blackgang chine abandoned village & landslip exploration

tracing the lost road that fell away in 1994 & 1928,and locate what if any buildings remain on this notorious stretch of coastline.first location is the remains of adventureland then on around the undercliff to a secret forgotten world.

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• blackgang chine
• blackgang
• isle of wight
• derelict places
• abandoned
• 28 days later
• undercliff
• niton
• nudist
• landslide
• landslip
• area
• urban exploration

[topsamite]

Just visited for the first time on Saturday. Thanks for all the advice and information here, MrW. It was fascinating but getting very risky; a couple of stretches of the established access path from Blackgang are now not much more than a foot from the cliff edge. It was terrifying - I was going "OMG,OMG,OMG,OMG" all the way across. Mrs Topsamite has asked me nicely not to go that way again...

[MrWilliestrokes]

@topsamite ive read your blog on this area and is very informative. as you say it really is a unique part of the country. i agree when you mention the path running very close to the cliff edge. ( the `elf and safety man would have a fit ).my partner will not venture there , so i have to go with my dad . must return as i have not visited it for over a year and one day this will all disappear forever.PS THANKS FOR THE NAME CHECK ON THE BLOG .ALWAYS GOOD FOR THE EGO .

[pimlicobrighton]

i wonder what happened to the rose bud expert who lived in the first structure on the right as you enter the estate ? his home was burnt down about 4 years ago but by whom and why ?

also, there was a white stone monument that sat above the drinking fountain , built by thomas lets, in the 1860's ? it was certainly there in the 1990's.. i wonder if that was also stolen ?

[MrWilliestrokes]

@pimlicobrighton i didnt know about the rose expert.this old back road is full of history & interesting characters.the stone monument ( or folly ) built above the fountain i guess was pinched. seen it in lots of old photos from the early 1900`s. go to a web site called " itn archive " then punch in " blackgang isle of wight " it has a couple of video news reports of the 1994 landslides around the undercliff featuring some of these buildings.

[MrJasonrobbie]

been working at southview for 3 months work has now stopped due to all you nice thieves who cant just enjoy your walk but feel the need to steal a working mans tools and any other items that you cant be bothered to work for

[MrWilliestrokes]

@MrJasonrobbie i am and have always been a working man and proud of it.so who are you to insinuate i would consider nicking your kit.it is a golden rule you never pinch a working mans tools etc.

i only look around these sites , its others that might pinch stuff so get your facts straight sunshine.

[manicmunkey666]

whatever the first unknown building was someone left the window open

[FoxTechnoMantra]

So Much has Gone Since the early 90s, went there once as a kid b4 it fell Late 80s. I slightly remember.

[topsamite]

> will not venture there

Yep: Clare likewise. Pity, because we both like this kind of landscape (we've walked the Lyme Regis and Hooken undercliffs). I have to admit, it was a sufficiently memorable experience - and there's a sufficiently small club of people who've been there - that I'm strongly considering getting a small "TAR AND THE RO" tattoo above my IoW one.

[severnvalleyleafer]

I visited this place back in 1975 when i was a teenager it was brillient, on a organised holiday, revisited back in 1994 with my family only to find it had dissappeared, that was a sad day pathways leading to now where just the veiw of the sea.

[SnappyPenguins]

Really sad to watch this, makes you wonder how long it'll be until the whole village is gone.