We Found an ABANDONED Fort Hidden Away! An Oldschool Adventure!

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Cliffe Fort is a disused artillery fort built in the 1860s to guard the entrance to the Thames from seaborne attack. Constructed during a period of tension with France, it stands on the south bank of the river at the entrance to Cliffe Creek in the Cliffe marshes on the Hoo Peninsula in North Kent, England.
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‪@cu3tard_cream‬
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[@maz121able]

Just bloody awesome so loved this! Well done to all! Especially custard she is a star! Thank you ❤❤❤

[@VacantHaven]

She did well! Cheers Maz, hope you and Elsa have a good week

[@Jetmh71]

Ya know what guys.....your channel...this vacant haven....is such an escape from the madness of the world right now... Thanks for your channel...your efforts and your content....very much appreciated 💗🙏💗

[@MrMonza666]

Couldn't agree more ❤

[@MrBobbalus]

I know that place. Went there regularly before the ballast belts started encroaching. It was never fenced off & it was never flooded. The ballast mob banked up the east ground level so they could pile shingle, so there was nowhere for the area to drain. It is a Napoleonic fort, but was also utilised in the 1st & 2nd World Wars as a barracks, a river defence & anti-aircraft position.

[@JerryEllenClary-zm2hp]

Thanks for info. I figured at least WW1 but Napoleonic wow. I am from US and love learning history. These guys are my favorite urbex explorers.

[@williammartin933]

Only time I turn the TV off is for the 3 amigos lol

[@Keith-middleton70]

Oh yeah,Sunday night viewing is booked

[@paulvamos7319]

I saw IKS do that fort about a year or two ago and they wore waders to explore the ground level! Thank you for the explore, still the same except for there being more graffiti, still a wetlands! 😮 Gorgeous countryside! From Oklahoma, USA with love!❤

[@julier1295]

Long trek to see something that most will never see or appreciate. It's amazing how nature is reclaiming it. Thank you for bringing this piece of history to us. Stay safe.

[@marilynhemingway5219]

Oh yeah.

[@JohnArcher-ti6ll]

Hi Alex. Nice to see you with the guys it looked quite a long trek custed cream did realy well she gave you guys a run for money i bet that was quite a place in its day shame ned was not with you all brilliant liked this one a lot thank-you ❤❤😊

[@JohnArcher-ti6ll]

Thank-you 🤘

[@Thalbergfan1983]

When John fell over and said "watch the pothole" I imagined ray saying what pot hole and immediately falling in like Maggie Simpson and face planting lmao 🤣

[@louisesummers3526]

Ahhh I needed more sad the videos over I mean that place was efin awesome!! 😮I can't believe it's just sitting there looking like that thanks again Vacanthaven 😎💓👍

[@AngelHalliwell-o9y]

Thank you guys I loved it great to see something so old watching you guys is like having a history lesson thank you for showing how life was .a great Sunday again with you lot thank you see you next week 😊🤗

[@SueMansfield-sd6gu]

Just watched. My Monday morning treat. Thank you. Loved it, what a treak though. Its amazing what is left over from the war. Ed is a true gentleman helping the girl over the fence. Love you all. Sue from Hampshire

[@mariedennis1193]

Thoroughly enjoyed this fab find, the entertainment you provide is great, little nervous for you all as some parts looked dangerous but loved it, lovely to see cu3tard with you and well done to her navigating her way around. 💕

[@fayking9811]

Can't wait guy's fed up at watching football rather watch Vacant haven see you soon guy's 🤙🤟🤘

[@VacantHaven]

@fayking9811 Come on England!!! 😉👍

[@bobnoaks1977]

Terrific explore and beautiful countryside. Takes me back to my youth - I'm 82 now and still love Urbexing. Thanks for keeping them coming - your content just gets better and better. Take care guys.

[@debbiefigures9323]

Omg Alex getting the exercise in on this one 😂

[@VacantHaven]

@debbiefigures9323 I dread to think the amount of steps for this one!

[@1MartinWaite]

Wow thank you for the video as it’s places like that which I’d never be able to see without videos like yours as there is no way to get there in a wheelchair nevermind get around the place. I don’t even travel that well anything further than 20 miles away is a nightmare for me so even getting there is a big no no for me so again thank you. The nearest thing round here like that is the city castle that was built back in the 1400’s to keep them daft Scottish infidels out though god knows why they’d want to come here. 😂😂😂😂😂😂 keep them cameras a rolling please.

[@stuartfletcher2378]

That was in good shape considering it was two hundred years old . You can't hold Mother Nature back she takes over and gets it all in the end . Thanks for the explore , a chance to see something that would have been impossible without the Vacant Haven crew . A big thank you to you all , you did a splendid job ,Till next time BIG LOVE , God Bless , Stuart in Canada ..

[@VacantHaven]

@stuartfletcher2378 thanks Stuart, it was well worth the trek to it! Glad you enjoyed this adventure 👍

[@phoenixfirebird5978]

Looks like the old abandoned fort in the small village I was born in, so will definitely be watching.

[@jimmime]

Wrong way in! Still great explore! 205 year old fort. I watched Steve's version yesterday.

[@VacantHaven]

@@jimmime We know that now! 😉👍

[@OGRocker1]

👀👍 Till Then. ...Good morning from the American west coast ~Jekyll the Hyde.

[@Randy-wp3bc]

The gangs all here minus Ned unfortunately. You guys are upping your game, had to work for it on this adventure. Can't get to the destination without the journey. Well done all. Love how nature reclaims the land. Cheers.

[@thedr309]

miss Ned, he makes me laugh, eddie is a riot as well may i ask what Eddie's profession? like his day job? we have a wager going here lol

[@carolgreenwood6105]

Omg never follow ED as u say 😂an adventure to get to the adventure 😂funny it’s a good job u haven’t got to make a quick getaway 😂top vid guys x❤

[@PhoenixTorch]

You really took the long way to get into Cliffe Fort. Bring some waders/ abseiling gear next time for the underground bits at low tide.

[@jasonshull3106]

Love it. Thanks, JDS in AZ usa 😂. Unbearable heat! Come out to Arizona.40-45+ c for months

[@jasonshull3106]

@@MaryBradley-s3s Phoenix AZ, here . 115/120+ f. And I'm not even in the hottest place in AZ. 100+ at night for 2/3 months. Let's trade places. It might be fun?

[@mariaziak7387]

Awesome group this week🎉 Cheers mate from Perth Australia 🇦🇺 👊

[@nbwelsh]

Great explore. Bit painful watching Steve climb at times.🍻🇨🇦

[@hazelduerdoth4333]

Penguin ED 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣 omg if one of you had fallen in I think I would of died laughing 🤣🤣

[@CameronMcCreary]

That fort is a very interesting find. Thanks guys for showing us this place.

[@Westfale08]

What an adventure! Thank you very much for this video🎉

[@VacantHaven]

@Westfale08 You're welcome as always! Well worth the 15 hour trek to get there 😉👍

[@BaronFlyingClub]

Thanks for showing me around. The things around the gun emplacement window are like a curtain rails, the curtain is to stop sparks blowing back into the room after the gun is fired as it may Ignite the powder.

[@camsterbunny]

Another brilliant fortification captured for the archives .., soon i fear most of it will be under water if them diggers dont stop removing the mud from around it ...!? love the old forts cheers for another explore ...., EAR MoOSH Lo0k at this !!!! ......Tell Pompeys proper Pompey ? ?!!..

[@curvebuster]

Its Flat !!!

[@008Birdman]

Ed walking across the pipes looks like Joe Biden walking normally. FJB!🇺🇸

[@phoenixfirebird5978]

Yeah, I know where this is, was born near there...never went to the Fort myself, so enjoying!

[@Khurbanx]

This is one my local forts ( there a few around here ) , it such a cool little one , I know the water level is dropping though so maybe one day it it drop , I walked up to it recently via the old route going past the kilms , it's best to do at night after they shut (: good place thou

[@robtpb]

Great explore guys. If you get a chance visit Hurst Castle in Milford, it’s a lot like this place, but in preserved condition.

[@msuddaby9958]

carnt wait , sunday night viewing , stay safe guys

[@christineSTEACY]

Thanks for the journey this was another tough one. I here in Michigan love watching your videos.❤❤❤❤

[@COPPER71]

those cone shaped positions were probably mortor pits that held a mortor cannon. the large iron cylinder was most likely the bottom of the main guns turret and was used to turn the gun possibly by hand like a capstan winch. the rings in the wall by the railway were used to pull the cannon back in to extend the barrel out the window after firing and reload, this was also done by hand much like a ships cannon

[@malcolmclarke1016]

Amazing fort to explore. Those things that you thought were mounds, they would have been used as machine gun posts during the second world war. They would have been positioned near anti aircraft guns.

[@donnasilver940]

What was this? U guys have a lot of guts.U don't know what kind of snakes are around.

[@VacantHaven]

@donnasilver940 this was a Fort Built in the early 1800s to defend the Thames in to London, we were at war with France back then! War never changes......

[@donnasilver940]

@@VacantHaven Even so that's a piece of history.Cool

[@AdrianWilkinson-e2p]

The torpedo can be seen in the Royal Engineers Museum in Chatham. Saw it about 15 years ago, so it should still be there.

[@patwagner3694]

😮That place looks so dangerous, especially for the kids who hang out there, but I wonder if the water would be a good place for magnet fishing.

[@peterfowler9966]

Enjoyed that one.! With more of you, you could relax and have a laugh. Was like the unchartered games. Alex like a free runner and Old Ed the old pack hunter lol putting the others to shame.

[@john0597]

Hi guys don't wish to be rude but I didn't think much of this video I think it's a bit boring can you just keep to doing houses anyway I watch this on Monday the 8th of July 24

[@charlesmcgarrigle3351]

Eddy and Alex proved pathfinders still exist, good stuff.

[@ChrisSmith-qq4mv]

Toronto 💕 itttt well done ✅😊😂❤ daylight singing Hills off 🎵🎶 music

[@gogz2693]

Seems to have determined quite allot since I was there around 15 years ago especially the living quarters roof

[@plazmascorpion]

Some of the looks of this fort look similar to coalhouse fort in East Tilbury Essex maybe you should visit that fort as well and if I remember this fort is opposite coalhouse fort across the water plus coalhouse fort is easier to get to, and it’s in better condition.

[@marilynhemingway5219]

Is that much effort really worth it? Someone could get seriously hurt.

[@jennifercartwright7278]

Great video Alex 💜 you gotta love Ed hes so funny 😂💜💜

[@J1M99]

Random round thing in the ceiling probably a raising point for a large gun replacement, 2nd ww retrofit guns would raise fire then drop reload and raise and fire again

[@gigiwilson9124]

Most importantly you've got Edd big star

[@davidarmitage2103]

48:03 there is a evp saying something about electrical

[@autobahnproven]

Yeah, back to old-school military facilities! 👍

[@leejames4050]

Great fort not far from me I’m from gravesend went there few years ago some good forts around kent nice work

[@kittymisshello]

Nice one , thanks to everyone who risk their lives white all the snake's !! ❤

[@VacantHaven]

@@kittymisshello and risk our lives with the stinging nettles 🤣👍

[@britasha1194]

The graffiti artists really wanted to ruin the visuals for some reason

[@mathewbrown4085]

That looks fantastic😊

[@aaronbirchnall6840]

What a video! Really enjoyed this one :)

[@StevenHolloway-om5dy]

Great video! Loved the Safari!❤

[@Thefatfoodiemcr]

Simpley awesome thanks

[@donnasilver940]

I enjoyed this

[@Han_Shot_1st]

Hope someone packed sarnies & tea .

[@si2546]

Bloody hell guys!!! Be carefull.... I work in a quarry it's really really bad

[@virvoy]

Well that was something a bit different, Thanks guys, Always A Pleasure... Much Luv for the channel from 'Oz'🤐👍👍💜💜💜!!! SUS-SCRIBE!!! JUST DO IT...

[@ewinder]

A long walk in and a long walk back!

[@Woody272]

Very much enjoyed that one

[@wyldstallyn2016]

in Canada we had Takeshis castle but it was called MXC most extreme elimination challenge. It was dubbed over with lots of profanity and innuendo and they cut the footage differently. amazing show, strongly recommend you check it out. the "safety fluid" (water) was donated by some hilarious disgusting source each time like medical waste or farm runnoff. Those pipes over the ditch was straight out of that show. awesome reference

[@ianshaw6922]

You wouldn't stand up to any workers if came near you would run off like you always do.

[@Woody272]

Nice English moron

[@simonmerrivale7927]

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[@VacantHaven]

😉👍

[@zipshed]

Well, I guess its been voted my job to be open with you. A few thousand of us followers of this channel had a meeting and heres what we found. Ed's guidance and trailblazing and leading the way is terrible and frankly, off and crazy without Ned giving guidance to him! Another issue we notice is that Ed only gets acting nutty and bossy as well as acting totally out of hand is when Ned's not there...he had to go as far as touching and fondling graffiti titties which he never would do id Ned was there to keep him in line! Good lord man, we cannot believe you would choose Ray, of all people to be a half assed fill in for Ned! That was astounding! Ray is afraid of his own shadow and everything that moves! Ray cant look out for himself let alone be a lookout for the crew. He will just run away! Ray....WOW! Let this be a lesson that you need Ned on your expedition's if you want to have the best turn out as possible! Good day Sir!

[@pompeye1521]

🤭

[@zipshed]

@@pompeye1521 Sorry Ed...all in good fun! I just couldnt help myself! 😜😜

[@jeanroberts5665]

Hi guys thank you so much for going to the old Fort I love this old times of wot went on in the war and old building and the history of it anyway thanks again ❤r

[@natalieseichter6330]

That was really cool to see. Thanks for taking us all along. Much love to you all ❤😊

[@julieb5707]

Gosh some of things you guys get up 😂. I love places like this and the history. Good on Ed for being a gentleman aswel. Another great explore and thank you for doing it, because without you guys we’d never see stuff like this.

[@carolali8851]

Getting in there was like solving a giant puzzle, well done. The surrounding dark water with the dead trees doesn't look very inviting. Looking at those very large rings in the wall you'd almost expect to see a set of shackles. Interesting place.

[@josephsnow8156]

Everyone except Alex makes me nervous as hell climbing around.

[@donnawheeldon9880]

I was just thinking Mario when you guys was jumping across 😅 but bluddy hell be safe ❤

[@donnawheeldon9880]

Brilliant guys thanks for another amazing Sunday video ❤❤❤

[@JustforFun-cb7bo]

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[@gaynor3976]

Hi Alex. Really enjoyed this explore with quite a few laughs. Love the saying 'follow Ed and your dead' lol. Good to see Steve and Ray along with you and Ed and John Bengle and the young lady. Was quite the trek but was worth seeing when you got there. Can always feel safe when you are carrying us up ladders and over walls and through tunnels. Brilliant video thanks Alex xxx

[@danielboley9901]

👀

[@victoriacarlisle4715]

Absolutely brilliant! Eddie sets the pace, good on him 😂❤

[@janelovesy2399]

Sooo exciting !! I felt a bit panicked at times tho ! Many thanks guys !!

[@darrenmccluskey7219]

Would you ever tour scotland ?

[@Tottiegirl77]

That was a really cool place really good explore guys really enjoyed watching it 😊see you in the next one , have a good week stay safe ❤😊

[@TheAmericanCanadian1973]

If I was security I wouldn't chase you. I would wait for you to come towards me. Lol

[@rockhoundingeasternwashing5308]

That was a great explore. Thanks! See ya next Sunday😊

[@ChrisSmith-qq4mv]

😅lol 20 years later

[@tomthumb6824]

That first structure you and Steve first looked at with four sectors is the remains of a cement kiln.

[@melissabushill3005]

What a great explore. Love that you use the storror whistle, you know the intro. 👍😂

[@poppystravels4233]

❤

[@debbiefigures9323]

Awesome guys ❤

[@Judamac]

Hi from 🇨🇦.What an amazing place .

[@waynejacksonofficial]

Grain? If so we went to some mad raves there in the 90s! Looks f.cked now.

[@stigg1im]

awesome what a place ,nice one guys

[@philsimprezawrx]

👍👍👍👍👍👍🫶👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@donnawheeldon9880]

Ask John where's my post card from he's trip 😅