Top 10 reasons why Urbex is better than Sex / Pussy
Ok so this started off as a little bit of banter between me and the Mule and ended up as a post on my page which subsequently had 58 replies and is currently buried here in the depths of the internet. The top 10 reasons why Urbex is better than Sex / Pussy: Its always dripping wet
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Urbex: St Josephs Orphanage, Preston, Lancashire – May 2013 Part 2
Time for part 2 of the photos… Part 1 can be found here with all the history and alot more photos If you’ve made it this far… thanks for reading / checking out the pictures. Leave me a comment below or hit the like button to let me know you’ve enjoyed the shots and to encourage me to keep
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Urbex: St Josephs Orphanage, Preston, Lancashire – May 2013 Part 1
History Established in 1872 by R.W. Hughes for Patron Mrs Maria Holland the St Joseph’s Orphanage in Preston is a red brick complex with a welsh slate roof. It is architecturally described as “An L-plan formed by main range on east-west axis facing north and long chapel wing projecting on the east side, with porch
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Urbex: Serenity Hospital – May 2013 Part 2
Part 2 of the trip to the abandoned Serenity Hospital. Below you can find some photos of the radiology department, the operating theatres hydrotherapy and some funky wards complete with beds and very comfy mattress’s :) And finally a couple of sneaky portraits: Epic fail with the lack of a group shot but I think we were all too tired and
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Urbex: Serenity Hospital – May 2013 Part 1
The first stop on what was to be a truly epic exploring weekend was Serenity Hospital. I wont be sharing any info on this one for obvious reasons… What can I say a great explore, the place is so big with so much to see. A little different from you’re standard decaying hospital alot of things here
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Urbex: Aircraft Graveyard, United Kingdom – May 2013
Latest report is from an abandoned aircraft graveyard somewhere in the united kingdom. There used to be a fair few more planes at this place but they have unfortunately been moved or sold for scrap. Remaining were 3 Planes and 1 Helicopter including a 1962 Westland Whirlwind HAR.10 C/N WA362 and a Avro Shackleton MR.3 which was pretty impressive
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Urbex: Severalls Lunatic Asylum, Colchester – April 2013 (revisit) Part 3
Welcome to Part 3 of the revisit to Severalls Asylum / Hospital Part 1 along with all the History etc can be found here. For Part 2 of the Severalls Hospital visit click here. Our Visit My Second visit to Severalls aka Sev’s this time accompanied by Sam ‘The Mule’, Pete Costello, Altdayout & Sssshhhh. Last time we
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Urbex: Severalls Lunatic Asylum, Colchester – April 2013 (revisit) Part 2
Time for Part 2 of the revisit to Severalls Asylum / Hospital Part 1 along with all the History etc can be found here. Our Visit My Second visit to Severalls aka Sev’s this time accompanied by Sam ‘The Mule’, Pete Costello, Altdayout & Sssshhhh. Last time we came here I think we managed about an
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Urbex: Severalls Lunatic Asylum, Colchester – April 2013 (revisit) Part 1
This is the first part of 3 reports on this visit to Severalls. Lots of photos were taken Part 2 and 3 will follow shortly, stay tuned and enjoy… History Severalls Lunatic Asylum aka The Second Essex County Asylum aka Severalls Hospital located in Colchester, Essex was a psychiatric hospital built in 1910 .
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Urbex: Allied Flour Mill aka Ainscough Mill, Burscough, Lancashire – March 2013
History I haven’t been able to find a great deal of history on this place. Originally owned by H & R Ainscough the mill was acquired by Allied and the closure of the factory was announced in 1995 along with a plan to close 2 other mills and refurbish / modernise another 12 existing Mills around the country. The
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Urbex: Camelot Theme Park, Chorley, Lancashire, United Kingdom – March 2013
Before we get onto the history and photos check out this video of me climbing the abandoned Knightmare roller coaster : History Camelot the now abandoned theme park first opened its doors in 1983 and has operated seasonally ever since. The part is based on the story of Camelot, King Arthur and the Knights of the
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Urbex: Holdings Country Pottery, Lancashire – March 2013
First a little History Holdings Country Pottery was founded circa 1898 on a large clay deposit in Lancashire. It used its own clay, which was dug, blended, washed and processed before being made into passes for the potters wheel. Since the start of the century until its closure little changed in the process and the factory opened its doors
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Urbex: Rossendale General Hospital, Rossendale, Lancashire – March 2013 (revisit)
First a little Gopro footage from the first trip around the old part of Rossendale from the blog post I did in January 2013: I will probably get around to publishing another video with the GoPro footage from the 2 revisits. A little history on the abandoned Rossendale Hospital… Rossendale hospital started out as a work house for
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Urbex: George Barnsley and Sons aka Cornish Works, Sheffield, South Yorkshire – March 2013 (revisit)
My second visit to this place, this time in the company of Pete Costello, Lowri, Sonyes and Darbian (Mule Slept in on this occasion Lazy bugger!). For history and more photos from the initial visit in October visit the original visit report. Briefly George Barnsley’s began manufacturing files before becoming one of the worlds leading manufacturers of tools for
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Urbex: Sheffield Crown Court, South Yorkshire – March 2013
Sheffield Crown Courts. Another revisit explore of this awesome abandoned court complex complete with cells unusual layout of floors containing various courtrooms and judges chambers as well as press rooms and various service tunnels. For the photos from our first visit back in November and more information on this history please check out my original report here.
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Urbex: Clipstone Colliery, Nottinghamshire – March 2013 (revisit)
History can be found in my first visit post from February 2013. Briefly the colliery closed in April 2003 and has stood derelict ever since. After being looted by metal thieves the site is facing demolition. 2nd Time at Clipstone in as many weeks and this time I thought I’d try something a little different. I pushed
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Urbex: Mansfield General Hospital, Mansfield – March 2013 (revisit)
This one was a revisit and there isn’t a lot to add history or update wise so for that sort of stuff check out the post from my first visit in October 2012 here. Briefly the Hospital opened in 1890 and closed in 1993. Our Visit I’d not long since done Mansfield but a friend was visiting from Spain
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Urbex: Red Dress Manor, United Kingdom – March 2013
I’m not posting any history on this one, not that I know a great deal anyway . Visited with Lowri, Matthew and Stewart, This place is starting to look a bit worse for wear compared to some other reports I have seen of it but still a lot to see. Unfortunately we didn’t get too long here
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Urbex: National Gas Turbine Establishment aka NGTE Pyestock, Fleet – March 2013 (revisit)
Revisit time at Pyestock all the history I could muster up can be found in my first post from January 2013 along with the photos from that trip. Briefly NGTE Pyestock was a Gas Turbine testing centre for all sorts of large engines. The air house housed 8 x 36,000 bhp engines which helped pump
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Urbex: Clipstone Colliery, Nottinghamshire – February 2013
The Wiki History Clipstone Colliery is a coal mine situated near the village of the same name on the edge of an area of Nottinghamshire known as “The Dukeries” because of the number of stately homes in the area. The colliery was owned by the Bolsover Colliery Company and passed to the National Coal Board
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