General Urbex Photos Thread! - 2

[HughieD]

All that's left of A & R Heathcote, one of the easiest and most trashed explores in Sheffield for years until most of it was demo'ed. Plus a nice bit of graff next to it.

20171015_151703 adj by HughieDW, on Flickr

20171015_152452 adj by HughieDW, on Flickr

20171015_151816 adj by HughieDW, on Flickr

20171015_151753 adj by HughieDW, on Flickr

 

[HughieD]

Another urbex short here...this is Wharncliffe Works. Next to and often overlooked because its illustrious neighbour, George Barnsley's. Once wandered in here by mistake while trying to access GBs. Didn't bother taking any pix at the time but wished I had done now. It's now been sold and redevelopment on it is starting.

Bit of history....it formerly produced stoves, grates and fenders, and then, in later years, has been used for storage.It was Grade II in 1988 while occupied by Sheet Metal Workers, Langsett Industries.

20171015_170939 adj by HughieDW, on Flickr

20171015_170556 adj by HughieDW, on Flickr

20171015_170711 adj by HughieDW, on Flickr

20171015_170741 adj by HughieDW, on Flickr

20171015_164655 adj by HughieDW, on Flickr

 

[HughieD]

A few external night shots of GBs that I'm popoing in here:

George B Night 04 by HughieDW, on Flickr

George B Night 03 by HughieDW, on Flickr

George B Night 02 by HughieDW, on Flickr

George B Night 01 by HughieDW, on Flickr

George B Night 05 by HughieDW, on Flickr

 

[Gromr]

Some of Lywood Tunnel from the other week.

 

[Sam Haltin]

Nice photos. The Bluebell Railway is hoping to run trains through this tunnel as they are going to extend their railway.

 

[SlimJim]

LE 'STANK RALLY 2K17

It'd been a while in the works, but we finally managed to get up to Verdun in the FIESTANK for a weekend. I drove into Szczecin, grabbed the bus to Berlin, jumped on the plane to Gatwick, got the train to Three Bridges and after about 10+ hours of travel, met with DickDerpin. After a doss over his gaff for the night we set off early in the morning to take the ferry to Calais. After a rough, vomit soaked crossing (thanks to coach loads of kids), we drove out and started making our way towards Verdun...

What can I say other than it's fort heaven! We only got one solid fort done with our day in town though. If it hadn't been for all the Chasseurs about I think we would have gotten another couple done. We came quite close to getting pinched by them, as there are literally trucks and 4x4s cruising around everywhere!

The bottom of a twin gun turret.

What looks to be some sort of storage area.

Group one. Was a fun and easy climb getting up the broken stairs and into the turret

Outside.

Little bit more to come...

Cheers,

SJ.

 

[SlimJim]

LE 'STANK RALLY 2K17 - Part 2

Here are the rest of the shots...

On the whole we underestimated the amount of driving involved, which hampered our splores in Verdun a great deal. On that note, we decided to head back to Calais early and try to get some Atlantik Wall done.

Four hours of driving later, we decided to have a snack and eat some noodles. There just so happens to be a picnic area by the Oye Plage OP, so there was no better place to do it really. We were pretty wrecked at this point.

We then spent some time walking around looking at various small bunkers and decided to hit Oldenburg. DD had tried to do this one before, but found mobs of migrants standing between him and it and gave it a miss. These days it's deserted, luckily.

I still felt rather unsafe walking along the dunes though and the horde have certainly left their mark, defacing the original signs inside.

It was a weekend of long, uncomfortable drives...not to mention the French toll roads bled us dry...but it was a mint one nonetheless. I'd been waiting a long time to get out exploring again after the Summer. Here's to the next one!

Should be a bit of video sooner or later to go with the photos.

Cheers,

SJ.

 

[smiler]

You know, Sometimes I'm happy that I'm too old and decriped for this, not often though, Loved it, Thanks

 

[HughieD]

Old bakery shop, Sheffield:

20171014_160049 adj by HughieDW, on Flickr

20171014_160018 adj by HughieDW, on Flickr

20171014_155958 adj by HughieDW, on Flickr

 

[mookster]

A few from a weekend or so ago - was good to meet with Gromr again

 

[Gromr]

A few from a Jaguar XJS graveyard in Sussex.

 

[mookster]

Is that the one you mentioned the other weekend? Looks awesome

 

[Sam Haltin]

Very nice. I did a registration check on the bus and it was registered in 1961. The jags were registered in 1988 and 1990 and they are XJS Automatic. What a shame they are left to rot. That's a vehicle restorer's heaven.

 

[smiler]

Loved the shot of the front grill on the bus, Thanks

 

[Pincheck]

 

[HughieD]

EON works, Sheffield in the throes of getting demo'ed. Previous report HERE

20171028_172642 adj by HughieDW, on Flickr

20171028_161933 adj by HughieDW, on Flickr

20171028_161853 adj by HughieDW, on Flickr

20171023_165934 adj by HughieDW, on Flickr

20171031_161017 adj by HughieDW, on Flickr

 

[HughieD]

Random discovery in Rotherham. This one is a bit bizarre. It is literally two heavily scaffolded walls on a plot of land that is currently on the market for £525,000. The land was previously occupied by Beatson Clark, a local bottle manufacturing company for their Head Office.

img3797 by HughieDW, on Flickr

img3798 by HughieDW, on Flickr

img3796 by HughieDW, on Flickr

img3794 by HughieDW, on Flickr

 

[HughieD]

Another random Rotherham find: the Alama Tavern. First licenced in 1860, it has now been closed for at least 10 years. Fire-engines were called to the empty pub on the night of 26th November 2012 when a fire started in the pub's roof space, more or less extinguishing any hope of the pub ever re-opening.

img3778 by HughieDW, on Flickr

img3780 by HughieDW, on Flickr

img3779 by HughieDW, on Flickr

img3782 by HughieDW, on Flickr

 

[Sam Haltin]

That's a nice quaint old pub. A pity that fire has destroyed some of it. I would imagine that the inside would be fire damaged.

 

[Dirus_Strictus]

Not as bad as you might have imagined, The main damage has been caused by the subsequent 5 years exposure to the elements of the interior. If you want to destroy a building by natural means, just take the roof off and stand back!