Ashford Vaults - July - 2014 - Kent

[Thelocksmithman]

Well here goes a first report on here since i joined in 2013, completely forgetting i had created an account so please accept my delayed apologies for being inactive...​

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I visited this place in 2014, so a while ago now... hence why the pictures are how they are  :? . After an epic road trip up north, we returned to our hometown and had an opportunity for something we had been working on for a while. Exhausted from lack of sleep and driving many miles, we were not going to miss this window of opportunity and visited the place before it was no longer doable.​

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Really not sure on the history of the place, possibly built as wine vaults? Unable to find any records of it to be honest, it was really a right place at the right time thing. I believe it was at some point used as a youth club, then left vacant for a number of years and last i heard it was a gym. Unsure of the current situation, would like a revisit with the new camera and glass but beggars cant be choosers eh!!​

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Visited with non members JDY and xcon2icon. Access at the time was a walk in the park, and ive not seen it posted before so hoping its something that isn't the monotonous same old stuff for people to look at either, despite the lack of decent pictures!!​

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Really not the most exciting evening, no security, no nosy neighbors, no drama!​

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Thanks for looking!!​

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[seaside_rambler]

Nice to see some local stuff   blut

 

[Thelocksmithman]

Nice to see some local stuff   blut

Thank you, it's good to share something a bit different and hopefully not seen!!  :-D

 

[Dubbed Navigator]

Hi @Thelocksmithman - thanks for sharing. Cool little / not so little find.

Thsi pic is great;

 

[Thelocksmithman]

Hi @Thelocksmithman - thanks for sharing. Cool little / not so little find.

Thsi pic is great;

Cheers much appreciated  :10_wink:

 

[PeteDK]

Hi All

I've quickly joined to bump this thread as I'm a resident of Ashford, and a memeber of a couple of Facebooks groups specific to the town, most notably a group dedicated to memories & pictures of yesteryear. I'm very curious as to the location of these tunnels/the vault as I've been in the town all my life and have never heard of them. I have reached out to the OP for more info, but as it's an old post I'm not holding out much hope for a response. Just wondered if anyone could help myself & other Ashfordians with where this site actually was?

 

[Dubbed Navigator]

Anything else from the erpic road trip you mention?