Cliff Death Drop FOR LYDDEN SPOUT BUNKER

Lydden Spout Battery is one of a number of coastal batteries established during WW2 along the Kent Coast. It was built in 1941 and manned by men of 520 Coastal Regiment Royal Artillery. The battery was located on the south side of a dead end minor road running west from Dover (now the A20) and in April 1941 was armed with three 6" Mk. VII naval guns on Mk. V mountings. These were later changed to Mk. XXIV guns on Mk. V mountings. They were 45 degree high angle guns giving then a longer range and they fired a 102lb shell a maximum of 24,550 yards on a full charge. The battery is identical to Fan Bay Battery on the east side of Dover.
Although initially little appears visible as most of the buildings have been demolished most of the underground features are still intact. The three emplacements are still extant although they have been infilled with only the concrete surrounding them visible.
The three magazines serving the emplacements are still accessible with care as is the deep level shelter.
The most prominent features are two single storey brick buildings beside a public footpath on the south side of the A20. The smaller of the two buildings, closer to the A20, was the Warrant Officer’s and Sergeants' Mess. This is a rectangular brick building with an extension on one end with an entrance porch and a ladder up to the roof on the wall alongside.
The second larger building is roughly ‘T’ shaped; this was the dining room and cookhouse. Both buildings have been completely stripped of all fixtures and fittings including windows and doors and are now used as cattle sheds. All other buildings on the site have been demolished although some footings are visible as are the roads.
Just past the dining room on the opposite side of the camp road there is a large earth covered mound. Beneath this is the underground battery plotting room and command post. The main entrance block was demolished in the 1960’s although the backfilled access shaft is still visible on top of the mound. At the southern end of the mound is the emergency escape shaft with a hinged metal hatch. This was sealed with concrete in the 1960’s but was re-opened in March 2003 giving access to the well preserved plotting room below.
Each battery within that fortress also had its own underground plotting room that could just control the guns for that battery. At South Foreland the fortress and battery plotting rooms were at different locations, 400 yards apart but at Hougham the two plotting rooms were co-located within the same bunker.
Although the main entrance to the deep shelter has been backfilled with no trace remaining a secondary entrance is still accessible by climbing down the now disused cliff path and steps, which can be found by following the footpath south from the A20 beyond the coastal path. About 60 feet down there is a retaining wall and just beyond this some brickwork can be seen 20 yards to the east of the cliff path. Extreme care should be taken here as it is necessary to traverse across a scree slope and then climb up to the entrance that is located behind the brickwork. It is strongly advised to use a properly rigged safety line as a loss of footing on the climb could prove fatal. The traverse and climb should not be attempted when the ground is wet as the chalk is very slippery.
Behind the brick wall is the partially collapsed tunnel entrance and just inside the original wooden door is still in place. The tunnel roof here is very unstable and it is necessary to crawl across a number of large blocks of chalk that have fallen out of the roof to reach open tunnel. Beyond two major roof falls the rest of the network of tunnels are sound and safe to explore with no further roof collapses.
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Equipment used:
DJI Mavic Zoom DRONE
Sony A7s ii with Samyang 14mm full frame lens
Dji Pocket 2 camera
Insta 360x R
BOBLOV 32GB Ambarella A7L50 Bodyworn Infra Red Camera
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Ryzen 5950X
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Nvidia RTX 3950 GFX
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[@BeyondthePoint]

Great to see you there Matt and appreciate the mention! Quite surreal seeing you and Chris pop over the edge whilst I was mid-bottle 😂 an interesting place to be caught starstruck. Glad to have made it in there in the end, great video as always and good to see the cliff from the drone's perspective.

[@TheSecretVault]

Nice to meet you. I like the cinematic stuff you do...

[@BeyondthePoint]

@@TheSecretVault Glad you like it :)

[@DE-eVOLVED]

I didn't expect to see you in this video Liam (BTP). We missed this explore due to no transport. Looks like you'll had a great explore 👍will catch up again soon. Martin/DE-eVOLVED

[@paulvamos7319]

I just subbed to your channel.

[@stuartdelamare4072]

That wrinkly tin has stood the test of time. Be hard pressed to find any nowadays that doesn’t dissolve in 10 years. I love the lidar idea mapping out the past secrets for future history before they are lost to time 👍🏼🇬🇬

[@and7barton]

Anyone thought of digging upwards, up those stairs and throwing the earth down to clear the stairs to the top ?

[@DogSerious]

That's what I was thinking, how incredibly well preserved that corrugated sheeting is. You can see how much the sea air has corroded everything else. I would definitely use it on a project bunker! It looks like asbestos?

[@TheUrbexTheory]

Hell yeah, see you met my mate Liam on the wall! Shout out to Beyond the Point

[@BlytheWorld1972]

Not shocked one little bit that Jordan done the cliff becouse he has got balls of steel.. never underestimate the Jordan.

[@jimmime]

That was quite the underground convention going on down there.

[@jimbo68morgan77]

Awsome Matt beautiful veiw cracking vid xxx👍👍👍

[@Lee-eu6wf]

Nice place for a meeting and a beautiful view of the sea

[@1961kickboxer]

That’s a hell of a drop down that cliff Matt , well done folks.

[@pauldevenish]

Ah, Beyond The Point - a good pair of explorers. I know the partner of one of them. Again, Matt - thanks for another video 👏🎬

[@BeyondthePoint]

Cheers Paul :)

[@pauldevenish]

@@BeyondthePoint no worries, it was; You, Matt and IKS who got me more into Urbex. 🕳️🔦

[@BeyondthePoint]

@@pauldevenish Awesome stuff, in the company of the greats!

[@pauldevenish]

@@BeyondthePoint you could say that, perhaps meet up or something - doing it on my own gets boring sometimes.

[@gaynor3976]

Lovely scenery from the clifftop but only days that sheer drop you had to descend and ascend looked brutal. Interesting to see inside and nice group of explorers. Thanksfor your endeavours Matt and sorry to have heard about your partner xx

[@kennethbarker852]

1st class video to watch thank you take care kind regards from me kenneth🙃

[@gail727]

That looked brilliant. Really enjoyed that one. Your one brave man! Looking forward to going back soon. Love the drone footage x

[@shaniapearcey]

Good to see chris the legend 👍

[@shaniapearcey]

And without ian ☺️

[@BlytheWorld1972]

Really knocking out some really great videos this month cant wait to see this video!

[@and7barton]

One of my great-grandparents' address was "Lydden Spout" according to the census, but there's no sign of any houses there (that I know of).

[@nolanaldridge4507]

very enjoyable great filming drone was amazing thaankyou

[@Trish1]

Wow - what a nail biting climb to watch 😱😱 looked really precarious! Amazing photography inside and considering the little group - you managed to give each other space, especially Glen for his Lidar mapping (so clever) Love the drone footage flying over the cliffs showing how hidden the tunnel is. Great video Matt 👍 and for danger element 👍👍

[@BlytheWorld1972]

The views from that cliff were spectacular.

[@chelle-fallen-angel]

OMG..that was epic, you sure have great balance to go down that cliff side. Well done Matt.

[@belindamoles9192]

Love seeing places like this, but going down that cliff face would have me having a panic attack, I would need one of your beata blockers @Secret Vault Matt x

[@Metalien76]

Tom, Chris and Ian. I know Tom and Chris quite well. been exploring with the IKS lads. Good guys, and really funny.

[@georgesmith8113]

Good one mate. Really enjoy the drone work. Great video! Thanks Matthew! 👍👍👍👊😎

[@andysimkin5200]

Love the cinematography Matt. Drone footage looks beautiful and perfect soundtrack too. Thanks for all your hard graft Met!

[@dandesjardins2552]

Welcome Chris from I.K.S.

[@DE-eVOLVED]

Nice explore Matt & Co 👍👍

[@Seat1AJoe]

I used to race bicycles and I specialized in hill climbing. The secret is to never look up the hill.

[@jamesblood6799]

Another great find Matt, really interesting and loving your channel I'm new to it but can't stop watching now, great work. 👍👍

[@pete2347]

Great video and thanks for sharing! What’s the music at the end during the drone footage? So relaxing 😌

[@lewiski1]

Damn shame these things aren’t looked after and recognised. Great vid 👍

[@jonnychooch6624]

bloody amazing,, thanks

[@BlytheWorld1972]

Matt always a plethora of knowledge!

[@DavidMantle139]

I love seeing these places, always interesting to see what you get up to.

[@jimmime]

Now I see how my Dad fell off there in 1914, that is STEEP!

[@robcraighill6315]

Great explore as usual Matt! 👍

[@kernow..exp.]

great video m8

[@marksmith-ew7ir]

Nice but your climb made my legs into jelly lol 😁

[@michellegouda3170]

Great videos. 🎉🎉

[@oldman157]

Great drone footage! Interesting to see it from that view. I thought they were going to seal it up. Only on top of the cliff?

[@cedhome7945]

Started to watch secret vault and it turned into the gadget show!

[@Sol-Cutta]

Did u guys come here before? I've seen a video of this place before covid. Was that u too?

[@jaynenewsome8761]

Hi matt that was a great explore and the landscape was very interesting and mind blowing too

[@columbo7927]

Interesting Matthew Thank you

[@exploringmetaldetecting5989]

WOW VARY GOOD EXPLORE TAKE SOME GUTS GOIN DOWN THERE MATT .WELL DONE AND THANK YOU FOR HAND WORK SO GOOD CH YOU HAVE

[@kevinbeckenham3872]

You must be, MAD!!!!!.

[@walkabout16]

Interesting, the aerial video was very good, well done.

[@scottfoster2487]

Be interesting to dig out the back fill enough to get a camera on a pole in to see were it goes.

[@grannieannie162]

Wow just thankyou

[@michellegouda3170]

Those two new guys.... New cop recruits may be... Just thinking...

[@Pander1985]

That’s new back fill, was much less last time I saw, wonder if someone actually ‘dug out’? 🤔

[@markhawkins7908]

Awesome as always thanks matt 👍

[@Pander1985]

What do you call a man with a seagull on his head? Cliff 🙄 I’ll get my coat

[@ToeTV247]

Bless that guy. What a good egg!

[@MrGMawson2438]

Great video Matt 👍

[@AdamMilford477]

Awsome video Matt really enjoyed that, Super brave going along the cliff edge, I'm defo out on that one, Plus at 46:05 see a guy walking along the platform at the bottom by the sea. Do you think mite have seen you all?? lol.

[@historyhuntersuk420]

Wouldn't believe that the footpath you walked down was once a proper walk way I did this in really chappy weather 1st time round

[@MrGMawson2438]

Wow it's clean in their

[@wagwanbennydj6003]

I know of one other bunker like this 🔥

[@dav1dbone]

Sorry if I've missed it said, does anyone know the purpose of this Tunnel network, and the filled bit at the top, where did originally go to?

[@arrangrant6037]

Great video Matt but where’s Ian from IKS?

[@kcsunnyone]

Awesome

[@and7barton]

Looks like there's a path up from the bottom of the cliff too. Does that access the bunker ?

[@TheSecretVault]

Yes you can go from the bottom upwardsall the way to hwere we were. If you fancy the hard route.

[@BadGaming101]

thanks for sharing very dodgy one

[@MartinHill6969]

Me too

[@RootsLion]

def ropes missing since last vid i see of that path in dodgy lol

[@mrhairypalm5006]

👍🏻.

[@MrGMawson2438]

Roly poly down the hill 😂

[@jameswillis3848]

Are you getting to the point where you stat realising that, when you've seen one, you've seen them all?

[@jameswillis3848]

makes you think where the government have been planning to hiding since '93 when all of these bunkers were exposed and decommissioned, not this one specifically but you know what i mean

[@connormeechan5784]

CLIFFF!!!🤣🤣

[@MrGMawson2438]

I'm here 😀

[@norfolknchance.500]

Wow, love your content, but sorry need to say, how can you say someone taking their own life is selfish!? Do you not realise how selfish that statement is!?

[@MrGMawson2438]

That's not safe

[@TheSecretVault]

Yep definately agree there a lot that could collapse in there.

[@MrGMawson2438]

@@TheSecretVault dangerous shit you do but mate

[@Mikes666]

And me

[@OLIFAB]

Great video Matt 👍🏼