Tagged: royal-marines-reserves
I went to have a peep at the giant sinkhole that's opened up in Canynge Square—ironically, having recently discovered the gardens were public I'd had the (triangular!) square on my list to re-visit for a few days, but now there's no entrance to the gardens due to the danger. The area was well fenced-off for safety, but I tried to get a couple of photos from behind the barriers.
I also explored the area around Camp Road, an real melange of architectures, one of the most mixed-up areas I've seen in Clifton, in fact, and confirmed my friend Claire's suspicion that an earlier snap of a sign from Manilla Road was in fact for a fire hydrant. Nice.
This anonymous little gate is, surprisingly, a rear entrance to the extensive and well-concealed gardens around the back and side of Dorset House, the Royal Marines Reserves building in Clifton. The front's a lot more obvious, as is the grand Clifton mansion that takes up the bulk of the site, but the more utilitarian building at the back of this photo is barely visible from the front road unless you walk right up to the perimeter.
Who knows what they do there? Elite fighting forces tend to be a bit secretive by nature.