berkshire

Institute For Animal Health, Compton. Straight outta compton Newbury! Background A heavily simplified timeline. The Pirbright Institute, initially under the Agricultural Research Council, was set up in 1914 within the Surry village of Pirbright to test cows for the presence of...

I've visited Magnet Leisure Centre a total of three times now. It's clearly a bit of a hotspot now since the last two reports back in late 2021. On all three occasions I bumped into several other explorers (fortunately the friendly, respectful kind). The place is pretty huge and in a varying...

Wilder's folly\dove cote otherwise know as Pincent's tower, Nunhide Tower and Flint's Folly or even pigeon tower by locals, is a folly dating back to when built in the year 1769 by Reverend Henry Wilder (1744–1814). He was courting Joan Thoyts (c. 1748–1837), younger sister of John Thoyts of...

When on a bike ride we were in a farmland area of sulham woods,reading,Berkshire looking in and at pillar boxes from WW2. Trying to find an entrance we discovered a manageable hole to get through. Luckily we had our phones and shone a light in the dark room. Noticing there was a stood up wheel...