Urbex: Château Fachos, France – September 2015
Sitting relatively untouched windows all intact with no boards on them surrounded by woodland and having so much character to it this one was an instant favourite before we even got inside…
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Urbex: Loxley Chapel, Sheffield – August 2015
The abandoned Loxley chapel was built in Sheffield in 1787 and closed more than 200 years later in 1993. Since then the grounds and graveyards have become overgrown and the building has started to suffer from lack of maintenance and vandalism…
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Urbex: George Barnsley and Sons aka Cornish Works, Sheffield, South Yorkshire – August 2015 (revisit 3)
Another visit to the Cornish Works in Sheffield aka George Barnsley and Sons. It had been about 2 years since my last visit here so I popped back in just to take a few hand-held shots and see how the old girl was doing…
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Urbex: An Abandoned Scottish Psychiatric Hospital, Scotland – August 2015
An abandoned Psychiatric Hospital somewhere in Scotland, well I say abandoned, most of it is but a small part remains in use… Visited with Stussy we arrived early and had a wander around this sizable old hospital which had a very asylum style layout to it….
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Urbex: A London rooftop, London – June 2015
More London rooftops, this time, a day time explore with Damo and Andy Kay of Behind Closed Doors. Not much to say, up on top of an abandoned building overlooking the London skyline, overcast and windy we grabbed a few shots before it started to rain! Enjoy…
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Urbex: St Josephs Seminary Upholland, Lancashire, United Kingdom – May 2015 Revisit 6
Briefly, the abandoned St Joseph’s College, Upholland is a former Roman Catholic seminary, situated at Walthew Park, Upholland, Lancashire, England. The foundation of the large building were laid in April 1880 and college was opened in 1883. The buildings have recently been deconsecrated following the announced closure of the College which saw the last students leave in 1992.
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Urbex: The Twin Morgue, Belgium – May 2015
What’s better than a nice disused morgue… well two of them 🙂
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Urbex: Maison Gustaaf, Belgium – May 2015
Maison Gustaaf is another reasonably sized detached farm house which lays empty in Belgium. Inside the place is relatively untouched with all sorts of contents left behind in the bedrooms and the kitchen. Surprisingly the power still worked in a couple of rooms despite obvious signs of water damage to ceilings from the failing roof.
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Urbex: Maison Paternoster, Belgium – May 2015
Maison Paternoster is an abandoned farmhouse somewhere in Belgium. We had the approximate co-ordinates but must admit we struggled to find the place :). Inside there was quite a lot of belongings left behind and the bedrooms were in excellent condition still set out as they would have been before the house became empty…
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Urbex: The Little Miracles, Belgium – May 2015
The so called “Little Miracles” are a collection of deceased babies stored presumably in formaldehyde, they were supposedly donated for medical research and further examination. Whilst the majority appeared to be normal in appearance there were a handful which featured deformities and most were scared with incision marks where they had received autopsies…
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Urbex: Von Dutchess, Belgium – May 2015
Von Dutchess is another large residential dwelling in Belgium which remains empty in a deteriorating condition. Beautiful from the outside the inside has been subject to vandalism and theft of parts of the structure and little contents remain.
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Urbex: Manoir des portraits aka Château Romantique, France – May 2015
Manoir des portraits sometimes known as Château Romantique, is a beautiful Manson in France which has sat abandoned for many years…
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Urbex: Maison Télévision, Luxembourg – May 2015
Maison Télévision is another little, abandoned house in Luxembourg. The story behind this one is that the previous owner who is believed to have passed away, was a TV and radio repairman and his stable / garage functioned as his workshop…
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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: Belval Blast Furnaces, Luxembourg – May 2015
After spotting the furnaces as we pulled up at our hotel for the night we couldn’t resist having a little look. Not expecting to find any access we got lucky and after quickly nipping back to the car for camera gear we were in and up the top in no time 🙂
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Urbex: Terre Rouge and Central Thermique Power Station, Luxembourg – May 2015
Terre Rouge and the power station, Central Thermique, which supplied electricity to the huge steel plant both now sit abandoned and partially demolished in the large designated industrial area of Luxembourg…
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Urbex: Maison Hommel, Luxembourg – May 2015
Not much to say about this little abandoned house named Maison Hommel. Small but full of old belongings it appeared as if this place has been empty for a decade or so…
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Urbex: Maison Greiveldinger, Luxembourg – May 2015
Maison Greiveldinger is a small abandoned little house in Luxembourg which is just off a main road in built up area. The gardens, largely reclaimed by nature were full of thick brambles which made it tricky to reach the main building…
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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 park…
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Urbex: The Alienworks, France – May 2015
The Alienworks is a relatively small power station attached to an old steel works which closed some time ago. The site which houses a lot of abandoned buildings also had a large blast furnace but sadly we didn’t get the opportunity to see it up close or climb it…
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Urbex: Villa Margherita, Italy – April 2015
Villa Margherita is an abandoned residential building, which appeared from some of the modern decor to have been used as an office type building before becoming abandoned quite recently judging by the lack of decay…
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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: Soda Ash Works, Wallerscote Island – August 2013
The History of Soda Ash Works Founded by a couple of chaps named John Brunner and Ludwig Mond in 1973 they began producing soda ash about a year later. They used brine solution, ammonia and limestone to produce sodium carbonate in pure form. I understand that at its peak the factory produced 200,000 tons of soda…
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Urbex: St David’s Hotel, Wales – August 2013
This beautiful abandoned Hotel building sits by the coast on Wales. Disused and stripped of everything and anything of value. You’d think with these sorts of views and the location that someone would have purchased the property whilst it was still in good condition and retained it as a hotel or even converted it into…
