In London, thanks to Bazalgette and the LCC’s burial of its rivers and streams, culverts are a rarity and few have escaped integration into the cities sewer system. The Beverley Brook Storm Relief Culvert, aka ‘Little Boys’ is a short 8ft diversion horseshoe culvert constructed in 1925 after repeat flooding to the Barnes and Putney [...]

Zero had an eye on this one for a while. The Greenwich Relief. Having gotten a few possible lids in the can, he and i set out popping. We found the right one second time round, but to our dismay the lid had a tidal flap beneath it. not surprising given it was situated barely [...]

When you think of storm reliefs, you usually think dry, clean, hospitable spaces, at least we do. Its always important to check exactly what type of tunnel your about to instigate adventure into, a storm relief and a storm relief sewer, are very different matters.

Moonwalker was very different to the drains so far. It was half concrete and half brick and very very tall. As we approached we could hear a rushing sound which got louder as we grew near. We eventually came to a massive slide leading down to the pipe of doom, the door above was huge [...]

While draining in London, visitors always comment on how easy it is to navigate, for the most part this is true. With the exception of its lost rivers, mainline sewers in London are of a basic, single pipe affair. You tend to have your standard route from A to B, and if you want to [...]

For a while now Manchester has been a dormant draining city. The initial explores seemed to satisfy all those who traveled there. The likes of Gorton Falls, Works and Processor were enough to deter any wayward worrier for exploring off the beaten track, and so it slept.