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Tunnels are brilliant if you can find them.  Friends of mine found some years ago on Harrow on the Hill.  I think they must be part of this network http://www.flickr.com/photos/belowred/3958275175/  They were very professionally kitted out by all accounts, with offices with lockable steel doors (and keys in the locks) and dormatories with bunk beds in them.They said there were dusty pairs of boots under the bunks and papers left on desks - they didn't stay very long in there because it was so creepy and the further in they went the darker it got. We therefore decided an exploratory mission was in order (who wouldn't!).  However, when we went back a couple of weeks later with the necessary provisions, someone had cemented the hatch shut.  To this day I think about those tunnels and am gutted I never got to go down them. I'll never forget the excitement on my friends faces while they were telling me all about it. We rang the council to find out about the tunnels but they denied any knowledge of them ...However, my luck turned and I was lucky enough to go down these tunnels http://www.williamsontunnels.co.uk/view.php?page=about when they were first discovered by a group of guys who started to excavate them.  It was all hard hats and harnesses and scrabbling up and down through tiny spaces but they are fascinating if you like subterranean Britain. They've installed walkways these days too so it's a bit more civilised and less like pot holing!However, I've never found any in Acton... but will definitely be keeping my eyes open from now on.

Sarah Harris ● 5354d