing. Luckily all have been rejected so far. If I had my way, this site would be left forever. You can imagine the holiday makers lounging by the pool, old biddies playing bingo in the dining hall...

*dream sequence, sound of a harp playing*

"..Pontin's is no longer trading on the island.."

Walking into the main office, it was like they had just closed for business the previous day:

Note the 5 digit phone numbers...old school!

The obligatory peeling paint shot:

Abandoned:

Desolate:

If you visit then take care, years of vandalism = broken glass and other crap everywhere.

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Victorian Reservoir

Quite a unique site! We found it from a tip-off by a very knowledgeable local, and with help from some of Jersey's few elite urbexers :)

This Victorian reservoir has a capacity of roughly 100,000 gallons and is made almost entirely from brick, with granite in a few places.

At the bottom of the granite spiral steps, the first thing you see is this input/output valve, with it's maHOOsive opening!

Think of the reservoir as a giant toilet cistern, complete with ballcock *snigger*

The second valve is cornered by overly neat granite blocks, with slots for pieces of wood to raise the level?

My favourite shot shows the impressive support pillars, the amount of labour and attention to detail used for a place that no-one normally sees is quite amazing!

The original thread that sparked my interest, with more pictures by other urbexers!

There are more impressive examples of Victorian reservoirs on the mainland. This report is courtesy of sub-ex.blogspot.com

Reservoir is inactive (I wouldn't have gone in if it was full of water...).

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Hohlgangsanlage 13

Ho.13 was another munitions store still under construction when the Jersey was liberated on the 9th of May 1945. This is a dangerous tunnel as only the centre section is lined. The floor is covered with the rotting remains of the timber props used to support the rock whilst digging, and then concreting was performed.

Semi-complete sub tunnel:

Escape shaft, with the chute for pouring concrete still in place, and no ladder. The tunnel was not as advanced in construction as some of the others on the island.

My favourite picture, this shows the true bore and length of the tunnel, even my SearchBlaster struggled to light right to the end!

I've got wood...

The last remaining pit-prop still standing, after about 63 years that's pretty impressive:

If you find this tunnel take care of it, it's old, not feeling too well in places and has a tendency to fall over...

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Hohlgangsanlage 1

Ho.1 was originally built as a munitions store by the Occupying German forces during WW2. This was later converted to a mushroom farm which was in operation until the end of 2006.

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This truck is British Army and was reversed into one of the branch tunnels shortly after the war, only to be sealed up and left there ever since:

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More pictures of this tunnel system by other Urbexers

This tunnel is now under new ownership, and is an active site.

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Mission Statement

My aim for this blog is to make a definitive photo-log of all of the known, and soon to be known, urbex/rurex sites in Jersey. These could be some of the many WW2 German fortifications, older local fortifications, and other unusual and unseen sites. Enjoy!