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Ahhhhh that's more like it, back to the sneaky sneaky proper non permission visits ;) Late September brought around what was planned as an absolutely mental weekend of explores, which turned out to be a lot easier said than done as neither me nor my American contact factored in the 'awake for...

Nice to get away from the dull and wet UK for a couple of days, and visit some of the islands derelict offerings in the sunshine. Central Térmica coal fired power station was built in 1958 according to a design by the Spanish architect Ramón Vázquez Molezún, the plant was closed in...

This disused power station was once a coal-fired monster. Owned by Belgium's Electrobel it was mothballed in the early 2000s and then finally taken out of service in 2006 and is currently being demolished. With demolition well under way this might be the last we see of this beast. The cooling...

One of the oldest of oldschool Euro locations is Centrale Thermique in Luxembourg, the first derelict power station I can remember seeing photos of. For ages I thought it was demolished until I saw some photos pop up recently and suddenly it was back on the agenda. It may be smashed and bashed...

Hello all, I know this one has been done many times so i hope you see something new from the photos. Brief History of Huncoat Power Station Huncoat power station (also known as Padiham ‘B’) was built by the Lancashire Electric Power Company in the 1950’s as a sister for the...

The Explore It doesn't get much more iconic than Battersea Power station. I visited twice with Sentinel, we had a feeling this would be a tricky place to conquer and we weren't wrong. On our first visit we encountered various obstacles and at points we nearly gave up on both control rooms but...

Found this place on google maps and thought id have a ride out to it Construction began on Huncoat in 1950. The Power station was opened by the mayor on 11 May 1956. 1984 saw the closure of the power station, the cooling towers were demolished on 16 October 1988. Most of the buildings were...

I know it's an overused phrase, but this place really was EPIC. It had everything you want from an explore, sneaking around to get in, dodging CCTV security guards and ridiculous fences. Industrial porn on an epic scale, retro control rooms, working automatic doors it really was immense...

Sometimes working a Sunday has its advantages such as no demolition crew right next to your entry point It took longer to get in than it did to explore the place but the control room made for a welcome site to work for a little while

Part one of my mad two day dash to Belgium. The most frustrating urbex trip I've ever had, weekday exploring is so much more hit and miss than weekend trips especially when there were markets going on in front of not one but two different locations we wanted to do! Add to that general other...

Info taken from Urban Degeneration... (Thanks) Splored with S8 & Zero81. In 1918 Lever Brothers built a power station on the banks of the Mersey on what was to become Commercial Road. The station was called Central Power Station and had three coal fired boilers and a 5 Megawatt...

Hello, I have had this on my list for a long time and after a few messages we arranged a meet. Access was piss easy and we didn't see anyone or security. got lost loads of times inside and found the famous white room show flat but couldn't find access to the other control room. A revisit is on...

I was sat at home with loads of stuff needed doing but just not in the mood. Shall I go out taking photos .. I shouldn't really stuff to do..meh can't be arsed though.. could nip to sheffers ...or maybe huncoat for 4th or would it be5th visit. Was chatting with Zero and he fancied a re-visit...

Battersea Power Station Ok loads of rumours going round that we paid £3000 for this shoot WE DIDNT !!!! But some one did ,to cut a long story short if went like this a friend of a friend is a big photographer in London and shoots for the big add houses his client booked Battersea for the day...

After our rather disappointing start to our inaugural Belgium road trip we made our second stop at IM Power Station..now I’ve been up close and personnel with Battersea but this place was huge ! After entering via the very secure fence we walked around for ages to find a way in, interrupted a...

Another explore with the long suffering,again,she declined the excitement,and remained in the car!! Tiny bit of info:Cooling Towers from the old power station that shut in 1999.The towers are 300 feet high..218 feet in diameter at base..145 feet in diameter at the top and 122 feet in diameter...

A few months back I went on a roadtrip to France and Belgium, this was one of the highlights. Probably the best power station going in Belgium at the moment, certainly the best piece of industry I have ever done surpassing even Pyestock. Sadly owing to us being knackered we somehow missed the...

Been sitting on this one for a while :( Barking Power Station - Opened in 1925 and decommissioned by the end of the 1980s

Richborough Power Station was built in the late 50's and from 1962 - 1971 Richborough burned over 3 million tonnes of coal, most of which came from the nearby kent coalfields. Then in 1971 the station was converted to run on oil, but usage of the site became costly as the price of oil prices...