Abandoned Newlands Estate Wakefield

Urbex: Newlands Estate, Wakefield, West Yorkshire – June 2011

This odd little abandoned village on the outskirts of Normanton was probably my first Urbex Experience. My old Landlord asked if we wanted to join him for a walk and he showed me this place just a mile or 2 from the main road accessed via a small dirt path next to some woods! While trolling the internet looking for information on this place I found links to several UK Urbexing websites and there began the addiction..

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The Telamon aka Temple Hall Shipwreck Lanzarote

Urbex: The Telamon aka Temple Hall Shipwreck, Arrecife, Lanzarote – April 2011

An awesome little (well not so little) shipwreck off the coast of Arrecife in Lanzarote. Definitely one of my top 10 places to visit / photograph while on the Island of Lanzarote. The TEMPLE HALL was built in 1954 for Lambert Bros, London. Sold to Demetrios P. Margaronis in 1969, renamed PANTELIS and transferred to the Greek flag. 1970…

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Whittingham Lunatic Asylum - Exterior

Urbex: Whittingham Lunatic Asylum – Near Preston – March 2010

Whittingham 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…

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RAF Driffield - Peeling Paint in the Corridors

Urbex: RAF Driffield, Driffield Yorkshire – June 2009

Visited twice within a week of each other. The first time I didn’t have a flash torch or a tripod so had to revisit with my gear 🙂 Highlight of these trips had to be when exploring with Harriet we scoped out the first floor then when going round the same rooms again Harriet screamed having just…

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Holdsworths Mill Mirfield - Weigh Station

Urbex: Holdsworth Mill, Mirfield, Kirklees, Yorkshire – April 2009 (Revisit)

2nd Visit to this place, the first can be found here: http://www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com/urbex/2013/01/21/urbex-holdsworth-mill-mirfield-kirklees-yorkshire-october-2008/ Not a great deal of history on this place, this visit was a return to get a few more detail shots with a bit of natural light however the explore wasn’t without a hitch and we had an unexpected early end to the evening. On with…

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Hunslet Mills Leeds

Urbex: Hunslet Mills, Leeds, Yorkshire – March 2009 (Revisit)

2nd visit to this place the history can be found here from my September 2008 visit 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 posting more 🙂 Limited Edition…

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Aston Hall - Hydro Pool

Urbex: Aston Hall Mental Hospital, Ashton-on-Trent, Derby – October 2008

The hospital was opened in the 1930s. Each of the villas housed up to 50 patients but as the years passed the number gradually declined, especially with the advent of “Care In The Community”. As far as I can tell the site closed sometime in 2006 and has since become target somewhat by local youths and people stealing scrap metals…

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Hunslet Mill Leeds

Urbex: Hunslet Mills, Leeds, Yorkshire – October 2008

Hunslet Mill was constructed by William Fairbairn for John Wilkinson and completed circa 1842. By 1847 some 1,500 female staff were employed in the mill reeling flax. It was occupied by a firm of linen manufacturers called Richard Buckton and Son from 1868[ and then by a firm of blanket weavers called Dodgson and Hargreaves from the mid 1920s until it closed in 1966…

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