BeGood
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Visited with Tom46 and Kent-Urbex.
I'll get the history out of the way first: The factory was built in 1925. It was closed by British Sugar 76 years later, when production was moved to Bury St Edmunds and Cantley. Since then, it has been empty, and there are apparently plans to turn the entire site into a housing area, along with a nature reserve.
Following some late-night discussion, we had decided on an Suffolk jaunt to fill our day. We made an early start, and after realising that Kent-Urbex's SatNav was definitely on a mission to screw us over and was best ignored, we arrived at the factory not too long after the sun had come up.
Entry wasn't too hard, and we were not bothered throughout. We did see some miscreants looking through the various piles of scrap dotted about around the outside of the buildings, and a gentleman was delivering a big digger as we left, but they didn't mind us.
The place is pretty big, and there is a suprising amount of equipment knocking about. My first industrial explore, and a brilliant way to start.
On with the photos then;
Cheers for looking, and Happy New Year!
I'll get the history out of the way first: The factory was built in 1925. It was closed by British Sugar 76 years later, when production was moved to Bury St Edmunds and Cantley. Since then, it has been empty, and there are apparently plans to turn the entire site into a housing area, along with a nature reserve.
Following some late-night discussion, we had decided on an Suffolk jaunt to fill our day. We made an early start, and after realising that Kent-Urbex's SatNav was definitely on a mission to screw us over and was best ignored, we arrived at the factory not too long after the sun had come up.
Entry wasn't too hard, and we were not bothered throughout. We did see some miscreants looking through the various piles of scrap dotted about around the outside of the buildings, and a gentleman was delivering a big digger as we left, but they didn't mind us.
The place is pretty big, and there is a suprising amount of equipment knocking about. My first industrial explore, and a brilliant way to start.
On with the photos then;
Cheers for looking, and Happy New Year!
