Wapping Road First School - Bradford - August 2015

[degenerate]

Wapping Road School opened in 1877 and closed in 2000. It's a Grade II listed building so is obviously in quite a state. In 1887 the head saw several children keel over and faint during morning assembly. He sent out for bread, jam and tea and paid for it from his own pocket. It was also one of the first schools in Britain to have its own swimming pool.

Sphinx Commercial Ltd said it had bought the building from Bradford Council in 2006 with a view to transforming the building into around 20 apartments. A council spokesman said Sphinx was under no obligation to keep the swimming pool despite the building’s listed status.

The school has been set on fire, vandalised - basically had the life smashed out of it, its now used by drug users, there's enough used needles laying about to fill a skip! Visited with two non-members.

The smaller of the needle piles by the pool!

And if you would like to watch some video I shot you can do so here:

Not amazing but thanks for looking.

 

[skeleton key]

Well this place has certainly hit hard times and surprised not demoed.

A good example of why to wear boots and some decent gloves with all those bloody filthy needles lying around

 

[Urban_Explorer]

That looks like a death trap!

 

[hamtagger]

Place is looking in a bad way but cool pics and thanks for the share

 

[degenerate]

Well this place has certainly hit hard times and surprised not demoed.A good example of why to wear boots and some decent gloves with all those bloody filthy needles lying around

Too right, probably one of the most horrendous places I've been to, every time I look back at the pictures of the needles I shudder!

 

[degenerate]

That looks like a death trap!

If it ain't the rotting floors it'll be HIV or hepatitis!

 

[degenerate]

Place is looking in a bad way but cool pics and thanks for the share

I knew it was destroyed but I had to see it for myself!

 

[jones-y-gog]

Interesting to see a place which is so far gone there's no way of even knowing what kind of building it once was!

Hats off for venturing in like

 

[Urbexbandoned]

Not nice to see it in such a state but thanks for sharing mate

 

[Andy]

Already a lot of decay, but still nice and interesting pictures. My favorite is the detailed shot of the coat hooks.