Esholt and the woods at the end of Warm lane.

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Tue 10 Apr, 2012 4:39 pm

Having lived in Rawdon since 1993, i have only just discovered the joys of dog ownership and the great walks round Rawdon.If you go down warm lane ( behind the total garage on teh JCT600 roundabout) and down past Emsley's farm shop, the lane finishes at a gate under a railway bridge.This walk takes you into the woods behind Esholt treatment works.If you turn right, a long wide track takes you all the way to esholt village but most of it has a thick concrete slab running alongside it and some upright no longer used valves.This is a fair way from the works themselves. Does anyone know what was there?.

Phill_dvsn · Post by **Phill_dvsn** » Tue 10 Apr, 2012 4:52 pm

This by any chance?http://www.flickr.com/photos/sgwarnog/6 ... 36/There's all sorts of relics left around that area.

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Tue 10 Apr, 2012 5:16 pm

Thanks Phil, fast response!. i haven't seen that bit yet, looks awesome , where exactly is it?.The bit i am referring to is at what i call the "top" of the works on the Leeds side of the canal, directly down from the A65.The other pics on your flicr are stunning !.BTW having read about the alleged tunnels round Leeds, i had to laugh. When looking around the web, i came across a site called"Above Top Secret".The two threads that had me in stiches were:-Every uk military establishment is interconnected by secret underground tunnelsThere is a secret bunker as the bottom of Scammonden Dam Wall- UFOs allegedly use it!....Makes the Kirkstall tunnel story seem tame!

BarFly · Post by **BarFly** » Tue 10 Apr, 2012 5:35 pm

As far as I know the concrete channels carried effluent between the sewerage plant near the road at Applerley Bridge and the plant by the Canalside. The works are actually spread out quite a bit in that area and there's even the disused railway bridge over the canal.If you have a look on google maps, or similar , on a satellite view you'll see what I mean.

Jogon · Post by **Jogon** » Tue 10 Apr, 2012 7:39 pm

It's a lovely cycle towpath ride from Leeds centre round there.Good Roe deer population too, for the early bird.

Richard A Thackeray · Post by **Richard A Thackeray** » Thu 12 Apr, 2012 1:02 am

Keg wrote: BTW having read about the alleged tunnels round Leeds, i had to laugh. When looking around the web, i came across a site called"Above Top Secret".The two threads that had me in stiches were:-Every uk military establishment is interconnected by secret underground tunnelsThere is a secret bunker as the bottom of Scammonden Dam Wall- UFOs allegedly use it!.... 'Above Top Secret' is fun at times, I used to have a look every couple of weeks or so.if you want scary though, try 'People Of Walmart', now that's horrific in places

Cardiarms · Post by **Cardiarms** » Thu 12 Apr, 2012 9:34 pm

The Esholt site has seen a lot of changes over the years and more to come. Before it opened a sports car was driven through the tunnel from Bradford. The canal and the river running through the middle offer a few challenges and isn't something most sewage works have to factor in. I once gave a bunch of foreign engineers a tour of the the works ( a bad tour as they knew more about the processes than me) and they were gobsmacked by the location. One asked why we hadn't closed the canal. It's a site I'd like to know more about but our archives are a mess.

Keg · Post by **Keg** » Fri 13 Apr, 2012 11:50 am

Hi Rich, not seen you on LRUK for a while. Cardiarms, do i asume you work for YW?.it is a huge place up there, it was just so starnge seeing teh line of concrete slabs with the old valves. I wondered if they were the base of old filter beds.There are also signs saying "danger no entry" but these seem to refer to nothing as there is only a wood on the other side.