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Excellent tag. Copped hall brought back so many great memories. I wanted to get this tag to see how it looks now but alas no time this week.

This was the place in the late 80s, early 90s, that girls who had just passed their driving tests would take hardened East London boys in the dead of night & turned them into a traumatised, screaming mess.

I was originally told it was a hospital in the 1st world war & then a mental asylum.

You entered the grounds through some gates & then walked about a mile through dense forest before reaching the house. Crossing a bridge over the M25 that was covered in satanic graffiti & then walk up a long path until you reached the house. It was pretty much gutted back then but I remember a beautiful victorian fire place on the top floor but with no way to get up there as the floors had all caved in.

There was also some cellars, again full of satanic graffiti where we were told child sacrifices had taken place. The first time I went there it was the middle of the night, pitch black. We used lighters to see our way around & I remember being greeted with a hangman's noose as I entered the back of the building, just near a hole that took you into the cellars. It was terrifying.

I've now read it was actually a family home & not a place to do your weekly child sacrifice. This was how it looked in it's hey day.

And I know where this one is Pepe.

Cheers for the description Signor

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Old: Lambeth Palace, looking towards Westminster Palace.

New: all that on-flowing water made me desperate for a leak. I wasn't the only one...

You have to wonder how / why that went to court.

Gah - tagzumped. Very good new tag though.

I was originally told it was a hospital in the 1st world war & then a mental asylum.

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I've now read it was actually a family home & not a place to do your weekly child sacrifice. This was how it looked in it's hey day.

Good anecdotal info there though! It burnt down on a Sunday morning in 1917, hence the clue. I don't want to give you nightmares but between then and the Copped Hall Trust taking it over in 1995 nobody really knows what happened in it!

The Trust are currently working to stabilise the building and stop water getting in, so it's not a grand restoration. They're a curious outfit. I'm not sure where they get their money from and they do like to point out repeatedly that the Hall is private. They did well to fight off the developers in the '80s and '90s though.

It's a lovely spot, it's just a shame that the people behind the trust weren't around in the '70s to fight off the M25, which is a bit of a blight on the grounds and spoils the view/peace and quiet somewhat.

The Trust actually tracked down the gates you posted to Washington, but they're still looking for the full height railings that go with them. If anyone spots them there is a $1000 reward.

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Good anecdotal info there though! It burnt down on a Sunday morning in 1917, hence the clue. I don't want to give you nightmares but between then and the Copped Hall Trust taking it over in 1995 nobody really knows what happened in it!

Ha, I've gone past nightmares, now you're trying to scar me.

When I was googling Copped Hall I ended up on a paranormal site. The stories I read were quite funny. It seems like it was kids terrifying kids with all the tales. I think the more serious stories came from a security guard seeing drug deals & hearing gun shots in the 90s.

I couldn't agree more about the M25. It would be amazing if the trust could transform it back to its former self. It's a shame something so grand has been left like this for so long. There's a grotto I've seen in a similar state that I want to tag at some point.

Great tag by the way.

It's a lovely spot, it's just a shame that the people behind the trust weren't around in the '70s to fight off the M25, which is a bit of a blight on the grounds and spoils the view/peace and quiet somewhat.

Sadly there's absolutely no way they could have stopped it even if they'd been supremely well-organised. :(

Cool stories from Copped Hall.

As for the drunken marine straddling a fake topiary dog ... what was apparent about that building was that it seems to be occupied by a very officious and paranoid character. Like Bruce said, the umpteen bossy notices and security measures were truly something to behold.

Sadly there's absolutely no way they could have stopped it even if they'd been supremely well-organised. :(

I didn't mean stopped completely, just diverted.

Believe me, a well organised and vocal middle class bunch can get a motorway diverted. Or put in a tunnel.

Great tag by the way.

Thanks. I'd been meaning to take a diversion past it for ages but shamefully didn't until I did the Pretorius Paris-Roubaix ride the other weekend, which goes down some of the footpaths round there.

...I don't want to give you nightmares but between then and the Copped Hall Trust taking it over in 1995 nobody really knows what happened in it!
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That is a little odd. Interesting info Fox and signor.

Hmmm...gothic/haunted/paranormal ride, anyone?

Hmmm...gothic/haunted/paranormal ride, anyone?

No! No! Get away from me! I'm not interested! Leaves me completely cold!

Hmmm...gothic/haunted/paranormal ride, anyone?

Brilliant idea, I'm in...evening or night-time ride for the hardcore.

Model of lizard brooch from Cheapside hoard, Museum of London
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http://www.flickr.com/photos/89960752@N06/14024993293

it's in a much tagged part of town, but has a lot to do with a previous tag in the middle of E and C. I strongly recommend a visit when it's open.

will post photos properly when I get home

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Damn you kt! I've had that on the list for a while...

It's museum of London roundabout?

Just read all about the new location. Definitely worth a visit if you like that kind of stuff, which I do. Nice one.

Can't shed any light on the new one....

And if you want to do a long ride, do an audax ;)

So, we had taggy cat, which I missed.. how about a BToB audax with a few selected tags as the control points?

The proof that you were there could be as simple as a tag of the location with a particular Metro front page in shot or something (to eliminate pre-tags).

Or, how about people get free choice of tags and we crown a winner based on the most interesting set. Maybe also an award for most distance or polygonal area covered?

I'm thinking the time limit could be, say, 7 days. Enough to cover a weekend and also a week's worth of evenings. Weds-Tues or something.

Nice idea.