mr_bones
Gormless Moderator
With Lost and Valan unable to make the Europe urbex trip in June, we decided to all meet up again and do a few explores along the way. With Valan just having moved into her new house in Stoke-on-trent we started with a couple of explores around the area.
First stop was Trentham Gardens where an old manor house had been demolished, and left a few interesting outbuildings behind in its vast grounds. It looked very much as though work had started on restoration and conversion but there were still a few interesting sights to be seen.
Old-fashioned diesel pump.
Concrete paddle powered boat???
Remaining building with nice clocktower - full of fencing and hardhats
small gatehouse
After scoping out some other potential sites we moved on to Stallington Hall hospital. It suffered a very major fire in recent years and is little more than a shell but provided a few interesting nooks and crannies.
On our way back from Stallington we spotted a fair few pottery kilns and stopped for a quick scout.
Whilst Valan was cooking (what a star
), Lost and I went in search of Royal Doulton. When we found it, we were both surprised to see just how badly stripped and vandalised it was. Supposedly only closed for 3 years and it looked more like 30! It was a vast site, but time was agaisnt us and we just scouted round quickly and took a peek in one or two of the buildings.
Our plan for the next morning was to head to Mid Wales asylum, and then slowly make our way upto north wales and meet Jaff, however when we arrived in Talgarth a lot had changed at the hospital. All of the important and interesting parts had been breeze blocked up and no matter how hard we looked there was no way to reach the main hall or anything beyond. Disappointed we moved on.
First stop was Trentham Gardens where an old manor house had been demolished, and left a few interesting outbuildings behind in its vast grounds. It looked very much as though work had started on restoration and conversion but there were still a few interesting sights to be seen.
Old-fashioned diesel pump.
Concrete paddle powered boat???
Remaining building with nice clocktower - full of fencing and hardhats
small gatehouse
After scoping out some other potential sites we moved on to Stallington Hall hospital. It suffered a very major fire in recent years and is little more than a shell but provided a few interesting nooks and crannies.
On our way back from Stallington we spotted a fair few pottery kilns and stopped for a quick scout.
Whilst Valan was cooking (what a star
), Lost and I went in search of Royal Doulton. When we found it, we were both surprised to see just how badly stripped and vandalised it was. Supposedly only closed for 3 years and it looked more like 30! It was a vast site, but time was agaisnt us and we just scouted round quickly and took a peek in one or two of the buildings.
Our plan for the next morning was to head to Mid Wales asylum, and then slowly make our way upto north wales and meet Jaff, however when we arrived in Talgarth a lot had changed at the hospital. All of the important and interesting parts had been breeze blocked up and no matter how hard we looked there was no way to reach the main hall or anything beyond. Disappointed we moved on.
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