Site Reports

Complete catalogue of all the 300+ abandoned locations that I have visited

Urbex: Castle Miranda aka Château de Noisy Belgium – December 2012 (Part 1)

Built in 1855 / 1866 by English architect Milner under commission from the Liedekerke-Beaufort family this neo-Gothic castle known initially as Château Miranda but is now known as Château de Noisy. The castle began life as a summer home for the Liedekerke-Beaufort family. in the second world war it was claimed by German troop at the battle of the Bulge. After the war the Belgian National Railway Company rented the building to use as a school and holiday home for the children of the Belgian railway employees until the late 1970’s…

February 4, 2013 20 CommentsEducation & Leisure, Residential, Site Reports, UrbexBy PROJ3CTM4YH3M

Urbex: 5 Hat Manor aka Villa Dennis aka La Maison d’Emile Belgium – December 2012

I suppose this will have been my first well preserved house explore. I really enjoyed it! loads of stuff to see and very photogenic. If memory serves correct we found reasonable evidence to suggest that the house has been left from the early 70’s relatively untouched. There does appear to be some flat packed furniture…

February 3, 2013 6 CommentsResidential, Site Reports, UrbexBy PROJ3CTM4YH3M

Urbex: Preventorium Dolhain TB Hospital, Dolhain, Belgium – December 2012

History The Preventorium Dolhain is a fantastic art deco style building situated near the river Weser in the quiet secluded area of Dolhain near Liege. The Preventorium was built to accommodate Children who were infected with or presumed to be infected with tuberculosis and continued to act as a sanatorium until the mid 1980’s. Preventorium’s…

February 3, 2013 6 CommentsHospitals & Asylums, Site Reports, UrbexBy PROJ3CTM4YH3M

Urbex: Firth Brown Underground Medical Centre, Sheffield, South Yorkshire – November 2012

History Firth Brown Steels was initially formed in 1902, when Sheffield steelmakers John Brown and Company exchanged shares and came to a working agreement with neighbouring company Thomas Firth & Sons. In 1908 the two companies came together and established the Brown Firth Research Laboratories and it was here, in 1912, under the leadership of…

January 31, 2013 Leave a commentHospitals & Asylums, Site Reports, UrbexBy PROJ3CTM4YH3M

Urbex: Woollens for Signs, Sheffield, South Yorkshire – November 2012

History Woollen & Co Sheffield was formed in 1883 by Edwin Woollen, a sign writer and Frederick Ibbotson a lithographic printer. Woollens dealt with bespoke signage including hand painted signage. The site closed in 2008 after a takeover with several former employees going on to form a new Woollens while maintaining some of the old…

January 31, 2013 Leave a commentIndustrial, Site Reports, UrbexBy PROJ3CTM4YH3M

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…

January 31, 2013 1 CommentCorrectional Facilities, Public Buildings, Site Reports, UrbexBy PROJ3CTM4YH3M

Urbex: Severalls Lunatic Asylum, Colchester – October 2012

History Severalls Lunatic Asylum aka The Second Essex County Asylum aka Severalls Hospital located in Colchester, Essex was a psychiatric hospital built in 1910 based on a design by Frank Whitmore. The hospital opened in May 1913. At its peak the 300 acre site had facilities to accommodate over 2000 patients and was based on the Echelon…

January 31, 2013 4 CommentsHospitals & Asylums, Site Reports, UrbexBy PROJ3CTM4YH3M

Urbex: George Barnsley and Sons aka Cornish Works, Sheffield, South Yorkshire – October 2012

History Borrowed from someone else’s urbex site report as I couldn’t find a great deal of info from other sources: George Barnsley was apprenticed into the filemakers trade in 1823 by his mother, Anne, who had been widowed. He was signed in to the apprenticeship – to a Thomas Wing of Sheffield – for seven years and two hundred…

January 30, 2013 2 CommentsIndustrial, Site Reports, UrbexBy PROJ3CTM4YH3M

Urbex: Mansfield General, Mansfield – October 2012

The Abandoned Mansfield General Hospital. Construction initially began in 1889 and the hospital opened just one year later in 1890 with the intention of providing additional facilities to the local residents in light of outbreaks of diseases such as Typhoid, smallpox and tuberculosis which caused an increased demand for more hospital beds…

January 30, 2013 4 CommentsHospitals & Asylums, Site Reports, UrbexBy PROJ3CTM4YH3M

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Urbex: The White House Tunnel, Pontefract – October 2012

I don’t have a lot of info on this place. I’ve driven past it hundreds of times and I’ve always considered having a look around but its been one I’ve put off for years. What I do know about the place is that about 15-20 years ago it started to become used as a bit…

January 30, 2013 1 CommentResidential, Site Reports, Underground, UrbexBy PROJ3CTM4YH3M

Urbex: Dr X Manor House, Doncaster – October 2012

History A mock Elizabethan styled Manor House near Doncaster, once owned by a Doctor / psychiatrist? Someone who had a thing for classic cars and hi-fi’s based on the numerous magazines, car parts and beautiful classic cars in the garage. Seems to have been vacated in the early 1990’s and looks to be partly refurbished but certainly…

January 30, 2013 4 CommentsResidential, Site Reports, UrbexBy PROJ3CTM4YH3M

Urbex: South Point Building, Leeds Yorkshire – October 2012

A quick revisit to southpoint at night for a couple of rooftop shots. After a failed visit to Eastmoor for a night explore we hit this place up before heading home (Ryan was way too drunk lmao). Photos and a bit of history from my first visit in 2008 here but I’ll warn you its…

January 30, 2013 Leave a commentMisc, Site Reports, UrbexBy PROJ3CTM4YH3M

Urbex: Pilkington Glass, Doncaster, South Yorkshire – October 2012

History Construction of the factory began in 1919 but it apparently opened in 1922 at great cost to the Pilkington company which was established in 1826 over in St Helens. The site was chosen due to its canal side location and access to local coal and sand. In 1923 Pilkington’s, in collaboration with Ford in…

January 30, 2013 12 CommentsIndustrial, Site Reports, UrbexBy PROJ3CTM4YH3M

Urbex: The Little Overgrown House Near Doncaster, South Yorkshire – October 2012

The Little Overgrown House near Doncaster. I don’t have any History on this what so ever. A random find via browsing google maps, I stuck it on my potentials list to check out when Ryan and myself were having a bit of a reccy trip not expecting to find much. The place lived up to…

January 29, 2013 10 CommentsResidential, Site Reports, UrbexBy PROJ3CTM4YH3M

Urbex: Whittingham Insane Asylum, Goosnargh, Lancashire – September 2012 Part 2 (Revisit)

Whittingham Asylum aka Whittingham Lunatic Asylum aka Whittingham Mental Hospital Was separated into a number of divisions the most notorious being the subject of a large and public enquiry relating to various forms of patient abuse, theft of property and money as well as lack of book keeping which resulted in thousands of pounds of unaccounted for funds…

January 29, 2013 5 CommentsHospitals & Asylums, Site Reports, UrbexBy PROJ3CTM4YH3M

Urbex: Whittingham Insane Asylum, Goosnargh, Lancashire – September 2012 Part 1 (Revisit)

The now abandoned Whittingham Insane Asylum and Hospital, whose grounds adjoin the village of Goosnargh, grew to be the largest mental hospital in the country, and pioneered the use of electroencephalograms (EEGs). During its time it had its own church, farms, railway, telephone exchange, post office, reservoirs, gas works, brewery, orchestra, brass band, ballroom and butchers…

January 29, 2013 Leave a commentHospitals & Asylums, Site Reports, UrbexBy PROJ3CTM4YH3M

Urbex: Bramham House, Leeds, West Yorkshire – September 2012

The History The Vicar of Bramham, the Rev. Robert Bownas, built Bramham House in 1806. In 1814 it was sold and the new owner gave the house to his son as a wedding present, in 1856 it was again sold to clear up large debts. For the next 70 years it had numerous owners. In…

January 27, 2013 4 CommentsResidential, Site Reports, UrbexBy PROJ3CTM4YH3M

Urbex: The Lincolnshire County Pauper Lunatic Asylum – September 2012

Formerly, the Lincolnshire County Lunatic Asylum. The Asylum was built in 1852 and enlarged on several subsequent occasions…

January 27, 2013 27 CommentsHospitals & Asylums, Site Reports, UrbexBy PROJ3CTM4YH3M

Urbex: The Pier Hartlepool and a quick visit to the Steetley Magnesite – May 2012

The Pier Hartlepool, I’d seen photographs when looking at the Steetley site visits by others so I already knew this thing was big but still it was great to see it with my own eyes and snap a few images. Surprisingly you can walk onto the start of it with no obstructions so I’ll be…

January 27, 2013 Leave a commentIndustrial, Site Reports, UrbexBy PROJ3CTM4YH3M

Urbex: Thorpe Marsh Power Station, Doncaster, South Yorkshire – March 2012 (Revisit)

A few shots from what was to be my last visit to Thorpe Marsh Power Station. I quite liked this site, there wasn’t a lot to see other than the cooling towers but they were more than enough of a draw to keep me coming back for more photos. This trip was my first ride out with…

January 26, 2013 3 CommentsIndustrial, Site Reports, UrbexBy PROJ3CTM4YH3M