Avon Gorge Suspension Bridge and Rifle Range Tunnel Bunkers 4k
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- Опубликовано: 13 авг 2019
- We took a visit to Bristol to find the fabled Rifle Range Bunkers and some other rumoured Tunnels. We came away excited after we got into the WW2 air raid bunkers which then became used as a Rifle Ranges. These were supposed to have gone in a continuous horseshoe shap inside the cliffs... we find out that the reality was somewhat different to the rumours.
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Beautiful footage Matt absolutely loved it 😍
As always Matt stay safe and thank you for all the hard work you put into these videos for us.
Enjoyed every second, great video Matt, thanks
1st class video to watch thank you take care kind regards from me kenneth🦇🦇🦇
Watched this before Matt but certainly worth a second look love all your videos Thanks for all of your efforts your a real star. .....
Nice explore in the tunnel. The bridge looks superb at night. Might take a trip out when I've got nothing to do on a night shift 😎 Thanks for the book tip I'll pick a copy of that up!
Open doors day is amazing ❤️ you have just made me feel so homesick, when I worked in the hotel opposite the entrance you went on to the bridge, I used to sit and look at the bridge and listen to it creak from pure weight of people walking over from Ashton Park when the festivals were happening 🙈
Now 22 years ago the railway was still all closed off and we would walk down the side rd and into the trees and enter the railway and bbc caves from there. That hotel you point out is called the Avon gorge x
There’s an amazing fb for the railway lots of info there x the tunnels either side of the gorge were indeed railway tunnels but I believe they were bombed in the war and closed off, I’m home in two weeks mum has a ton of books I’ll read through them again and I’ll send you pics x
If you go to the other side into Cumberland basin and walk the other side you will he railway that they used to take stuff to Avonmouth
Ive read there is another rifle range on the other side. Not sure how true that is. Will have to be investigated.
TheSecretVault the other sides much easier to get to 😉 Bristol really is full of tunnels it’s mad I can’t get my head round how much has changed. There used to be a way into the tunnels in redcliffe but I bet that’s been bricked up to ☹️
Another one that books up in seconds on Open Door day is Temple Meads Stations underground (well vaulted ceilings mostly) access tunnels. There is talk of the Rocks Railway (Clifton) being re-opened to the public so you can see the BBC wartime studio, I don't think there are plans to make it operational again though.
Downsy (A Sam-FM DJ) is also a Suspension Bridge guide - he might be able to tell you how and when you can visit the internal workings of the bridge.
Hi Matt I’m catching up on ya video’s yet another great video I loved the old railway tunnel that you found 👍😊
46:32 the answer to your question is right there above the door! Lol. Good walkabout. Thank you for taking me exploring with you! Shout out to Iks.
The gun range is on the other side of the river along the pill path. Below Leigh woods if you follow pill path you can’t miss it
Made a model of the bridge when I used to live there for a while lovely place
The road leads to AVONMOUTH.
Apparently, the firing range tunnel was used as a rave venue at one point, and lots of evidence of that could at one point be found in there such as laughing gas canisters and discared bevvie cans etc, seems to have been removed I guess. I wonder what kind of tunes they were banging out? Must have been good fun! :)
Nice video!
Great video guys, i have heard that across the river there is tunnels that lead further down the river. i was told that these tunnels were used by passengers who were ill disembarked further down the river and had to walk through the tunnels up towards bristol. unsure if true. but may be worth a visit on the other side. Regards Dave.
Isambard Kingdom Brunel was in his mid twenties when he designed an idea for the bridge. Money for the project dried up although some small parts were started. After Brunel Died they decided to resurrect the project. The original Brunel design wouldn't have worked (for the new needs of the bridge some 30 years later from the original design), so other project leaders, with newer technologies available, had to revise the design of the bridge to make it safer and to finish it off.
Beautiful scenes from the Bridge. Fantastic sight Matt thank you for doing this one loved every minute of it 👍
All the wartime rooms/tunnels were extensions of the Clifton rocks railway and are all on the other side of the bridge which you pointed to at the beginning. The bottom original doors can be seen from the road at the bottom and are all blocked up. The top access is just on the other side of the road from the original pump house next to the hotel. Easy access into the tunnels from the top sections next to the hotel! There is also old ballrooms etc which were a part of the hotel i believe up there too which are abandoned. Also those 'forest' areas you were walking in are a well known area for men to meet up in the night...not the kind of place you want to be seen walking around with other blokes during the late of night! lol
The road is called The Portway (A4) and that stretch runs from Jtn 18 M5 to Hotwells.
The toll was 20p for cars and 2p for pedestrians for years
If you think it’s bad when a vehicle passes you on the bridge try crossing it when the bridge is closed to traffic and it’s used for pedestrians only during the ballon fiesta and other big events in Ashton Court, you seriously can’t walk in a straight line and feel as pi**ed as a fart where the bridge is swaying so much
The other tunnel used to be used to store council docs, wasn't very big but flooded a lot, was a wet explore...
used to go under the 'Clifton rocks railway'
you wanna be careful around there, some of the most popular dogging hotspots in the UK! Also, the railway line beneath Bishop's Knoll is, despite it's appearance, an active railway.
Great vid guys, definitely top quality night mode on your camera, the Clifton suspension bridge looks really impressive, I went there back in the 90s.
Recently found this one the other day was like people had had a rave in there
Matt start carrying some Garden loppers in your bag make the bush whacking easier.
So that route you went under bristol Center wither the ewf team and youncame to the big round metal hatch that would lead you to this place right ?
There is a few caves along there and believe a few are tunnels
my daughters next door neighbour jumped round about this date . very sad. what was that you were saying about mind control and jumping, im very interested in learning more about this.
The tunnel started subsiding a few years ago and Bridge Valley Road was closed for ages while they figured out how to shore it up. I was told that the BBC were going to use it as a war room but were turned away by an angry mob wanting to use it as an air raid shelter - so that was when they moved into the Rocks Railway site.
You wouldn't believe how many tunnel's there is around there
Hi we have been trying for ages to find the entrance to explore this where exactly is it mate
The tunnels were part of the Bristol Port & Pier Railway, active 1865-1920ish. There is a Wikipedia article. Interesting that the creepy building with the flags stands in Sion Hill.
Great vid, nice snip of music at beginning what's is called please?
Cheers.
Can I send a playlist of similar stuff your way?
Those probably opened or closed gates to control the water making its way to the Floodplain at the mouth of the river after a heavy rain . Designed to allow water out when the tide goes out and close when it comes in .
Back in the Old Days Matt . If we had a Flashlight ( Torch ) it had a little tiny yellowish glow that casted the Most Amazing Shadows . Very Spooky . The Zippos or Bics were for Emergencies Only . You Should Shoot a Vid using some of those Filters or Apps . With all the Historical old Buildings & Streets you have Available . The Camaraderie of you & your Collaborators . You Could Make a Monster Vid . Rent some Costumes . Tks for all the Adventures Bro .
So if we ever find you under that bridge. We'd know what's happened. Great explore mate. Catch up soon Thumbs up 😷 👍
Yes storm the Navy place nearby.
@@TheSecretVault Nice mate. Looking forward to watching your next explore
Excellent find folk!! I really want the Sony a7s2
Yes they are amazing. Also thats an f3 lens. Imagine what you can do with f1.2
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I live near Bristol name sake or a least one of them Bristol VA.-TN ,🇺🇸
The death penalties you spoke about we call those Government issued sues.
I wonder why these big empty spaces near towns are not used. Or own.
Should have gone to the other side of the gorge,old archways etc,partied down there many times,you can actually drive down trackway.
Theres a bar across it. You can walk down there... ive been to some of those parties too ;-)
i dont think that tunnel is tall enuff to be a railway tunnel unless the floor level has been higherd since
Wow, they really light up the roads in the UK compared to here in the States. It seems you don't even need headlights (torches?)
It's these new LED street lights being installed everywhere.
There in one of those railways between Lynton and Lynmouth and its still in use great little trip between the two.
Large groups of people are instructed to "break step" when crossing this structure.
Hi me and my mates been trying to look for this tunnel on Thursday but can’t seem to find it ??
It’s still there went yesterday 🙂
Matt, you need to ponce some gear from the company that makes that camera, your night-time footage showcases its capabilities big time. Also, blag some camo trousers since theyre a regular fixture LOL
Oh and, 11K incomming!!
they would control the big gate to control the water levels
where is the place at 32.50 ?
See if you could find out more about the railway tunnels?
Im looking.
Can I explore with you ? I’m from Bristol
I’ll explore with you if you know places
you are in an area known as black rock underneath you are the storm drains from the heart of Clifton Tyndall park area
29:11 if that was Australia mate you would have already been bitten by a dozen snakes
it was a railway tunnel but it then closed
i doubt thats a rail tunnel - not high enough and no soot on the roof.
Is that Craig deyager you were with? I went to school with him! Lol that’s fucked up! Lol tell him jack said hello!
Haha ally law? XD
The story at 06:10 isn’t quite correct... 2 young sisters were thrown off by their father in 1896 and like you said, their dresses helped them float down.. a passing boatman call James Hazel from Pill, Somerset heard the splash and rowed over and pulled them into his boat..
If you google it you will get the full story, James Hazel married my 4th Great aunt, most of the information you read will say he’s a pilot but this isn’t correct... he was a Pill Hobbler/Boatman...
There’s a photo of him and the girls if you google it with the information I’ve given!
His name was Isambard Kingdom Brunel not Kingdom Isambard Brunel, please not this fact
Yes sorry I get brain farts when filming sometimes.
First....?
YUP. Well done.
pm me mat ive got a few interesting places for you.
im on truthsee@gotadsl.co.uk best way to contact me. i neer use youtubes pm system
Smells like a two week old Poo,,,,,, 😷😷😷
There was another tunnel that you can see that goes under the road that goes from the Portway up to the Zoo but this has been filled in as it had become unstable with the road being closed for a couple of years til it was sorted.