Victoria Clock Tower, Liverpool, Sept 2016
The History Victoria Tower is a Grade II listed Gothic Revival Clock Tower located alongside Salisbury Dock in Liverpool, England. Positioned among the two river entrance gates to the Salisbury Dock...
View ArticleBucknall Hospital, Stoke on Trent, Staffordshire
The hospital, built off Eaves Lane, Bucknall was created in 1886 for the treatment of smallpox in Hanley, Stoke and Longton. Even then,however, the smallpox problem was declining and as new wards were...
View ArticleVictorian Tower Breweries of the UK - 2006 to 2016
@dweeb has done some excellent threads lately covering some of our 'projects' over the years. Here's one that we more or less worked on together. I explored my first brewery at Tolly Cobbold at the end...
View ArticleHer Majesties Prison Shrewsbury - Sept 2016
HMP Shrewsbury So HMP Shrewsbury shut down in 2013… it sat empty for a good while before being bought by a property developer. It’s now going through the planning consultation stages with a number of...
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North Wales Hospital, Denbigh Wales, July '16
Hi Everyone, Yes I know it's been done to death and many roll their eyes at this place being a tourist hotspot. This one was one I was not rushing to either but one lazy day turned into road trip and...
View ArticleCamping suggestions for the midland
Hello, me and a few mates are going for a camping trip for a couple of days, it's going to be abit rough and ready survival style trip, we're looking for some vast heavily wooded areas around the...
View ArticleLeverton Hall, Young Offenders Secure Unit, Essex, September 2016
Leverton Hall (Formerly Boyles Court) Leverton Hall was a 16 bed young offenders unit designed for children aged between 11 and 17, housing both males and females It was opened back in 1997 and ran...
View ArticleBelfast West Power Station
Came across this whilst checking power stations off, don't ask me why I even bothered looking at N.I. Power Stations (curiosity I guess) because I won't be going anytime soon, however it appears...
View ArticleAltringham General Hospital, Trafford, Sept 16
A bit late in the game to this one as when we had arrived it was already half demo'ed. But lucky enough there was still plenty to see and photograph and I used it to practice angles, instead of getting...
View ArticleGoogle Streetview catches Urban Explorers
Thought I would show you this: Researching a derelict factory in Bristol as heading there shortly and so looked at Google Streetview to work out access. I see the factory - but what's that group of...
View ArticleCrossroads Farm - Bramham/Tadcaster - Sep 2016
History: A derelict farmhouse that is currently owned by Leeds University (according to signs on the gate) complete with barns and lots of land. There isn't much documented history regarding the...
View ArticleBritish Shoe Corporation - Leicester [Sept 2016]
History The British Shoe Corporation was formed in 1956 by Sir Charles Clore. In 1953 he had taken over the company of J. Sears and Co., an amalgamation of J. Sears and Freeman Hardy and Willis Ltd....
View ArticleFormer Wakefield Theatre Club/Wimpy bar/ Bowling Alley - Sept 2016
The bowling alley, Wimpey restaurant and bar on Doncaster Road it was made into a Super bowl in 1989 & a Wimpy burger bar. (The last of when it closed) It was formally the Wakefield variety club,...
View ArticleLeverton Hall Secure Unit – Essex – September 2016
The History Leverton Hall Secure unit was formerly known as Boyles Court and was originally built as a medieval manor house. Boyles Court was rebuilt in the 18th century as a country seat. In 1788 the...
View ArticleMG Rover Longbridge Sept 16
This is my first report on here so hopefully you will like the photos. HISTORY Opened in 1905, by the late 1960s Longbridge employed around 25,000 workers. A wide variety of products have been produced...
View ArticleAskinsh House (AKA The Big House), Scotland, June 2016
Sparse history stolen from another site; (Very hard to find any kind of comprehensive information about this site) 'Formely a mansion of MacIver Campbells of Asknish (in Kilninver and Kilmelfort)....
View ArticleGrove Street Primary School/Pads - Barnsley - Sep 2016
History: Grove Street Primary School was built in 1901. The school closed it's doors around 1981 then reopened as an Adult Learning Centre alongside Barnsley Music Association (pads). The two later...
View ArticleStandish Hospital - Gloucestershire - August 2014
I've been rather lazy recently and despite exploring over the summer months I stopped posting here. So a belated report for Standish hospital, visited on a rather lovely day with Clebby, Seffy and...
View ArticleThoresby Colliery, Nottinghamshire - September 2016
Visited with Humpa. Bit late to the party on this one, I'd been wanting to come back since making a passing visit whilst the place was still operating in 2014. Plenty of things got in the way of...
View ArticleBirkenhead Town station tunnels, Monks and Woodside, Sept 16
This place has been one of those elusive places, it gets opened up and locked down within hours and it has been a pain in the arse for along while, last time it was open was in 2014 and myself , Ojay...
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