Entrances to Hell around the UK

[noel emits]

Underlow emits a constant whining sound which ebbs and flows with the moon. It is protected by a foul gas and stands on marshy ground. The nearest settlement is a tiny hamlet named Churchwick which was abandoned during the First World War. An ideal outlet when discretion is necessary.

Radiation trace: negligible

http://www.entrances2hell.co.uk/index.html

 

[Grievous Angel]

What an amazing website!

 

[mos dan]

what IS it? i'm fascinated but i'm not really sure what the level of tongue-in-cheek-ness is? is this like buffy meets crap towns*?

*it could totally be a borders counter book, this

 

[Mr. Tea]

Heh, glad this website is still up, I stumbled across it a few years ago. It's totally tongue-in-cheek, and one of those rare instances where "it's funny because it's 'wacky'" really is funny. Or not necessarily even funny, but interesting and worth looking at.

Some of them almost have an air of suburban Lovecraftianism about them:

 

[Grievous Angel]

Yeah, this is definitely hauntology with a slight undercurrent of humour... I love places like these, and photos of them. Brilliant stuff.

 

[Mr. Tea]

Another great thing is, once you've looked at a few of the ones catalogued on the guy's website you see them EVERYWHERE. I mean, obviously they were there before, but you see them as 'entrances to hell'.

 

[Grievous Angel]

Thng is, I was sorta looking for them even before I saw the site... things like access doors in railway tunnels and underpasses...

 

[mos dan]

things like access doors in railway tunnels and underpasses...

these have always fascinated me. don't even get me started on ghost stations on the underground... has anything, erm, hauntological been written on them specifically actually?

 

[mos dan]

i'm finding them without looking for them now (here http://underground-history.co.uk/front.php, was looking at ghost stations)

 

[Grievous Angel]

these have always fascinated me. don't even get me started on ghost stations on the underground... has anything, erm, hauntological been written on them specifically actually?

Not properly - I think it gets referenced tho.

 

[tom pr]

ghost stations used to creep the shit out of me. i think it's at the far west end of the district line, going towards ealing common, where you go past two or three at minimum possible speed. had to do that journey once at like sixteen and i didn't enjoy it...

 

[noel emits]

Some of them almost have an air of suburban Lovecraftianism about them

The first thing I thought was that the enterprise had a faint ring of yoghurt about it.

And if you do see any mysterious holes out and about in the environs you can submit them for inclusion the gazetteer.

Old skool home-brew websites FTW.

 

[john eden]

yeah I love that site it's so simple but so evocative, completely changes the way you look at your environment overnight

"oh yeah that looks like one of them entrances to hell"

"you what?"

 

[Mr. Tea]

Stinkhorn

Stinkhorn opened in 1283 to much public fanfare, and has enjoyed steady use ever since. She runs well under Windows XP but is notoriously glitchy under Vista; local dowsers blame this on interference between the East End's complex ley line system and the nearby A11.

Radiation trace: pathetic

 

[mistersloane]

It's blatantly a fake site run by chaostrophists, cos it don't have the Elephant and Castle one innit. True dat.

 

[noel emits]

It would seem Mr. Tea has photographed his own entrance.

 

[Mr. Tea]

It would seem Mr. Tea has photographed his own entrance.

Well why not, eh? I noticed that one yonks ago and thought this would be a good opportunity to share. A pint for whoever can tell me where it is.

 

[IdleRich]

"A pint for whoever can tell me where it is"

Bow?

 

[Mr. Tea]

Bow?

...salektah!

Guess again.

 

[hucks]

...salektah!

Guess again.

I live in Bow (as do you, right?) , and everytime I tell someone, they say selectah. Will this ever end?

Anyway, my guess is Theydon Bois. Best named station on the underground imo