free hit counter
North Leamington School, Jan 2015 | Oblivion State Urban Exploration

Post a thread

Post a thread in one of the forums

Browse the forums

Browse threads and contribute to reports

Contact Staff

Contact the team

North Leamington School, Jan 2015

mookster

Full Member
OS Member
Joined
Jul 30, 2012
Messages
934
Reaction score
360
Points
63
I was tipped off about this from my mate Jo who visited last week so fancied a wander myself - with a non-member friend who hadn't been on an explore in five years as well. This place is a weird one - the ground floor still has power being fed into it which means there are a lot of blinking PIR lights but none of them seemed to do anything so we shrugged it off - it's a little disconcerting having those red lights blinking at you while you walk around though! It was very windy too which meant some of the metal window blinds were making a lot of loud banging noises which gave it quite a lively atmosphere. Inside it reminded me a little bit of the old Tresham College Institute in Kettering but a lot less trashed and with some nice features.

The school was formed in 1977 from the merging of three schools: Blackdown High School (Park Road site), Leamington College for Girls, a girls grammar school (Cloister Way site) and Leamington College for Boys (Binswood Hall site) on Binswood Avenue. The sixth form centre at Binswood Hall was separate to the school until 1994, when the teaching staff was merged with the 11-16 school. This was not a simple operation, with the disparate nature of the sites. In September 2009, a completely new school was opened, built where the existing Manor Hall building was located. This new complex merged both the main school and the Sixth Form. The old site of the school has been demolished and the land sold to developers.
Well, that last sentence isn't strictly true (good old Wikipedia....). Binswood Hall as we know is still standing and being converted. The Blackdown High School site has indeed been demolished and become housing, but the original Leamington College for Girls site which sat next to the Blackdown site is very much still there and it was this part we explored. It was acquired by a charity who wanted to build a specialist respite care home on the site but since the purchase they partnered with another similar charity who have operations elsewhere, which left them not needing the site so for now it sits waiting to find a buyer. Since the closure there was evidence of both airsoft and police training use on site.

I would have got an external but it was a very ugly building and I couldn't be bothered. Because I was a right twonk and didn't take my tripod the photos aren't up to my usual standard but I got a couple of nice ones :p

15618010494_96408b453d_b.jpg


16054302969_ab462233ce_b.jpg


16214531366_edf6b34fbe_b.jpg


16238568231_713e36feb7_b.jpg


15618007494_451cbdbbab_b.jpg


16214523726_7bb5b51f4f_b.jpg


16054295259_050249ab59_b.jpg


16238557491_6672935960_b.jpg


16240416385_d5cb57d084_b.jpg


16052884168_a1da297a2c_b.jpg


16054558717_eb55398590_b.jpg


16240412265_7059960026_b.jpg


16239573712_9564bdbc52_b.jpg


16214503966_da156b21b6_b.jpg


16239569042_4426ae46ce_b.jpg


This was the most surprising find, it must have been stuck in the gap between the drawers and counter top of the tables for years until the counters were removed.

16054547397_d5cc18dbac_b.jpg


15620528083_83f9e2b39a_b.jpg


16054542887_56468cf899_b.jpg


15620523393_7152ab2753_b.jpg


16054540457_b521569595_b.jpg


15620555663_fb42db412d_b.jpg


16052998400_a47c3686cf_b.jpg


16052856238_2ed029441e_b.jpg


Thanks for looking, more here https://www.flickr.com/photos/mookie427/sets/72157650213950655/ :D
 
Last edited by a moderator:

hamtagger

OS Full member
OS Full member
Joined
Jan 30, 2014
Messages
3,517
Reaction score
1,062
Points
113
Location
Lincoln
Jaysus that's very cool to see, cheers (y)

Banging set of pics (and tripodless too!). Mad to see the short phone number on that letter too.

 
Last edited by a moderator:

sj9966

Full Member
OS Full member
Joined
May 10, 2013
Messages
136
Reaction score
74
Points
28
Nice one Mooks. I tried this place a couple of years back but it was well secured. I had a near miss with secca too. Time for another look I think!!

 

mookster

Full Member
OS Member
Joined
Jul 30, 2012
Messages
934
Reaction score
360
Points
63
Cheers guys. I went back today with a mate who wanted to see it, and this time I took my tripod so I was able to get a couple of better photos of areas I couldn't manage without one. It was even windier today which meant it was even noisier inside with the metal blinds bashing and crashing all over the place.

I think this has become my favourite new 'local' spot (because there is sod all in Oxford!)

15626718133_f9e3c6db56_b.jpg


15624187774_5301f771b1_b.jpg


16246602535_28e06062f4_b.jpg


16060754967_5477d88c6a_b.jpg


16244739641_77436e4e14_b.jpg


15626708713_5b42a7a049_b.jpg


15624177674_e1ed116906_b.jpg



 

hamtagger

OS Full member
OS Full member
Joined
Jan 30, 2014
Messages
3,517
Reaction score
1,062
Points
113
Location
Lincoln
Another nice set bud, liking the look of that science classroom (y)

 

Matt Inked

Full Member
OS Member
Joined
May 13, 2014
Messages
157
Reaction score
2
Points
18
Interesting report mate (y)

I'm shocked the letter and photos survived that long!

 

The_Raw

Administrator
Staff member
Admin
Joined
Dec 16, 2013
Messages
3,931
Reaction score
2,183
Points
113
Looks pretty cool in there and the handhelds came out pretty sweet IMO, good work (y)

 

urblex

Oblivion State Member
OS Member
Joined
Aug 8, 2014
Messages
282
Reaction score
61
Points
28
Location
The Black Lodge
Great stuff! Yeah we spotted a couple of those PIR sensors at Katies House that blinked but didn't seem to do anything :confused:

 

jones-y-gog

Moderator
Staff member
Moderator
Joined
Apr 30, 2013
Messages
1,742
Reaction score
848
Points
113
Location
Leodis
Nice one, you can sense the silence in those corridors!

 

shaddam

O.S Friend AAA
OS Member
Joined
Feb 21, 2013
Messages
2,132
Reaction score
11
Points
38
Cool stuff mooks, love the ivy shot !

:comp

 
Top