Willington Power Station, Derby March 2011

[Dystopia]

Visited with Evil Noodle, Ceejam and a lovable staffy dog. These cooling towers were amazing and were set in some lovely wasteland that contained not only pretty rusty things but also lots of bunnies that I startled a few times!

Willington Power Station is great to look at but the biggest fun is experimenting with the wonderful acoustics in the towers. If this place was on my door step I'd probably spend unhealthy amounts of time lying under them and clicking at the hole above...to the disappointment of my parents who hate both my habit of roaming wastelands and investigating my environment with sound. For those of you unable to produce loud tongue clicks, any other forms of bangs or clicks will also provide you with hours of amusement.

Sweet doggy. <3

I love random ponds..don't you? There were water boatmen living in here and probably all other manner of fascinating insects.

These were like high rise flats for bunnies!

To see the rest, go HERE.

 

[ImmortalShadow]

Nice photos! Did you discover the underground room on the grounds? Also, I love the echo you get in those towers, there's on inparticular one which is just incredible

 

[Goldie87]

Cool stuff, looks like you had a nice day for it. Always seemed to be really bleak and windswept whenever i've been lol.

 

[King Al]

Always good to see those towers! nice one Dystopia

 

[Dystopia]

Nice photos! Did you discover the underground room on the grounds?:

There was a ladder leading down into some steel walled bit but we were heading back by then so I didn't go into it. I did discover that I could hear it despite it being on the ground if I clicked directly at it.

 

[Snips86x]

Great images Dystopia - I love these monstrous towers. They look amazing on the landscape.

 

[Lolz101]

Excellent i was planning on heading over here to take a look soon, after reading THIS

 

[burtonbrewery]

December 2010

Came here in december, was misty and wet, had an interesting time as thought it would be a good idea to walk across the wasteland unfortunatley it was very wet and boggy, i nearlly got stuck :O hope you dont mind here were some pics i took.

Cheers Burton Brewery

 

[ImmortalShadow]

I remember coming here in the early hours of my birthday in 2009, and we got here just in time for sunrise


Silhouetted Salt & Pepper by jessnphoto, on Flickr


Early September Morning by jessnphoto, on Flickr


Group Shot by jessnphoto, on Flickr

Those are just some of them, there rest can be found here - http://www.flickr.com/photos/jesstified/sets/72157624283279812/with/4703735835/.

 

[burtonbrewery]

loving the siluette pic of the cooling towers an water jimba.

Cheers Burton Brewery

 

[King Al]

Some beautiful pics there you two! like the mist shots and they look great against the sunseting sky

 

[Snips86x]

More superb images. I love the sunrise and the towers. Fantastic!

 

[ImmortalShadow]

Thanks, all

Burtonbrewery, you also have some great photos I particularly love the one with one of the towers and the mist, very atmospheric!