Anyone been thro the Alcan/ ADH ltd site at Lillyhall Ind Est, Distington, West Cumbria, its on urbex ... but here?

[Just-jo]

i don't know if its still all there but lots of abandoned offices and lab type rooms.

 

[BikinGlynn]

i don't know if its still all there but lots of abandoned offices and lab type rooms.

is this the area to east of ind est? if so it looks like its all gone

 

[Electric]

Was demolished earlier this year to my knowledge.

 

[Just-jo]

oh dear, I'm over there soon and am just getting to know West Cumbria properly, as distinct from the Lake District; a fascinating and impressive industrial heritage. Actually, on the urbex material (this sounds unbelievable) among all the detritus and utter junk was a PYE Unican Atomic Mass Spectrophotometer, PYE archive has good material on it, it looked fabulous! Wish it was mine.

 

[wolfism]

Pity it's been demolished, it was a fascinating place. I visited in 2017, and took some photos of the spectrophotometer and another Unicam machine which I assumed did something similar.

 

[Electric]

oh dear, I'm over there soon and am just getting to know West Cumbria properly, as distinct from the Lake District; a fascinating and impressive industrial heritage. Actually, on the urbex material (this sounds unbelievable) among all the detritus and utter junk was a PYE Unican Atomic Mass Spectrophotometer, PYE archive has good material on it, it looked fabulous! Wish it was mine.

Having only just discovered Cumbria in the last couple of years, previously being a Derbyshire Peak District fan, I enjoyed reading the articles by Eric Apperley on some of the varied industries of Cumbria. Economic and Industrial History | Cumbria County History Trust

 

[drodbar]

Talking of Lillyhall, has anyone been into the old Leyland Bus factory? I know a lot of it is now warehousing, but I think the old canteen and offices are empty

 

[Hayman]

Pity it's been demolished, it was a fascinating place. I visited in 2017, and took some photos of the spectrophotometer and another Unicam machine which I assumed did something similar.

When I was prospecting for kimberite in Lesotho in the early 1970s, the project's chemist had a spectrophotometer to analyse the stream sediment samples we collected in the mountains.

 

[Just-jo]

Way above my head but that top pic looks fabulous the PYE Unicam (exc instructional vid available on the PYE history site) .... I was over in Cumbria last Jan ... wish I'd known!

 

[wolfism]

Talking of Lillyhall, has anyone been into the old Leyland Bus factory? I know a lot of it is now warehousing, but I think the old canteen and offices are empty

It's owned by Eddie Stobart, IIRC, you should take a look and let us know if there's anything worth seeing.

 

[Nkexploringthevibe]

It's owned by Eddie Stobart, IIRC, you should take a look and let us know if there's anything worth seeing.

hi I live local to this place I may go and have look