We Found Tunnels in an Abandoned Army Base!

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In this explore we visit an Abandoned UK Army base that was used to store ammunition in WW2.
During the explore we find Military training equipment and radiation tents!
Also we search for the mysterious tunnels and bunkers that are rumoured ro be on the site.
Joining us on the explore were,
‪@HIDDENHISTORYWITHRAY‬
‪@ExploringWithin‬
‪@pompeye1521‬
Check out Ray and Steves Explore here -
#abandonedplacesuk #urbexuk #vacanthaven #derelictplaces

[@elspaceshipcuh]

30:44 looks like their running new conduit and power boxes down there? soo someone definitely has some plans for it

[@EddyT1717]

Likely munitions factory buildings, the soil birms would absorb any accidental explosion inside to prevent shrapnel from damaging anything else or setting off other building close by.

[@bobhorner2845]

I used to work at a US military base and the bldg with the large copper strap was part of weapons stores grounding protection.

[@kimciesielski8279]

Scary! I'd have a panic attack!

[@bozmiumx]

The buildings with the built up earth and heavy doors are classic munitions / explosives stores or production areas. Note that all the doors have heavy earthing straps and cables attached to them to prevent any possibility of static discharge. Area looks like its been put to use as a training area for emergency services / military / law enforcement etc. Very interesting old compound interesting explore guys. keep it up!

[@VacantHaven]

Thanks for the info Bozmium 👍 It is being used as for confined space training, as we found. Sometimes you never know what's going on until you get there! Cheers for watching !

[@gennien1bottle]

What an amazing adventure! If only the walls of that underground could talk, to tell the tales! I really like your style , the humor, the knowledge, the kinship, no staging just as is! I really believe you can learn a lot through viewing these places...... Thank you for sharing, I am going through watching all your videos very enjoyable! Again thanks for being REAL!

[@VacantHaven]

Thank you for the comment very kind!! Glad you enjoyed the explore and adventure, that's us, just big kids on a day out 😁👍

[@seymourpro6097]

From 30 to 40 minutes it's a stone quarry with stock of all sizes piled up for building work, and more stock partly cut. Think Corsham!

[@svdreamketcher]

The building with confine space training is what fire fighter train in in the dark.

[@hahomy]

Alex that was a brilliant video mate well done loved every minute of that explore what a find, well done Boyz thanks for sharing 👍 always look forward to yr videos 👍💖 take care xx

[@VacantHaven]

Most welcome! One of the most fun ones I've done! Cheers for modding 👍

[@angelacook1533]

A very interesting explore. Think you need to attach a retractable dogs lead on Eddie 😂 xx

[@VacantHaven]

Definitely invest in a harness! Or a light up collar 🤣

[@daphnerosemoon9843]

@@VacantHaven 🤣

[@georgesmith8113]

Great explore! Excellent video. Cheers mate! 👍👍👍👊👊

[@sharonleong7120]

Will be watching it. Another great and interesting exploration. Thanks Alex.👍👍👍❤️❤️❤️

[@VacantHaven]

Cheers Sharon 👍👍 enjoy!!

[@starstreamvr8134]

sorry to inform yall but i served in the british armed forces for 10 yrs the part of the base yall are in and those tunnels are used for training and are being put back into service for training and you can actually get permission to access the locked parts by speaking the the base head or a captain of the gaurd i was posted there during 2006 - 2008 you dont have to worry about getting in trouble just dont go into any of the areas marked with bio signals as there still not been decontaminated from ww2 and as for the buildings with the rails they where used for arti rounds and ammuntion stores the bunkers wont be reused but id deffo suggest contacting the mod for correct permission to access the areas as if you get caught youll be arrested and charges will be ruthless as the did catch someone in 2010 there and there in jail still now as far as i know best to yall and have fun exploring just double check what ive said guys as you dont wanna catch charges for just looking around old mod sites which ironic you can get a permit pass and have someone with the full story of the site with you telling ya the history of the place and showing you through the locked areas providing there not in active use or still radioactive from ww2 gear best of wishes to all yalls

[@josephstuart7185]

Guys, I've been a sub for quite awhile and you guys are the best explorer's by far. I got excited when I got a notification for this video. Thanks for you time and effort and hard work that's put into each video you release. Re: Joe in Alabama, USA

[@VacantHaven]

Thank you very kind indeed! Glad you are still enjoying the explores Joe, really appreciate it 👍

[@carlseddon1650]

These and exploring the unbeaten path

[@jbss7382]

@VacantHaven Not all abandoned bases are actually abandoned!! The man made confined spaces training tunnels are SF training facility

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Good job inall. Be a total waste of dosh if they actually walk away completely. Being 'abandoned' is a neat camo for use.

[@dsds3968]

If you look on Google maps it shows the organisation who have the tents.

[@jbrobertson6052]

Thanks guys first time watching one of your videos and at 17:00ish it looks like a maze for training I have done quite a few for fire fighting

[@daphnerosemoon9843]

That is an exciting explore. Thank you Alex 👍👍👍👍👍💖💖

[@VacantHaven]

You're welcome 😊 👍👍👍👍👍

[@maz121able]

Great explore I loved those tunnels thank you for sharing

[@VacantHaven]

You're welcome as always Maz, will check out the info you sent as well, thanks for that 👍

[@AurorasEarth]

Y T erased my com.ment Pause at time stamp 35 57 you’ll see multilayer perfectly round archways. Prob why they’re extra rubbled I think those lines were used for trolleys and pneumonic railways! So cool These tunnels look like a megalithic structure like waaaaaaaaay older but WAY more advanced than a mine or bunker perfectly cut huge bricks and right angles. So amazing it looks like they were trying to make it look like rubble. What did the energy feel like to you walking through this? So glad you did so we could watch

[@nannyofmany8315]

How did I miss this. Watching now. Comment after! Finally watched last quarter. Impressive tho just imagining the munitionstaff working in those conditions. It use have been harrowing every day just waiting for one of them thru tiredness or just a tiny slip being blown to smitheries whilst a king the armaments. Terrifying. You need to visit The munition factories that were located here in the south coastline Llanelli, Trimsaren, Pembrey etc. my GrandMonth in law worked in the munitions factory local to Trimsaron where she worked for the duration of the 2nd WW the used to talk about the conditions etc and how their skin colour would change depending on the explosives. Frightening. Great explore. Sorry I have taken so long. Bad week Lol!! See you all on Sunday. Much Love All. 💜😁🤗🥰

[@glynnholland9762]

Hi there im new to your channel been here about a day now.I have to say im loving the videos it must be nerve wracking exploring a place like that. Cant wait to see other videos.

[@VacantHaven]

It's very hairy indeed when we go underground, but the adrenaline kicks in and you have a laugh! Glad you're enjoying the explores 😁👍

[@louisesummers3526]

Best explore so far keep it coming Vacanthaven 😎👌😱😱

[@VacantHaven]

Nice one Louise, proper old school adventure!

[@shable1436]

Riva bed? Those are called creek beds where I'm from, rivers are at least 20-30 meters wide then start to be called creeks here, but I live in mountains

[@Marilyn195]

Amazing explore,all those old buildings,and that never ending tunnel system👍👍👍🇨🇦

[@VacantHaven]

Thanks Marilyn there probably are crawl spaces we could explore further, but safety first!

[@suzyqualcast6269]

It's that l o n g so as to wear noses out before they get there.

[@stuartfletcher2378]

That was a real nail biter, what with all the cracks in the rock and the rusty metal holding up the roof . There must have been a lot going on when they dug that place out . Really epic video . Don't think I could stand being in there for very long. Till next time , take care , be well and good luck on your next adventure , Stuart in Canada ..

[@lauraallison4697]

I’ve just found your Channel and I think it’s brilliant well done .

[@VacantHaven]

Thank you very much glad you enjoyed the vids 😁

[@1MartinWaite]

Well that was good even you getting from “ house to house “was fun but that mine left me saying there’s a lot more to that mine that they don’t want you looking at, also if you go back be careful as that place isn’t abandoned don’t know if you noticed the van while you were looking in the tents well that van is still in use it was parked up. You have to love Pompeye with his “right let’s all stick together and keep quiet” and off he goes at 200mph shouting oh my, gosh etc. Anyway another great video as always keeping it real.

[@jacqueline7986]

Seems you guys had a great tour around definitely enjoyed the video

[@VacantHaven]

It was a fun adventure this one! Cheers for watching, glad you enjoyed Jacqueline 😁👍

[@kathpayne4364]

Awesome thanks Alex..

[@VacantHaven]

You're welcome Kath, cheers for watching tonight 👍

[@MissPresley69]

😂😂😂 "This might be our last day on earth, can you two please stop arguing" 🤣🤣🤣 Love your sense of humour 😅😅😅

[@JohnCompton1]

You guys have all the fun in old military spots in the UK. Though I'm sure there are just as extensive tunnels and explorable abandonment here in the states, our government tends to frown on good clean fun of any kind.. Also we call those bits of metal strapping reinforcements on the roof "bacon strips" over here though that certainly may be the term of miners there as well. Love all your stuff guys!

[@VacantHaven]

Thanks for the comment John, yeah sounds no fun for exploring in the States! Glad you enjoyed the vid and cheers for the info 👍👍

[@mrobserver474]

The MOD does here also but they're too disinterested to be bothered however, I can assure you that if the MOD police or the local county force turned up they would not be pleased and you would be ordered off and told to stay off MOD property

[@GrimSpeedFPV]

Very cool explore!!

[@KennethWalters-ym7ty]

It reminds me of WW2 underground factories, they were all over the country for important things for the war effort.

[@safetybear5514]

Cool show! Thank you!

[@VacantHaven]

You're welcome and cheers for watching 😁 👍

[@columbo7927]

Interesting Alex Thank you very much

[@kernow..exp.]

Cool find folks

[@julieb5707]

Omg what an absolutely amazing place. So interesting! Loved this video, best one yet. Thank you to all you guys.

[@colindickinson153]

When I was working 20 years ago !, I used to work in fire stations "electrician", including the training tunnels and training house.

[@user-mn5du9te4j]

When Do they Run Into the Underground Creatures the Military has Been Secretly Creating? Lol.

[@user-vr4bi9zf4f]

That was Awesome. I have been in some Caves crawling around and almost got to go in a Coal Mine But that was so Cool The Tunnels looked perfect like you could put a City in there 😎😎

[@owenaero]

the mine part to me looks more like a bunker that was being excavated out and could of been abandoned do to the fractured ceiling not being stable

[@f35t3r6]

looks like the site is being used by serveon for training if you check their website you can see them in some of the buildings filmed being used

[@sandrawatson1126]

You didn't only find tunnels, you found plenty of asbestos, lead, mould & who knows what else you all breathed in - i wouldn't be worried about mosquitoes!

[@Lex1uth3r]

Reminds me of this massive room and pillar concrete mine I explored a few years back. Felt like I was in the mines of Moria just waiting for some goblins to pop out of the abyssal darkness.

[@AbandonedSeekers]

wow this really had my brain trying to find this place and that I've been there so many times in pass years and didn't know about it was tricky, but I found it lol

[@lynnmorgan4782]

Look forward to your videos love you and the gang👍

[@maverickflint1991]

Cool shot of the attic.👍

[@commanderfoxtrot]

Wish I knew about this place when I was doing vagrancy stuff in the UK last year.

[@rogerfleury3591]

175th! Never been an of going underground! Two of my ULTIMATE FEARS are falling from a ridiculous height, or being buried alive! You blokes have some courage to do these types of things. Great video! Roger in Pierre South Dakota USA

[@cu3tard_cream]

You guys have all the fun 😅 Now I wanna go there and play around in the tunnels 😆

[@VacantHaven]

Lol cheers Cu3tard. This was one of the funnest I've done for sure! Thanks as always for supporting 😁👍

[@harryvanderlans384]

With me?

[@valsimon6028]

It's odd military would leave electronics..... interesting. To see what information is on them

[@jamesavery2]

Is that live firing in the background????

[@maverickflint1991]

Cool buildings to explore there.👍

[@mikerenningersr7664]

Those hard drives could yield valuable historical data

[@bartardo1]

Excellent video 📹 very interesting

[@ravenbarsrepairs5594]

Based on the tents being here, I'm gonna hazard a guess that this site isn't abandoned

[@dct1]

Especially when there was a ford transit in the background with support unit written on it.

[@englishexplorer5985]

Across the road where the rails cross the road opposite stay out of there. That was for the leakers to be disassembled they was known as leakers. Those buildings where you was was a production line for weapons rockets missiles and Polaris nukes etc I actually seen it for real a tractor would tow certain parts for assembly then through the metal earthed shutter certain parts explosive was passed , came by train the secret sidings by chillmark bunker . I was lucky to see it once in 1988 in full operation. That first building you went in with the dishwasher was the check point room where stock was noted the building before that to the left behind the evergreens hiding was where the rocket motors was added to nukes hence the height and being hidden by the evergreens. Years ago public wasn't allowed there. I know a whole lot more about the surrounding area there but I won't say because it is way to much . And also a threat to national security.

[@VacantHaven]

That is very interesting indeed, and cheers for the info! Had no idea. I know the bit you are on about with the shaft, is there any reason we should stay out currently lol.

[@englishexplorer5985]

@@VacantHaven go for it your see the room on its own train tracks go in there with a bumper that had hefty doors once that's where they disassembled the leakers and stored them. It use to have a halon system that had purifiers that would blast in deradiate. Men in big suits would take it all apart and it would be stored untill time to dump. Outside there was a klaxon and red light which was connected to the sensors in the room geider Muller counter for ionisation (q.v.) for particle counts. Outside on the surface is a block house this was where the gyroscopic equipment was kept after disassembly,

[@jbss7382]

@@VacantHaven Yeah one good reason and I’ll give you a clue? The big boys in black wearing full face masks. Another clue? 42 years ago a couple of days ago! And they don’t take prisoners either! TAP TAP!

[@shable1436]

This old place is a national security threat? Your kidding right? So you Brits were putting nukes together in sheds and barns at farmhouses? 🤔

[@englishexplorer5985]

No sheds no farmhouses there.

[@GenMaster124]

Amazing…I do love a good tunnel 👍🏻👍🏻

[@maverickflint1991]

You guys be safe and careful.😊👍🙏

[@maverickflint1991]

That place is cool!!! 😊👍

[@ByGraceIGo]

I'd be wearing a mask in that building mate.

[@aaronbirchnall6840]

Great video :)

[@maverickflint1991]

That is a lot of tents for camping.👍

[@digger5521]

Look at that spider !!! In Australia : Hold my Beer

[@VacantHaven]

🤣👍

[@julieturner2194]

Just come by your channel so interesting going to different places so like your channel so I subscribe

[@VacantHaven]

Thank you Julie very kind! Cheers for checking out the channel and hope you enjoy the explores 😁👍

[@Goat.Herder]

That was a rum ol' fire sign buh.

[@buffplums]

8:24 I reckon that building is a small explosive store hence the earth bank. As for the hatch with the copper binding strap, that’s to probably reduce the chance of sparking of the metal roller bearings of the hatch doors to reduce the risk of explosion when small supplies of explosive material are passed through the hatch. Just a guess

[@shable1436]

You four stooges walked past a map in the cave of the layout of the cave lol or should I say quarry, I would love to take you guys in the mines here in Virginia, it would blow your minds, there's honeycomb passageways hundred meters underneath whole villages here from hundreds of years ago, there's so much that happened here in the new world that brought Europeans here during the past 500 years that it took us to explore and work, you just don't get a grasp until you visit all these man-made things, then there's a native culture before us, you can literally look in fields here after rains and find ancient Indian arrowheads laying everywhere, I have cases of them, and spear points, it's unbelievable the footprint man has left in/on our earth

[@dangoodfield6525]

If you want more caves, there are a fair few in Gloucestershire

[@johnnewton8017]

“Last day IN earth” 🤣🤣🤣

[@duaneayers6117]

I wonder where in the world did they put all of that rock to make these tunnels. Great Video 👍

[@tomstickland]

They're repurposed stone quarries.

[@aA-ye1cf]

Look at old maps if you can get them and youle see the area all around for acres and acres has been built up

[@conway5481]

Use the right hand rule. always take the right hand branch that way youll always find your way back

[@tomstickland]

There's maps of it online. You can't get lost in there, it's not large enough.

[@suzyqualcast6269]

@@tomstickland til someone does.

[@buffplums]

Top video chaps

[@lauragale405]

You didn't find the best underground bit, There is a medical centre, blast doors. Track lines etc, so much. Ore down there

[@johnbastien3872]

Looks like they were building an ammunition depot.

[@maverickflint1991]

Cool mine.👍

[@shable1436]

Is there a shooting range near there? Someone has a gun in the background, oh uh don't tell the cozzers 😂

[@dodona429]

Love From Albania

[@VacantHaven]

Thank you Orakulli 😁👍 greetings from the UK

[@carmelbrain7399]

interesting

[@morganophelia5963]

why was there kids chairs there and tunnels ...hmmm

[@fredsimmons2793]

Alex, some of those buildings started to make me think of the ovens in Nazi Germany!There was way more here than meets the eye friend!There's safety in numbers .I bet there was dog kennels on the property!

[@VacantHaven]

Yeah the big chimney had me thinking that too! Very interesting place this, and with work being done to it, it may warrant further investigation!

[@user-sl5bh8kr8h]

The tunnels look old world. Like the army was smashing it up to hide it? 35: 37 into video " STONE ARCHES "

[@angeldevilleheavenly4009]

Yep, and if military dont destroy it as much as possible the build a cathederal church on it. Start forts, tataria, olde world. History hidden.

[@theurbanlegenduk1760]

Cool video great to see underground stuff💯💖👍

[@VacantHaven]

Glad you liked that Will! Like you I love to go underground, away from everything! Cheers for watching 👍

[@billdeacon458]

Hey Alex it’s been a bit,but I just caught a couple of your last videos..As always they’re are amazing!! The Cold War bunker was a great find, too bad yous couldn’t get beyond the bricked up parts…Anyway stay safe and looking forward to what’s next. One day I’d love to come join the team…

[@vercioliveira5497]

Parabéns um belo vídeo 👍

[@VacantHaven]

Obrigado Verci 😁👍

[@shable1436]

What the heck is this place? It's like budget training or something? Or like a private militia training center, like an old terrorist camp 😂

[@jillfarrell6388]

I think my dad might have worked there!. The only people that would turn up is the police or range staff. Also helicopters as well 😅

[@andquin1476]

, whenever I watch any videos on mines I always wonder why they look like a structure that's been made to look like a mine, the rubble looked like it was from somewhere else and the walls looked like scratches added to a existing flat wall. Also , what were they extracting in there ? Or am l stupid and not understanding how mining works? How deep were the tunnels?

[@tomstickland]

They were stone quarries.

[@shable1436]

I like the older gentleman(Eddie maybe), he's like me, fuck it guys let's go in it's fine, these young whippersnappers don't know what danger is yet 😂

[@rachealsullivan1856]

I would so not go in there lol Be safe!

[@ingenfestbrems]

19:46 stick a camera in next time. Maybe it’s going further down underground

[@BrianWilliamDoty]

interesting!

[@morganophelia5963]

what was on it

[@John-dd7ez]

I found some dark in a tunnel.

[@briancorty4348]

Please people don’t go in the heat tunnels on these bases I work on Telco on active bases and The HS4 as well as other very bad gases in those tunnels

[@pamthevan7340]

Good old HS4 - needed to watch out for that when I worked in sewer systems. Stinks for the first minute or so, then anaesthatises your nose so you can't smell it any more - then it attacks your lungs.

[@jojakim414]

Sublevels ?

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Mate really rate you etc on these, s'just folks houses where it comes across as a bit spidey leaf, if you'll scuse me for saying. Keep On. 🇬🇧

[@scottcarns5156]

Coolbeens

[@bytemenowplease2143]

15.58 who do i hear a child say meeow