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Millenium Mills - London (October 2014)

f3lix

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My first report over here :errr: For sure not a new place to anybody but... Since I've arrived London no more than a month ago I had just one thing on my mind: I have to go there! :D I'd checked a lot of reports of the place and in all of them the place seemed to be freaking massive, but nothing compared when how it feels when you arrive there yourself.

A bit of history (wikipedia copy-paste, forgive me about that):

The Millennium Mills is a derelict turn of 20th century flour mill in West Silvertown on the south side of the Royal Victoria Dock, between the Thames Barrier and the ExCel exhibition centre alongside the newly built Britannia village, in Newham, London, England. Along with Millennium Mills, there remains a small section of the now destroyed Rank Hovis Premier Mill and a restored grade II listed grain silo, labelled the ‘D’ silo. Described as a "decaying industrial anachronism standing defiant and alone in the surrounding subtopia", the Millennium Mills has become a well-loved icon of post-industrial Britain and has made its way into many aspects of popular culture, being used as a backdrop in films and television shows such as Ashes to Ashes and Derek Jarman's The Last of England. Millennium Mills is also a destination for Urban Explorers despite high security, dangers of structural weakness, ten-storey drops and asbestos, and there are many reports and internal photos of the site.

The explore where a bit easier and expected, but the place still has some dodgy parts. Went there with a friend and we also met another guy inside taking pictures (he seemed to be there from 8 in the morning in a Sunday, early birds everywhere) No secca at all, but the photo guy told us the the secca cars are still driving around the place, so keep an eye on that. I definitly have to visit it again, it is just too big and too good for just one visit and I've probably missed a whole lot of things.

As I said, I've been expecting to go for a long time... and it hasn't disappointed me at all :)

Here are some pictures of the places, hope you enjoy them guys (y)

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Very nice f3lix, superbly shot images of an iconic location in LANDAN! great work! (y)

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Cheers mate! Glad you liked it and thanks for the feedback! :mrgreen:

 

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A cool first rport there and good to see you out and about.

Thanks for sharing (y)

 

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Very nice shots of the place, it is an epic explore this and a special place, glad you got to see it :)

 

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It was an amazing explore! No doubts at all :) Thank you all for the feedback and for the support guys! (y)

 

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Always nice to see some good photos of the Mills, really enjoyed these, thanks for posting (y)

 

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Thank you so much mate!

 

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classic site :) . glad you got to see it finally !

 

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You captured that spot on. I have a soft spot for MM. Nice one!!

 

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Cheers! I've tried my best mate, but have to go back for sure anyway. Too big/good for just one visit :)

 

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Never got to see the big Mill, it eluded me thanks to security twice!

 

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You should give it another go then mate! The third one is the good for for sure :)

 
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