Victoria Power Station, Kirkcaldy Nov08

External shots only as I visited mid Friday afternoon, it was busy & didn't want to venture inside on my own incase I bumped into the many drugged up degenerates of Kirkcaldy!

















Looking through the doors:


Tree?




This was posted up on the gates:


Hopefully I'll get to venture inside at some point in the future

Interesting! Did Kircaldy ever have trams? It looks reminiscent of a tram power generation building to me.

That's exactly what it was built for at the turn of the last century

I took a pano of this on my phone ages ago. Any opportunity to post it



Also, if the opportunity were to ever arise for me, i'd be up for this btw.

escortmad79 said:

That's exactly what it was built for at the turn of the last century

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Thanks, good to know my braincells still work occasionally

We have one near to me at Newcastle upon Tyne. I had passed meny times before realising what it was. It stood out from all the surrounding buildings. Nowadays my local "ex-station" is used by a heavy plant hire company. It is listed but as yet have not tried to get close up shots.

What does the piece of paper on the sign say? Is the building to be incorporated into a heritage area or something?

Quite an imposing looking building. I like the windows and various details on it. Interesting find.

Sausage said:

We have one near to me at Newcastle upon Tyne. I had passed meny times before realising what it was. It stood out from all the surrounding buildings. Nowadays my local "ex-station" is used by a heavy plant hire company. It is listed but as yet have not tried to get close up shots.

What does the piece of paper on the sign say? Is the building to be incorporated into a heritage area or something?

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It says:

This is NOT a notice of planning application.

The site is proposed for development in the draft Kirkcaldy & Mid Fife Local Plan.
If a planning application is made neighbours will be notified.

The Proposal In The Draft Local Plan Is -

KDY 47, Victoria Road, Former Power Station, Kirkcaldy
Area = 0.8ha, Brownfield Opportunity Site

The local plan is available online at www.fifedirect.org.uk/midfifelocalplan or from
Fife Council Local Service Centres, Development Services Offices & Libraries within the Local Plan area.

In other words they're re-zoning the land for future development, it's a pre-cursor to looking for a developer to put something new on it.

It isn't a planning application but it might as well be.

Ah right. I can't make out the lower part of the notice. There are whole swathes of land like that up here. Some small ones too and at least one I know of in a rural location ( watch this space! ). Looks like this building recession is helping folk like us.

well worth a little visit inside