We often get asked by people who can not visit the tunnels themselves, “Do you have a virtual tour of the Tunnels?” Although we have never had a virtual tour, we regularly publish lots of still photographs on our web site, Twitter and Facebook accounts.
However, this is about to change. We are pleased to announce that work has started on creating a series of interactive, online 360° photographs. Trustee Chris has started creating a series of 360° Virtual Reality views of the Tunnels. So far, only a few have been completed, but the aim is to create 360° images of all sections of tunnels, giving as many views of our chambers as possible, for all to see.
With these images, you can scroll around, up and down, viewing each chamber in any direction you wish. Of course, most people that have visited before, would agree that even these 360° views are still no match to actually seeing the chambers with your own eyes. but if you are not in a position to visit, for whatever reason, hopefully they will be the next best thing.
We do hope you enjoy these VR images of FoWT’s Tunnel network. Pop back to this post periodically for updates as we update it with new 360° views as they get done.
Joseph Williamson’s house site, Mason Street
Wine Bins
This view is from just inside the entrance to the Wine Bins, with the lovely elliptical arch clearly visible.
This view is from the steps underneath the Bishops Mitre arch, looking over the wall into the cistern chamber and back towards the entrance.
Sandstone Arch & Gash
The Top of the Gash, leading down from the Sandstone Arch, continuing down the Gash into the bowls of the Banqueting Hall.
A view looking back towards the Sandstone Arch and down into the entrance of the Gash, which leads down further into the Banqueting Hall
Banqueting Hall
This is a view inside the Banqueting Hall, with the main chamber at one end, the trench visible and the Gash slopping down into the trench.
This view is taken from within the trench, looking up the Gash at one end, then around to show the Rock Cut arch cut into the wall of the Banqueting Hall. This we think will lead us into the Great Tunnel in the future.
New Chamber, along side the Banqueting Hall
This view is taken from the bottom of the trench, and within the small Rock Cut Tunnel entrance. with view bak into the Banqueting hall and the New Chamber.
This view is taken from the New Chamber, showing the entrance down below and the nice Stone Arch wich is now quite high up
This view is taken from within the New Chamber where work is currently being undertaken.
Paddington Site
This view is taken from within the Boote Chamber in Level 3 Paddington, Williamson’s Classic Arch Shapes nicely visible.
This view is taken from within Level 3 Paddington, The arch where the amazing view down into Level 4 can be seen is on the left.
This view is taken from within Level 3 Paddington, This view looks around Level 3, and down into the Cathedral Like Chamber of Level 4.
This view is taken from the bottom of our new staircase that allows access from Level 3 down into Level 4 of Paddington.
The view within the amazing Level 4 Paddington, some 60ft below gound level.
The view within the amazing Level 4 Paddington, some 60ft below gound level.
You can also view these same 360° images on Kuula or Flickr
Please note: To view this 360° content, click on the image. It is possible that these 360° images may not work in all Web browsers, such as Chrome on Android. If you do receive the error “Failed to load the VR scene” (or similar) when trying to view the images, try using a different Web browser.