Labyrinth has always been a subject of heated debate. Confusion as to its route, its integration and interaction with other sewers and also as to where the line should be drawn between itself and other systems. On a map it looks like a tangled spiders web of incomprehensibility, and with the knowledge of the area [...]

Deep Ochre. If I’m honest, this was the one. I first saw it on Sub-urban back in 2006, before that i didn’t have a whole lot of interest in drains. I had seen pictures of the Westbourne and other various tunnels and culverts, but this just looked, different.

Macro, Bradford. What an impressive mix of old and new, including several truly impressive pieces of British architecture and design. There is only one downside to all this. Being a culvert in the north, the floors once constructed with stone or brick have been ripped up during storms and heavy rainfall and now lay in [...]

You should know of Sub-Urban by now, the original UK sewer explorers. Given their experience and the array of sewers theyve explored, visiting one that even they found difficult to cope with sets your expectations for the worst, a night of filth beyond your wildest dreams.

London once more, its been a while since ive had a decent drain explore here. Having recently visited the big smoke to try out new leads which all proved to be something already explored or far far to deep to get anywhere. So today plans where made to visit Stoop’s Limit drain and the upper [...]

Resident Eelville, also known as the “Wandle Valley Relief” which also incorporates the Wandle Valley Sewer network and two smaller tunnels which didn’t even merit a name. The pipe runs from the lower sections of tooting connecting into the Streatham Relief all the way up to Wandsworth where it overflows into the Wandle, although all [...]