T4toria
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Popped over for a visit yesterday, looks like a bombsite, travellers were packing up and leaving, the end is nigh it seems. Will post report to follow
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From time to time I like to pop down to the Billy Banks Estate and just take some new snaps, the place changes on a daily basis and with the demolition due to start any week now, it's life is on a count down timer.
Here are a few photographs that I took of the estate recently, most concentrate on the worst damaged block of flats.
Thanks for looking at the update!
Here are a few photographs that I took of the estate recently, most concentrate on the worst damaged block of flats.
Thanks for looking at the update!
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whitelaw
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I think I was married to one of the women in the magazines! Amazing that they let a whole housing estate go to ruin when there are so many homeless and more on the way. One cannot help but feel the lives that lived there and the atmosphere of the place - but then isnt that the main hook of urb-ex?
It's the reason that I am hooked to the Billy Banks Estate. No matter which property you go into there is a sign that somebody actually lived there. I could photograph this place all day and night for weeks I think - my addiction is so bad that I am about to have a canvas printed of the place
The expanse of this place is phenomenal, it seems that the half that still remains (lots got demolished last year) keeps having more and more of the houses and flats opened up by the locals constantly, revealing more and more. Good to see some more from there!
For an idea of the scale I highlighted a map a couple of years ago with the streets that lay disused. The half to the east was demolished last year, with just Chichester Road and Highview Road remaining... And it's still massive!
You can get an idea of the expanse from this shot taken from the North East end of the block on Paget Road (can't remember the name of the block.) You can see High View Road in the distant background, beyond that and out of view lies Chichester Road where the bulk of the photos from the OP are shot.
VAST!
For an idea of the scale I highlighted a map a couple of years ago with the streets that lay disused. The half to the east was demolished last year, with just Chichester Road and Highview Road remaining... And it's still massive!
You can get an idea of the expanse from this shot taken from the North East end of the block on Paget Road (can't remember the name of the block.) You can see High View Road in the distant background, beyond that and out of view lies Chichester Road where the bulk of the photos from the OP are shot.
VAST!
The expanse of this place is phenomenal, it seems that the half that still remains (lots got demolished last year) keeps having more and more of the houses and flats opened up by the locals constantly, revealing more and more. Good to see some more from there!
For an idea of the scale I highlighted a map a couple of years ago with the streets that lay disused. The half to the east was demolished last year, with just Chichester Road and Highview Road remaining... And it's still massive!
You can get an idea of the expanse from this shot taken from the North East end of the block on Paget Road (can't remember the name of the block.) You can see High View Road in the distant background, beyond that and out of view lies Chichester Road where the bulk of the photos from the OP are shot.
VAST!
I think unless you are down on the estate, you can't tell how big the place is. I sat here and googled it and didn't really look that big on other photographs, went down the next day and was very shocked! I am still shocked to spend 3 hours walking around the place.
I would have loved to see the demolished estate mind. I have seen the odd pic and video but not the same as first hand.
eclectic_fence
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Exactly what I was thinking looking at these pics. The sort of explore I dream of.
What is the fun in setting fire to a building that has already been torched many times before?
Went down to Billy Banks a few days ago and there were fire engines everywhere with multipul buildings on fire. Ok not very big as fire service got there quickly but just really puzzles me! Made the day more entertaining in terms of getting into the estate without being seen though!
Went down to Billy Banks a few days ago and there were fire engines everywhere with multipul buildings on fire. Ok not very big as fire service got there quickly but just really puzzles me! Made the day more entertaining in terms of getting into the estate without being seen though!
djmcambs
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great report, well done, looks really spooky, a cross between a war zone and the bronx !!
onthebusescrazy
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Great pictures love the clunge magazine shot
Visited here myself over the weekend, travellers have moved on and I believe the final resident has sold up too. I couldn't get over the size of the place! This is a great report I'll get a few of my own pics up in the next few days
Visited here myself over the weekend, travellers have moved on and I believe the final resident has sold up too. I couldn't get over the size of the place! This is a great report I'll get a few of my own pics up in the next few days
Thanks very much! I did a updated version of this estate a few weeks back - [ame="http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=21642"]INTERNAL LINK[/ame]
Thanks very much! Forgot about this thread to be honest
I did another visit (well lots of them) and made a up-to-date thread Internal Link Thingybegbi
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top stuff man
Thanks very much!
I have got a couple of more recent threads up here:
[ame]http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=21642[/ame] [ame]http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=22384[/ame]
These pics were taken very recently and show the current changes:
