Urbex: The Royal Hospital Haslar aka Serenity Hospital, Gosport – November 2015 (revisit 5)
Briefly, this huge Naval Hospital was built on the south coast of England in 1753 and closed its doors in 2009 after more than 250 years of service…
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Urbex: Château Verdure, France – September 2015
The abandoned Château Verdure! Finally, I got around to seeing this place!
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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: 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: 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 Last Asylum, Somewhere, United Kingdom – April 2014
The Last of the great Asylums in the United Kingdom to close its doors I believe in 2012. The now abandoned site is quite large and on a scale similar to that of some of the other big asylums in the UK. Due to it being one of the last to close the interior was unsurprisingly very modern and bare with most of the equipment I suspect being moved to functioning hospital and care home facilities shortly after closure.
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Urbex: Birkwood Asylum, Somewhere, Scotland – April 2014 (revisit)
Birkwood Asylum dates from the 1860’s and closed in 2002. The most attractive of the buildings and the feature of this report is the old Birkwood House which was constructed in 1819 and was a stately home until the 1860’s when an additional wing was added and the Asylum established. Many additional buildings were added over the years within the grounds which are all now crumbling and falling apart while the old stone built stately home remains!
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Urbex: Woolton Hall aka Wacky Tacky Manor aka Katie’s House, Liverpool – March & April 2014 (2 Visits)
Woolton Hall is in Woolton, a suburb of Liverpool, Merseyside, England. It is a former country house built in 1704 and extensively renovated in 1772 by the influential architect Robert Adam. It is praised as the finest example of Robert Adam’s work in the north of England…
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Urbex: Prison H15, France – March 2014 (revisit 2)
This abandoned prison in France named H15 closed at some point in 2010 when another detention centre which was closer to modern american maximum security prisons was built. This old prison which is described as dilapidated before its closure was set for demolition before the site was occupied by travellers
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Urbex: Château Du Cavalier, France – March 2014
There is very little history to be found on this abandoned Château codenamed Château Du Cavalier by other explorers. All I could seem to find out is that the property had been most recently purchased by a Chinese investor who apparently has intentions to refurbish the place back into a home or potentially a hotel.
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Urbex: Peartree Manor, Somewhere, United Kingdom – January 2014
Peartree Manor is a large stone built grand building of Gothic design. Originally built in the 1800 the property was owned by an eccentric gentleman who had a passion for shooting deer… See what’s left behind inside this grand abandoned gothic manor house…
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Urbex: Morgue P, Down South, United Kingdom – December 2013 (revisit)
History Part of a live Hospital complex this abandoned morgue is a small little building but it has the capacity for 56 bodies! Morgue P also has 3 metal slabs, although one appears to have lost its horizontal part. Natural decay is really taking its tolls here now and the place was much more run…
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Urbex: CMH The Military Hospital, LMM Annex, United Kingdom – December 2013 (revisit 2)
History There is a little more history on my first report from CHM in February 2013. Briefly the Main CMH hospital building was built in 1879 and featured heavily during the first world war in dealing with front line casualties. The hospital is also famous for being the place where plastic surgery was first performed in…
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Urbex: Whittingham Asylum, Goosnargh, Lancashire – December 2013 (revisit 5)
It was Boxing day, we decided to have a bit of a gathering for a few beverages and a bit of lunch in the main hall 🙂 Visited with too many people to count let alone list! We staggered our entries and exits and everyone managed to get in and out without a hitch 🙂 I cant say I’m the biggest fan of large group explores but every now and again when the situation calls for it they can be a laugh!
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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: Battersea Power Station, London – November 2013
History Battersea Power Station is a decommissioned coal-fired power station located on the south bank of the River Thames, in Battersea, an inner-city district of South West London. It comprises two individual power stations, built in two stages in the form of a single building. Battersea A Power Station was built in the 1930s, with…
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Urbex: Pilkington Glass, Doncaster, South Yorkshire – November 2013 (revisit)
Pilkington Glass Factory. Just over a year on from my first trip to this abandoned glass factory it was time for a revisit to see how things were looking. Unlike last time we bypassed the bridge and found that gaining entry was trickier than before. The land is now being utilised for railway sleeper storage…
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Urbex: Sewing House, Somewhere in the United Kingdom – October 2013
Not much to tell… another abandoned house in the UK. The previous owner was quite a fan of sewing and large jars of pickled stuff under the stairs… I really liked the bedrooms here! enjoy the photos 🙂 If you’ve made it this far… thanks for reading / checking out the pictures. Leave me a comment below…
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Urbex: Whittingham Asylum, Goosnargh, Lancashire – October 2013 (Revisit #3)
The derelict 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…
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Urbex: Rossendale General Hospital, Rossendale, Lancashire – October 2013 (revisit 3,4 and 5)
History A little history on the abandoned Rossendale Hospital… Rossendale hospital started out as a work house for the poor named Haslingden Work House. I’m not certain when exactly it was build, however there is an old photograph supposedly from 1905 and an illustration of the building dated around 1898 in which the building looks remarkably familiar to how it does today. The workhouse…
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Urbex: Fire Damaged Church, United Kingdom – October 2013
I must apologise again for the lack of detail and history on the last report and this one! I hadn’t planned on these visit and so have done very little research into the places! This was a lovely little church which had been very heavily fire damaged but still had some great features to photograph….
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Urbex: Magistrates Court, United Kingdom – October 2013
A massive thanks to Darbian and Zee for this place! After a a short lived visit not too far away when we were turfed out of another location Darbian and Zee came to the rescue with this nice little location followed up b the next report, effectively salvaging our day 😀 Visited with Darbian, Zee,…
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Urbex: St Georges Asylum aka Northumberland County Pauper Lunatic Asylum aka Ivy Hospital, Morpeth – October 2013
The now abandoned St Georges Asylum near Morpeth also known as The Northumberland County Pauper Lunatic Asylum first opened on the 16th March 1859. The large Victorian building was built in an Italian red brick style with stone dressings. The Asylum was originally constructed to accommodate approximately 200 male and female patients…
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Urbex: Lotus Hall aka Cuckoo Hall, Wales – September 2013
History The Abandoned Lotus Hall aka Cuckoo Hall. Once owned by a man who had a passion for Lotus motorcars and a wild collection of Cuckoo’s which roamed the vast estate. Rumour has it that one day the owner went on a rampage, jumped in a dark green Lotus Elise and proceeded to mow down…
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Urbex: St Josephs Seminary Upholland, Lancashire, United Kingdom – September 2013 (revisit) Part 2 of 2
Part 2 of the revisit to the abandoned St Josephs Seminary. Check out Part 1 for the History and details of the trip here. And finally a few group shots from the dress up extravaganza :). If you’ve made it this far… thanks for reading / checking out the pictures. Leave me a comment below or hit…
