Bristol Lost Underground Waterways 

43 years and now I know what is under me when I walk through Bristol 😁 THANKYOU

Great video, This type of video is my favorite seeing all the water ways of the UK. Being from the USA we don't have anything like that, yes we have the Mississippi River and Sacramento River, and a lot more but nothing like what you have. I have heard about Hundreds of miles of underground Rivers and Roman Acquaducts. I will never be able to go to the UK and see them for myself. So thanks for the video and I hope you do more like this.

If anybody's into this sort of stuff, I highly recommend Patrick Dickinson, he's based in Sheffield and does a lot of this. Has some pretty unique photography styles for it aswell.

I’ve skulled an old rowing boat into the entrance years ago but we had no lights so had to turn back, I’ll need to do this again soon as it’s fascinating to watch! Great video

I'm a native Bristolian and only found out about these tunnels for the first time today. Amazing. Man, I was getting real 'found footage horror film' vibes at the start of this, followed by some real Resident Evil 2 feels when you were going up and down the walkway.

Awesome!!! Reminded me of Patrick Dickinson's video - "Sheffield's Megatron Explore in a Dinghy"

Cant wait too see what the new year brings all these little teasers awesome dude

Thanks. Something new to try when I visit. On a safety note: I am guessing that manyn of these culverted rivers double us as storm drains so be careful to check the forecast folks.

This me sorted for later Jesus folks :D

Been paddling for hours to get to a point. "oh look, here's an open door to the street" FFS!

Love the art of the video. Very nice. Congratulations Matt.😊😊😊

I really enjoyed this. Thanks so much for posting it

With the elecric boat engine you RULE! 🤣

That beginning of day 2 was epic !! Awesome vid Matt !! 🙌🏻🤘🏻

Might be in the running for the most relaxing explore ever. Big thanks to Matt for piloting. I liked the peaceful pace and long shots down the waterway. Well done :)

That was really good, loved the journey back down the river, people must have seen you from those apartments and wondered what you were up to 😂 Would have sooner spent my own Xmas day doing something like this rather than the usual roast dinner and family fallouts 🙄

Great adventure!

Morning Matt love the boat great idea hope you had a great Christmas and happy new year 👍

wow that was so cool cant wait until the next one you Explore love the video guys thanks

Mate this video is mint I love the camera effects along with the good taste of music absolutely fascinating and beautiful thankyou

You and exploring with fighters are my personal favourites on RU-vid I’m sure there’s thousands what would agree great stuff thanks. Not sure how I missed this upload only a few months late

Good stuff I’m only a few minutes in and am loving it, I’m into bunkers I’m into buildings and I’m into water drains rivers ect, I’m just waiting for the big rucks with river police and security 😂😂

Like a computer game with the paddling down the tunnels trying to avoid the sides

Nice little adventure, thanks for filming it for us. I hope you get to continue exploring places like this and don't get hassled by 'health & safety' or worse the growing number of so-called 'do-gooder' sorts of people who see or hear anyone doing something fun, something even remotely out of the ordinary and run to tell an authority figure to put a stop to it immediately.. Good luck and thanks again

I’ve LONG wondered if something like this existed and what they were like... thanks for enlightening!

Wow amazing all those underground tunnels. You would have know idea they where ever there.

Risky!! Thanks Guys!!! How do we donate for life jackets!?!?!? I think you really need a Canadian if you can find one on the cheap. I mean Canadian kayak, not a Canadian Citizen, where one sits up front and the other aft, both with half length single blade paddles, and life jackets, you can probably mount your e-outbord to it. I would avoid single seat kayaks, I did a lot of kayaking when I was younger and we had to practice emergency escapes and other life saving stuff weekly in a swimming pool before being let loose in open water. Despite all that I almost drown exploring caves at Flamborough Head during a rough Boxing Day trip back in the 90s, luckily the memory items kicked in as did the teamwork and I'm still here 30 years later. Sorry to sound like your Dad!

Well that was different & brilliant enjoyed that..

Mrs Richards: "I paid for a room with a view !" Basil: (pointing to the lovely view) "That is Torquay, Madam." Mrs Richards: "It's not good enough!" Basil: "May I ask what you were expecting to see out of a Torquay hotel bedroom window? Sydney Opera House, perhaps? the Hanging Gardens of Babylon? Herds of wildebeest sweeping majestically past?..." Mrs Richards: "Don't be silly! I expect to be able to see the sea!" Basil: "You can see the sea, it's over there between the land and the sky." Mrs Richards: "I'm not satisfied. But I shall stay. But I expect a reduction." Basil: "Why?! Because Krakatoa's not erupting at the moment?"

Good idea, love the drum and bass at start too

Hey your on TV, The Goonies is on... The original exploring video😁😁😁. Great video as usual, have a happy new year

Awesome video I fish the Bristol docks and the feeder canal found this very interesting to watch excellent guys 👍

Epic. Watching you row through those Stygian tunnels with Rachmaninov's music from "Isle of the Dead" on in the background!

I was born in Bristol and I been coming to Bristol for 23 years of my life and I always wanted to see the lost waterways

Great video 🍿

Great video, hope you had a gas detector as gas can be lurking around, better be safe boys, go infared next time .

when you weren't throwing the camera around it was interesting!

That door opens up into castle park ...with Cabot circus in front of you

Wow, absolutely fantastic video, I was gonna imagine James bond 007 coming up behind, lol 😂

Fantastic and fascinating Video, As a Bristolian this is one of my favs. Some friends did it the other way round! They went down by the watershed entrance, And ended up at the entrance you started at!

I don't know if it's because I recently rewatched the movie or if it's just because I'm watching this on the TV but with my headphones on but the background noises which are probably the cars above sounds like the creepy howling from different scenes of 2001 space Odyssey lol. Oh PS awesome footage thanks for the upload.

You "drive on the right" on rivers and canals, boats coming the other way pass to your left and faster boats will expect to pass on your port (left) side.Normal inland waterways speed is 4 knots. This has been a public service announcement!

I've never been to Bristol but found it very interesting and ended up doing a bit of research. On Google street view, I managed to find both the tunnel entrance and the old wooden door. Considering that it seems to follow the outline of the castle park, my first thought is that it is the old castle moat covered up. And could the fast running water possibly be the river Frome, that disappears next to Wellington Rd. and reemerges through a "fence" next to the pier at Bristol City Centre Landing? By comparing maps of the city from the 1400s and forward this seems to match up really well.

Very Nice 😎

That was the Castle Moat you were in, and the river it met was the River Frome, underneath Broad Weir (apparently where the town ducking stool was back in the day )

thank you good vid .rember as kid goin school them shut up all rivers make road .look scay at the time .

Lots of unseen places no one has ever seen.thanks to you we can all see it stay safe to bro

i come back 7 months later to see my comment. How rude. i did enjoy the video, i don't know why I was so shotty about the camera work.. Apologies and thank you. as someone who doesn't live in the UK it's interesting to see the canals and waterworks. I hope to have a narrowboat when I retire and live on the canals.

I think the opening by Bristol Bridge is the access gate to a wine cellar - from the days before WWII and the severe bombings when Castle Green was still the main commercial area of Bristol. If you look at High Street opposite St Nicholas Street on Google Maps there is listed "Medieval Vaults" which is an access door to cellars (looks like a stone square bell shaped building with a door). It is said that more probably still exist but were buried under the rubble after the air raids where Castle Green is now. There may be another one by the church ruins as well, although that may be another access gate to the Frome like the one you came out of.

Brilliant👍

37:56 "you can see the light..." Me: starts screaming in agony and pounding on the door...) HEEEEEEEEEELP!!! HELP US!!! PLEEEEEEASE!!! ITS EATEN JONNY AND ITS GONNA EAT ME TOO!!!! PLEASE GOD, NOOOOO!!!! OOOH, THE HORROR!!!! ITS COMING...PLEASE GOD SAVE MEEEE!!!!!! ME: (chuckles in the dim light...)

I have a similar lock on an Old shed in my yard . On the top it looked like it had a little nubbin . You may have to slide that with one hand while turning the knob .

man when you said you were going to pick up a new boat i thought you meant one of them life craft flippin things that dan bought hahaha this is way better. what a purchase. the adventure we are going to have. dont think theres been a urb ex thats plummeted so much money into their channel. like those cameras amd gambles and boats and drones arent cheap. cheers Matthew

This is a awesome explore, when you said water ways, I thought of under ground lakes and such. Not a actual water way, very cool fellas. Imagine all the critter's that could live down there, specially if it was warmer.

Don't remember watching this even though I gave it a like last time so I watched it again. Loved the bit as you were coming back out of the tunnel, it would have made a great photographic shot, the reflection made it look like you were going through some kind of porthole. Brilliant Matt x

I thought the acid day's was over until I watched this wow

Your'e brave going down there! I won't go there for fear of catching some fatal respiratory disease like legionnaires or Black death lol. That place is a bacteria and virus sewer petri dish, and I live in Bristol...

Haha, love it Matt. What an idea. Will watch it in full when home later.

"slave Tunnels and also known pirate smuggler tunnels" nah - it's the old moat around the Castle - the entrance is depicted on the Bristol Coat of Arms - with a ship coming out of it.

By land by air by sea captain taffy can and will appear from anywhere! Watch out the secret vault is about ! 👽

2:52 Dude that was fucking awesome

I carnt watch anymore I'm getting tunnel vision😁

Cool videos ...little did you know that the boat was going to get bigger 😂😂😉 a lot bigger

New drinking game, Take a shot each time Matt says sorry :-)

This is brilliant an adventure that many would not adventure into. Great work guys. I've got a few boats but in Essex there isn't anything Like this :(.

Buy a two part paddle I had one. Kayak style one paddle, break down to two piece for canoe or tight spaces around £60 and get a simple life jacket a whistle and webbing blade and spare knifes..

Hi ,just found your channel. Thanks for the interesting video,love unusual history like this. Thank you

сам люблю такие места....

2:40 When the edibles kick in

If you go in the small tunnel better check weather forcast , water could rise fast . K

Wow good stuff the 2 Matt's love it, Standedge Tunnel awaits the New Maritime Explorers.😉

great vid bro! can't to go back and hit with waders an kayaks!! so many plans coming into the pipelines :D

Sorry to be a fool here! (He's probably been on many adventures with you before!) Who's your friend? Does he have a RU-vid channel? 😁 Love the video btw!

Hi there buddy I’ve got my self a boat months ago but up here in Yorkshire all the rivers are flooding not had time to get it in the water nice video buddy well done 👍👊

Nice one Matt don't forget your fishing gear and remember the police do have boats as well (speedboats) with guns so no speeding it's 5mph on some rivers and canels

Radio controlled boat with a camera on. Job done.

awesome video, thank you TheSecretFault.

I’d want a weaponised boat 😂 and a man sized nappy

If it’s a blue buoy what does that mean? *HES CHOKING MAN HE NEEDS THE HEIMLICH!*

great vid looked really hard work pheew!!!

took a kayak down here not too long ago

1st class video to watch thank you take care kind regards from me kenneth

What a treat thanks all Have a great 2020 keep safe dave

58:50 "The Pontoon Of Death... WE SHOULD NOT HAVE GONE HERE!!!!" LOL Honestly Matt, never start doing that in non ironic fashion LOLOL

I see people drive cars the same way,they can't decide left ot right so they take their half out of the middle! :) That was kind of different from most videos I watch,thanks.

Moat around the castle, covered over

Another great video, will have to come to one of your meetups one day, I'm only down the road.

The content of this vlog was extreme to say the least, but the fish eye lens you used spoiled the detail & made this hard to watch, which ruined an otherwise good explore.

Sick little DnB tune, fits surprisingly well

Put a big engine at the back and drive fast in the tunnel too see what time you can get!

Maybe in next video, tie the boat up at the small round tunnel halfway along on the right and walk up that small tunnel (which i went through in the other direction in my video: Tunnel Under Bristol City Centre). Then, provided the water is shallow enough to walk in, turn right (against the water flow). I'd love to know where it goes. But beware I've seen the water very high and fast flowing in that river, i don't know why, it may be tidal. I was nearly washed downstream in my kayak to goodness knows where, and that was when the water was shallow not high (just round the corner over the wall you stopped at, dividing the river from harbour water). So walking upstream rather than down, and in shallow water should be safe but maybe check tides first! If it rises there could be a problem getting back! The water on the harbour side of that wall dividing the water doesn't significantly change height but the river on the other side of the wall it could do anything. Looking forward to next video :)

3:02 looks like 4k mariokart. Sounds like it too

I wonder where that door is ? Broad plain perhaps . Keith

Wot...no Hawaii five-0 music !

Good content, thank you 😎

The bridge at @4:04 is the 'Bristol Bridge'. There has been a bridge here since 13th century and is probably what Bristol is named after (Brigstowe=“Place of the bridge”). This bridge was built in 1768 and replaced one that was lined with buildings as tall as 5 stories. It was super cramped and dangerous to cross, as you would get mugged. They paid for the new one with tolls. But once the bridge was paid for instead of removing the Toll they raised the price leading to one of Bristols bloodiest riots.

5000 years from now someone will find these high & dry and assume they were built for elaborate tombs.

can you please do the video's without the music, some of us just like to hear your voices and the sound of water as you sail by, thanks , bristol my home city ,great video .

Cool you've wet the baby's head 😁👍

My mate did a similar thing years ago best laugh was when we shot is dinghy with an air rifle 😂