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A chance message about access as i remembered someone getting caught in the grounds a little while ago. Couple of weeks later back in Wiltshire we managed to get in. Nice to see one of the lesser known mines in the area. Some History (mrca) Singleway Mine, is a small underground quarry...

An accidental find while picking up car parts, the tail end of a plane caught my attention which was a good enough excuse for a mooch for me. Now it is debatable of abandoned or not as these are actually sitting at the entrance to an action park in Essex and the remains of the plane are sitting...

History The Chapel of St. Luke, designed by Elcock and Sutcliffe (two prominent architects at the time), was the chapel attached to Runwell Mental Health Hospital. It was constructed in 1937, alongside the hospital. Once competed the entire site was viewed as a pioneering development in mental...

Visited with @GK_WAX another early morning start to the first location that we wanted to do but didn't turn out as planned. Due to security and a rather large German Shepard dog chasing us back over the fence. A close call but we will leave that place for another time. The back to the car and of...

The History: Under an Amendment Act set in 1834 all parishes in Wales and England were grouped together into Poor Law Unions. Each Poor Law Union had to provide a place where people who were unable to support themselves could live and work, known as the workhouse. Because of this Lluesty...

HMYOI Finnamore Wood, formerly known as HMYCC Finnamore Wood or Finnamore Wood Borstal, was an open prison, England. The prison was operated by Her Majesty's Prison Service. HMYOI Finnamore Wood was opened in 1961 as a Buckinghamshire open prison for young offenders (18- to 21-year-old males)...

We apologise, we made a video. We couldn’t help ourselves. But with the advent of cheap FoPro’s and easy to access editing software, it seemed like a good thing to try out. We have jumped on the bandwagon and joined the 1.4 million other urban exploration videos on Youtube. So here it is, a...

Some History..... The North Wales Hospital (Locally known as Denbigh Mental or Denbigh Asylum) is a Grade 2 listed building. Once a hospital for up to 200 people with psychiatric illness, by the early 1990's it house 1537 patients approximately.  Designed by architect Thomas Fulijames...

Visited with @dangle_angle one morning before work. We had a heads up on this one so not being to far away we thought a little look was in order for the day. There isn't any history on the house because it's just a house well not any that I could find. And it doesn't have a name so I'll just...

Upper Hale Underground Reservoirs, Aldershot Garrison, Surrey – April 2017 Continuing on from Flexlands, Southside, my friend and myself visited this site.  I don’t really do underground, but I quite liked it here and I think it lit up quite well.  History These Reservoirs are South of an...

Flexlands School, Chobham, Surrey – April 2017 So after another little gap of about three weeks or so, I decided for a day of exploring around Hertfordshire, Surrey and over into Essex with a Non-Explore Friend; and Southside; whom I hadn’t explored with for sometime!  After checking out a few...