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Urbex: Ancien orphelinat de la Haute-Barde aka Maison Des Dames, France – March 2018
Originally constructed in 1906, this amazing building was designed as an Orphanage named orphelinat de la Haute-Barde. It functioned as such until around 1946 and from what I’ve been able to establish it became a retirement home for the nearby Tours University Hospital. The building was then abandoned in 1992…
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Private Tour: Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant and the city of Pripyat, Ukraine – October 2018
The Vladimir Ilyich Lenin Nuclear Power Plant, more commonly known as The Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant, was the site of what became the worst nuclear catastrophe to ever occur on this planet. The neighbouring town of Pripyat, which housed the works, their families and many other businesses which sprang up, had a population of just…
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Urbex: Liverpool Fruit Exchange, Liverpool – July 2017
The Liverpool Fruit Exchange is a building which originally started its life as a railway goods depot and was constructed in approximately 1888. In 1923 the building was converted into a fruit exchange where traders would go to purchase bulk inventories of fruit which had likely been imported to the nearby docks. The lower levels…
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Urbex: Wellington Rooms aka The Irish Centre, Liverpool – August 2016
This, currently derelict building, is a Neo-classical building built in the centre of Liverpool. Construction began in 1815 and was completed a year later under control of the Architect Edmund Aikin. Originally designed as a subscription assembly room for the Wellington Club it was used to house exclusive parties and ballroom dances for the wealthy…
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Urbex: A derelict swimming pool, United Kingdom – June 2016
A derelict swimming pool, part of a larger estate, the rest still being well maintained. I do love a good swimming pool especially when it remains relatively untouched. No more information, for now
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Urbex: The Theatre Royal, Hyde, Manchester – March 2016
Built in 1902 the now disused Theatre Royale located on Corporation Street, Hyde, Manchester has a nicely preserved auditorium and an excellent projection booth full of 3 large projectors.
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Urbex: Café Mousel, Luxembourg – May 2015
There’s not a lot to say about the abandoned Café Mousel, an unassuming building which extended at the rear to house a bowling alley, large function room, kitchens, bedrooms and bathrooms for guests upstairs and a bar / cafe area at the front…
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Urbex: Bureau Central et Château Wendel, France – May 2015
Château Wendel and the Bureau Central was originally built in 1704 and acquired in 1720 byJean Martin Wendel to act as the central office for the Steelworks owned and operated by the family. The large building which was added to multiple times over the years now stands empty and abandoned opposite the tended orangeries and…
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Urbex: St. Joseph Orphanage, Italy – April 2015
The abandoned St. Joseph Orphanage is a relatively large orphanage given the size of the small town it resides in and featured ample rooms to accommodate children as well as a small chapel on the first floor which had a lovely colour cast from the tinted windows…
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Urbex: Buzludzha Communist Party Monument, Bulgaria – March 2015 Day 2 (Revisit)
Our second day at the Buzludzha monument, another chance to climb the tower and this time snap a few shots with the fisheye. We also visited the smaller monument with the two torches that sit in the foreground a little further down the mountain. Weather conditions were not quite as bitterly cold and, as a result,…
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Urbex: Buzludzha Communist Party Monument, Bulgaria – March 2015
The Buzludzha Monument aka The House of the Bulgarian Communist Party is a huge concrete circular structure that many say resembles an abandoned UFO. It sits derelict on top of the Buzludzha mountain slowly crumbling away as it deals with lack of maintenance and fierce winter conditions…
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Urbex: The Grand Hotel, Birmingham – January 2015
The Grand Hotel is a Grade II Listed Victorian Hotel located in the City of Birmingham. The building was designed by architect Thomson Plevins in a French Renaissance architectural style. Construction began in 1875 and the Hotel opened 4 years later in 1879. The Hotel finally closed in 2002 and has been covered with scaffolding…
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Urbex: Stairporn Courthouse aka The Maze of Stairs, Germany – November 2014
The place is a bit of a concrete maze inside but fortunately it didn’t take too much figuring out before we managed to locate the main attraction, the dominating staircases just inside the main entrance.. The building is clearly being worked on by contractors and having arrived at the spot pretty early before daylight, we…
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Urbex: CDC, Stock Exchange, Belgium – November 2013
CDC is a huge stock exchange complex left abandoned somewhere in Belgium. I understand plans are to convert the magnificent building into some hotel, rumour has it ownership has changed hands twice with 2 hotel firms, the recent being within the last few month…
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Urbex: Sheffield Crown Court, South Yorkshire – November 2012
History Sheffield Old Town Hall stands in central Sheffield, England. The building was commissioned to replace Sheffield’s first town hall, which had opened in 1700 to a design by William Renny. This first structure stood by the parish church, on a site with little prospect for extension. The Old Town Hall was built in 1807–8 by Charles Watson, and was designed to…
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Urbex: Pioneer House, Dewsbury, Yorkshire – September 2008
Pioneer House is a Victorian Grade II listed building sited on Halifax Road in the centre of Dewsbury. Built in 1872 for the Dewsbury Co-op society who were later known as Dewsbury Pioneers’ Industrial Society. Our Urban Exploration visit took place in 2008…