What a beautiful building! They took so much pride in the construction of water infrastructure back in those days. The consequence of poor water & sanitation such as cholera outbreaks would have still been in living memory. They understood how precious & sacred good water was hence building temples to water. We often just take it for granted these days, and winge about hosepipe bans! Excellent adventure.

Another piece of history which without you would remain hidden. Thanks for posting

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Sarah 😀

I never thought that I'd get excited about old buildings hidden in the woods, but your tremendous enthusiasm has changed my mind! What a lovely spot that was. Many thanks, Ant. I look forward to lots more.

Other sources suggest that the "overflow" in the outside tank is one of two boreholes that would be used to pump water up. The other borehole is inside the pumphouse, in that tank you could see, around 440 feet deep and still bringing water up due to natural water pressure... which is why its a swamp around the site

This is really beautiful, Ant. The stonework, the water courses, your choice of music and the surrounding woodland are such a beautiful combination. We would definitely love more of these journeys. Thank you so much.

A beautiful little find Ant and more special that it is exactly 100 years old. Definitely not somewhere to come across at night with all those holes. Another great explore. Thanks for sharing.

Always find it interesting that such utilitarian buildings, in the middle of nowhere, are still embellished with beautifully dressed stone and details. Reminds me of the Longdendale Valley and the various water catchment infrastructure dotted up and down there. Not sure I'd be traipsing through that ochrey mess in a decent pair of shoes, though! 👍

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Yes always such effort to only be hidden from sight. The shoes are well past there best

Great stuff again Ant, I wonder if the council still have drawings of how it all worked back in the day.

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

I wonder if the council even remembered it's there 🧐

What an elaborate building, beautiful stonework, and all just for a pumping station, I wonder what they throw up these days. Great enthusiastic find Ant👍👍👍👍

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Thanks very much Bob. I keep searching and finding ☺️

@bobingram6912

6 ай бұрын

@@TrekkingExploration It's great you are, always looking forward to your next little find, keep up the good work👍👍👌

@richardthurstan8565

6 ай бұрын

Very fascinating. Throws up many questions. Eg what was the need for a pumping station? Water power for a mill perhaps? How did surveyors figure there was an aquifer at that spot? Where was the quarry to extract all the stone. How was the stone transported? Why such elaborate stonework? Did the masons live on site? How did they get fed? Was there a landowner who funded the project? So, it's just a taster that could drive a budding researcher to produce an intriguing story.

Thank you for the walking tour this day. Very informative and interesting to watch. See you on the next. Cheers Ant! 🇬🇧🙂👍🇺🇸

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Thanks very much Martin as always 😊

Years ago, I used to dream of buying this old pumping station and turning. It into a house . Unfortunately, it was only a dream due to having a wife who refuses to move from the village where we lived and continue to live ! It's a beautiful quiet area .👍

@MelanieRuck-dq5uo

6 ай бұрын

Well, yes, that's us wives and women for you! You would have been plagued by visits from Trekking Exploration and You Tube watchers now if you had followed your dream!

@greg5639

6 ай бұрын

@MelanieRuck-dq5uo I know you're taking the mick, duck but if I had bought the place, it would have been fenced off except for any public right of way and several German Shephrrds and Malinois would have been running lose inside the fenced off area, just as I do where I live now. Sometimes, we have to sacrifice some dreams, I can't really complain after 45 years together , she settled for an ugly coal miner, mind she now lives a good life !🤣😂 bless ya duck.🙂

@MelanieRuck-dq5uo

6 ай бұрын

Hello. I wasn't taking the mick in a bad way. I was just having a little joke with you since my husband has mad schemes too! (He seems, at the moment, to want to buy an old bus to live in! Which is fine by me, I will just stay in our house!) Congratulations on your 45 years together. That's really nice. That's about twice as many years as we've had. Take care and best wishes.

@greg5639

6 ай бұрын

@MelanieRuck-dq5uo you're welcome duck. I just took it as a tease. Take care duck. 🙂

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

I'd have politly knocked and suggested we put the kettle on ;)

it all has a similar look to a lot of the DVA architecture that was built around that time in derbyshire notts and Leicestershire. very interesting. the DVA was an amazing achievement, taking water from the Derwent Dams all the way to the 3 counties in the early 1900s all by syphon. you would be truly amazed by some of the architecture if you like this building.

Wasn't expecting that in the woods Ant! Its beautiful the workmanship gone into that is amazing. Those holes can be tricky to navigate in the dark. Great footage of inside with your camera. Its a coincidence but at the bottom of the hill from me there is a Hunger Hill Lane. Great explore Ant. ❤😊👍

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Funnily enough I didn't even see a Hunger Hill, Lane or road on any maps near here

@Carolb66

6 ай бұрын

@@TrekkingExploration wonder why is called Hunger Hill it is a strange name🤔

Go past this all the time and it always creeps me out a little

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Potential for a camp in the summer

That workmanship, still be there in another 100 years time too, will outlast most crap built today

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

I absolutely agree 😊

Stunning! What a glorious find. History and beauty! Hidden in the woods stuff - Porta Maria Chapel in Bittering Norfolk if you are ever over that way worth a look, was my find of last year.

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info i shall give that a google

Brilliant video Ant, really well made with lots of interesting information. The only thing I should perhaps highlight here is that the old pumping station is on private land. It's also very dangerous because of hidden deep shafts, which I know you discovered for yourself, but I just wanted to let you know in order to hopefully to avoid any issues as your video is publicly showing yourself trespassing on private land 🙂👍

Great video Ant. Would love to see more of this kind of stuff. They took so much pride in their work back then. Waterway and railway infrastructure was something quite beautiful back in the day. Keep em coming 👍

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Thanks very much i shall keep searching for more places

Your comments about the footpath and getting confused as you thought it was private made me laugh. I know exactly where you mean. Great video and thank you for visiting my part of Derbyshire.

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

It does look a little private until you're brave enough to proceed 🤣 I'll try to find more places around there

That was fantastic. That could be renovated into a beautiful house. Stream and woodland all around, I could handle that. Thanks so much for taking me along. Please take care

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

It would be a lovely residence providing the water seepage could be contained. Thanks for watching ☺️

Lovely building and surroundings, wish buildings were built like that now😟

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Me too, or at least similar

Great find I get so excited when I come across something like this. Keep on exploring mate

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

This is some of my favourite kind of places

What a fascinating explore. Amazing all the buildings still there. Loved the water and River. As you say it all blended in well with the woodland. So enthusiastic Ant. Makes the video so much more enjoyable. Thank you. Take care.

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Shirley. Thankyou as always :)

Ant, I wish we were neighbors, I would go along on every hike/adventure with you. What a great explore you had that day..... Back to work.......

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Get yourself over for a holiday 😀

@jetsons101

6 ай бұрын

I wish, I'm also a foster home --- full time job..... @@TrekkingExploration

I like these old buildings too,it shows the craftsmanship of another era. I do wonder if some of the metal clad buildings we see now will be as good in a hundred years. Love your work Ant,it allows us to see things we wouldn't usually get to see.

As alway top quality, ive enjoyed your work for sometime & have felt you deserve far more subscribers. Not only top quality but also quantity. One of my other favourite channels recently hit the 100k subscribers but maybe he's created a monster with sporadic uploads & electric bike advertising these days not what i want when i specifically pay KZread not to see advertisements. Loving your work Ant thanks fella.

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Thanks very much for your kind words. I'm often getting the emails for advertising products and sponsorship but I won't do it. I'm not here for that. I always skip past such things as a viewer or stop watching completely 😊

@sidewaysaction9983

6 ай бұрын

@@TrekkingExploration hope Mr Z is reading this & takes note. I totally understand how much time & money these films take especially the drone shots & editing.Thank you again sir.👍👍

Perfect timing I’ve just grabbed lunch

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Brilliant 😊

Excellent video Ant. Some very real health and safety concerns. The local council ought to be made aware before someone has a very nasty accident. Thank you for sharing these interesting places with us.

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it and thank you. I did send an email about the holes to the local council out of fear of danger to wildlife and dogs etc

@Anglianwanderer

6 ай бұрын

@@TrekkingExploration Well done Ant, thank you 😊

Would be interesting to see in summer when it's more accessible, and many lower water too.

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

I'd like to go back then although there's probably still going to be water seeping from the bore holes and lots of weeds

my father and my brother were both bricklayers and I often wonder what buildings they have left behind for later generations to marvel and ponder over in the future. I do like my horror and ghost short-stories and think that intimidating gothic building would make a fitting scene for one of those - especially at night!

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Yes it's a good thought to have 😊

@HM-lq5pr

6 ай бұрын

The pumping station is quite infamous locally as in the 1980s there was a coven of witches that would meet up there, along with devil worshippers. Last Easter a ghost investigation group visited the site and picked up on a couple of interesting things. It is definitely a very spooky place at night

My neck of the woods that!……I live in Chesterfield. We went to visit Redmires reservoirs after your video a while back and tomorrow I’ll be nosing around Corporation woods after todays 🙂

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

It's rather good down there. I didn't see soul. Just watch out for the holes in the ground

Went there when I was about 10 years old. Thick fog. Sheeps head on a stake Burnt out capri outside House of Satan written above main door. Scared me for life😮

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Bloody hell how long ago was that? The sheeps head would have got me!

this is exciting well done for finding an abandoned station and what an amazing walk to as well thanks for sharing your journey

it certainly has had the test of time don't think many new it was there when you heard that noise the pumping house it makes you think it's haunted i wouldn't like to fall down that hole you wouldn't be able to get out and no one would be able to hear you glad you found it

On Loads Road nearby is a very old looking covered reservoir with the exact same style gates as the pumping station. Im willing to bet the station pumped water from the well and sent it uphill to the reservoir for local use :)

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Ooooh could be worth a poke around

@JohnnyX50

6 ай бұрын

:D I realise STW Whispering Well is on that road too, the one I mean is just a little further down the road if you keep the res on your left on Google Maps :) Absolutely love your vids and work :) @@TrekkingExploration

@sarahwitham3985

6 ай бұрын

A couple of hundred yards away to the east, there is another underground reservoir, also named Whispering Well, which has supplied Holymoorside with water since its construction in 1973. - from Haunted Holymoorside

@HM-lq5pr

6 ай бұрын

That's Whispering Well Pumping Station, built in 1925 by Chesterfield Corporation and since converted into apartments. The two pumping stations worked together to provide water to Holymoorside in times of drought

You would have found it quicker on a road out of the village, but then they'd have been less dramatic build up to the video. I saw a photo of it on Facebook when it was new and no trees around it, so it's a good thing that it's now hidden. Worse in summer with the foliage and the ground is still soaked. Just got to hope no one has an accident there and it gets fenced off. I found it had a creepy atmosphere to it.

What a fantastic find, many thanks for posting

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Roger

Hello again Ant, I've visited this place a few years ago, but in the pooring rain 😂 it had a different atmosphere that day may i say. It felt very eerie too. It's so nice to see industrial history hidden away like this,still alive in the modern day, even though sadly it's no longer in use. Not sure which way you arrived there? But when i went up to have a look the first time, i caught the bus from Chesterfield town centre bus station to Holymoorside and got off at a stop called Gallery Lane, then walked up a steep hill, it was a treck, but was worth all the huffing and puffing to get up there lol 😂 Once again Ant, thanks for another BRILLIANT video, keep up the good work mate, i love your channel. Ps. On another note, maybe for another future video, go and take a look at the old Robinsons factory site please one day, you start the walk from a place in Chesterfield called Goytes side next to Queens Park, and lookout first for the old remains of the water wheel, which sadly is in a sorry state now, then you walk in a straight line all the way looking at the old factory buildings and arrive at a place called Walton Dam just behind a Morrisons supermarket on Walton Road, then if you want to carry on your walk, it'll take you to a place called Sommersall Park, it's a country park and if you walk up to the end of sommersall road, lookout for the two old gate houses which stand at the end looking onto Chatsworth Road. It's a walk i do a lot myself and it never changes from day to day. Anyway hope it's an idea for you Ant.? If so I'd love to see a video if you think it's of interest for your channel.? Anyway all the best from. Devon Mike.

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

I came down from Darley Road at the top of the hill near an old quarry. I've screenshot your comment about the walk Idea I'll have a look later ☺️

@philtowle4683

6 ай бұрын

As kids we followed the river from Somersall park all the way down to Queens park, only bit you can't really do is where it goes under Morrisons.

I am glad that I found your channel, it is good that you go find these places and make a record of them, keep it up

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Glad you like them! Thanks so much John

Top marks for this video Ant,thanks lad

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much Simon

Another little gem I knew nothing of and now need to see!

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching ☺️

You’re the kind of person who might enjoy benchmarking. A hobby were you hunt for old levelling lines used by the OS from 1828-1993. They are nothing more now than an old relic. I’d provide links, but youtube always blocks comments with ‘dodgy’ links in them, so I could email you them if you are interested in making some videos looking for them. :)

Thanks Ant. We like the same things. Me old - you young!!!!

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤️ I'm probably older than you think 😉

@TheShowgirl25

6 ай бұрын

Really? I am 66/@@TrekkingExploration

Loved it,very Interesting find, 😊 x

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

I've been back near there today

@janepatricia8779

6 ай бұрын

@@TrekkingExploration I wondered where you were😃

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

@@janepatricia8779 me too 🤣

Came across that a few years back amazing really sort of middle of nowhere 👍

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Yes it's a good one isn't it?

That could be another return to video maybe May - June time to see if there is any difference in the water level like you did with the reservoirs. Very enjoyable...all the best.

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Yes I think I'd like to go back around then. Possibly an overnight camp location 😉

@greg5639

6 ай бұрын

Ever since I've known it, it's usually had water inside the main building and around the outside. Like Ant said, it's a beautiful area. I'd love to say where it is, but you know someone would go and steal the pullyblocks that you saw hanging down. 👍

@HM-lq5pr

6 ай бұрын

There is a deep borehole just in front of the camera at 9:45, hidden by the wood and muck in the water. This borehole has been overflowing from natural water pressure for many years now so the site is waterlogged at all times of year

@HM-lq5pr

6 ай бұрын

@@greg5639 It's a lovely area indeed, shame that in recent years it has become more and more trashed. I've seen photos from over 10 years ago where there was still a lot of the conduit in for the wires, old electrical sockets and metal railings - all of which have been broken now and strewn around inside

St Ann's Hill Chertsey.Surrey Underground resevouir pluss house.Watermill nearby dem olished for M25.route footpath around hill with viewpoints Heathrow visible 21:36 21:36 row

I can't believe that opening is left open and not welded shut.

A Great watch while waiting for my lads footy team to finish training. And, Im 2 minutes away from Peel Hall Moated Site, Which is still a sight to behold. Well worth a quick look if youre ever up Mancherster way, Ant.

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

I'll be back up in Manchester in February so I'll give that a try. Thanks Bob ☺️

@bobjackson6524

6 ай бұрын

@@TrekkingExploration Theres a moated hall site in Timperley too, with great history. Its a beautiful walled garden now, With notice boards up telling of previous excavations

@tonyspike5928

6 ай бұрын

Great video , I used to read the electric meter down there about 30 years ago. I had a walk down a couple of years ago , keep meaning to go back.

Great video 👍 have you been to the ruins of errwood hall in the goyt valley near Buxton ?? interesting place for an explore

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Thanks very much Terry. That and the Reservoirs have been on my to do list for over a year now

The seldom seen mine near Eckington might interest you, a sad story behind it aswell !

I love the brickwork and the isolation of the place, but I am amazed the tanks in the ground are not covered in case someone or something falls in. All your photo's are lovely as usual, especially the waterfall one. Do you mind if ask what camera you use? I would love to get a decent one this year. Give myself a treat.

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Thanks very much Sheila I'm pleased you enjoyed it. Believe it or not all of my photos are taken from my Pixel Phone

@maxthecat14

6 ай бұрын

@@TrekkingExploration Really!? My phone is rubbish at photo's (except close ones of the kids) I must be doing something wrong. Oh well, I will have to try harder.

What a fascinating place, I love explores like this, hunting around to see what history you can find. I've had this one on the map for a while now but being quite far away in East Norfolk not sure I'll ever get a chance to visit so grateful for you taking us for a proper look. Keep up the great work, definitely one of my favourite KZread channels 😀👍

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Don't forget to give me a shout if you ever plan to head over this way! I'll be over Norfolk again in march

Fabulous photography. That looks like a gauging station in the river. It worked by measuring the head over that weir. From that you can easily calculate flow. Was this a river intake pumping station? If so the gauge would measure the compensation flow that had to be maintained downstream.

You would not want to fall into that tank! Would be almost impossible to get out!

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Yes i have emailed the council about it suggesting danger to wildlife and dogs off a lead

Thank you,more hidden history.😂

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Thanks very much for watching ☺️

Looks like an Hydraulic Ram Pumping Station.

It would be nice if such a splendid building could be repurposed, as a nature centre or similar - or is it too remote?

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

It could be, it maybe only took me 10 minutes brisk walk to get to from the main road

Where do you park and it looks like it's on a road next to a house

👍👌

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

☺️

what a find ant is likely to be listed

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

I couldn't find anything on it being listed

@a11csc

6 ай бұрын

@@TrekkingExploration then maybe it should be

Just went on lunch break..... First???

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

Absolutely I released it 15 minutes late just for you 🤣

@jetsons101

6 ай бұрын

Ant, I wish we were neighbors, I would go along on every hike/adventure with you. What a great explore you had that day......@@TrekkingExploration

So interesting presentation is superb as if you have written a script for an actor, excellent research. That area should all those holes in the ground and open water tanks be filled and covered over for safety sake. Again, no other people

Local witches gather there sometimes.

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

I've read a little bit about that, glad i didn't see anyone. Thanks for watching

Not worth a video by itself but did you go to stone edge cupola while you were there?

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

I'm on my way there now! 🤣 I'm off to make a short video before looking at the Ashover Railway

The over flow looks like zippy

@TrekkingExploration

6 ай бұрын

I need to go look again 🤣

Love how the stream with the pipe in it also has beautiful stone walls too. 🧱 This poor pumping station was built to last even though it never lasted. If only modern architecture was as well constructed instead of these ugly things built nowadays.