Devils hole is a name given to this tunnel by the locals, for years the legend has it that two boys in a canoe rowed down there and was never seen again , upon entering the tunnel (as kids) it was dark and damp and about 30 feet in there was a sudden drop of about 12 foot and looking down all you could see was old prams old bikes a bit of a car and a canoe broken in half !!.realistically this was a tunnel to carry the old sheep washes brook underground and under the mills and into the river now used as a sewer overflow coming from chew valley.Them who dare wins We have now entered this tunnel using various access points the original drop has gone but there is another reached via the river never seen before the tunnel is in good condition with alterations evident in various parts we have found no evidence of a water wheel which has been said powered the mills near the river we now have other ideas were this might be.This tunnel is still to be investigated further.
Walking towards water fall
pictures at the bottom looking up
Now we enter from the other end of devils hole
Secret entrance, The only way in down a ladder
Bottom of ladder in devils
walking towards the waterfall
The drop (water fall) from above
walking towards the waterfall
Roof above water fall (floor boards ?)
Old drains dropping into devils hole
Here is a video that i took,two years planning
to get to walk through but we did :-)
A journey many a kid took without lights just held onto each other
Secret entrance, The only way in down a ladder
Roof above water fall (floor boards ?)
In the background what you see is the end of cows hole
we will explore this soon and report
Here is a video that i took,two years planning
to get to walk through but we did :-)
A journey many a kid took without lights just held onto each other
Went in Sally's hole 1959 with candles for light with school friends from Fitton Hill large metal pipe dry inside.Devils hole always full of waterand dangerous to enter. Area full of rats then is it same now? Live in Lytham St Annes now would like to return some day!Big change now!
ReplyDeleteno rats no lol
DeleteDid you ever explore again like mentioned at end of your video, good stuff. Will possible take a closser look at this
ReplyDeletei will be updating site soon thanks
DeleteThanks for the blog. We used to go down Sally's Hole regularly in the late 50's early 60's. A group of about 6 - 10 kids bent over, holding onto the one in front straddling the water channel in the middle. Pitch black in the middle and it was always a bit of a relief when we saw the light at the other end. The rumour about a group of scouts going into Devil's Hole and never coming out again was enough to stop us going in that one.
ReplyDeleteThere is a lot off rumours off devils hole and sallys thanks it brought some memories for you
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