The "guess the place" thread

[Zoidburg]

Give up?

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It's here

Spookily, however, the road it's on isn't street-viewable.

As to the 'what' it is, David Martin's closest. It's a pumping station. Or at least that's the official line  

Looks like the control station fro a reservoir or landfill methane. Recently built as well.

late 60's according to wikipedia.

A pumping station that just happens to have another pill box to the east of it, just on the other side of the dug in bunker shaped thing, there's another one to the south east as well. They cover the roads and the fields.

It's a bunker, you can see the green painted air scrubbing units round the site as well.

[hellymedic]

Bernie's Long Flat One certainly went through Ollerton; did it pass that way? Would Salvatore know? Have I totally cracked?

[Cudzoziemiec]

Are many of those still described as something else? There's a "water storage tank" on Haresfield Beacon near Stroud which everybody knew wasn't that, and now it's referred to quite openly as the district council's (or whoever's it was) fallout shelter. It was built in the late 70s I think.

[Euan Uzami]

Are many of those still described as something else? There's a "water storage tank" on Haresfield Beacon near Stroud which everybody knew wasn't that, and now it's referred to quite openly as the district council's (or whoever's it was) fallout shelter. It was built in the late 70s I think.

Without wanting to sound obvious, that depends on whether they actually are what they're described as  

Water pumping station? My arse. There's no water anywhere near it.

I personally feel that this is the exit point for the staff of a large underground control centre. I've no evidential basis to support that assertion but I still feel that I'm probably right.

[Euan Uzami]

Bernie's Long Flat One certainly went through Ollerton; did it pass that way? Would Salvatore know? Have I totally cracked?

if it then went to southwell (or came from there) it probably will have done

[hellymedic]

Bernie's Long Flat One certainly went through Ollerton; did it pass that way? Would Salvatore know? Have I totally cracked?

if it then went to southwell (or came from there) it probably will have done

It did go through Southwell. (Both ways; routesheet contained the wonderful 'retrace to Mencap' instruction, covering about 90km IIRC). it must be nearly 15 years since I did that ride...

[Ian H]

Probably an easy one...

[andrew w]

Probably an easy one...

Or probably not..........

[David Martin]

My guess is one of the tors on Dartmoor. One of the more touristy spots. Or Symmonds Yat or a similar sort of place.

..d

[Ian H]

My guess is one of the tors on Dartmoor. One of the more touristy spots. Or Symmonds Yat or a similar sort of place.

..d

Along those lines, but don't let my geographicaql location mislead you.

[David Martin]

My guess is one of the tors on Dartmoor. One of the more touristy spots. Or Symmonds Yat or a similar sort of place.

..d

Along those lines, but don't let my geographicaql location mislead you.

I'd guess sandstone as that would be easily soft enough to graffiti.

Other than that, not much of a clue.

..d

[Ian H]

I'd guess sandstone as that would be easily soft enough to graffiti.

I'm told that some of the earlier visitors brought stonemasons with them to carve their names, slogans, and biblical quotations.

[nicknack]

Stonehenge?

[Ian H]

Stonehenge?

Nope. The rock's neither of Welsh origin, nor has it been moved from its original home. David is close with his assessment of its composition.

[fuzzy]

Toad Rock?

[nicknack]

I'm have a niggling feeling that I've seen this.

Is it in Yorkshire?

[clarion]

Well, I thought it might be Brimham Rocks, but someone said sandstone...

[Tewdric]

Somewhere near Leeds?

[Ian H]

Well, I thought it might be Brimham Rocks, but someone said sandstone...

Brimham Rocks are a kind of sandstone.

Though it's not them.

[Ian H]

Somewhere near Leeds?

Could be. 

[clarion]

Is it Cow & Calf?

[Tourist Tony]

Well, I thought it might be Brimham Rocks, but someone said sandstone...

Gritstone is a form of sandstone.

[clarion]

*didn't take Geography*

[Tourist Tony]

*took climbing*

[Ian H]

Is it Cow & Calf?

There we have it. Yes.