birmingham

History Found a bit of history online, In the late 1930s about 50 Camps were built for use as School Camps and Camps for holidays in peace time, but in the event of war they could accommodate evacuees. However some Education Authorities realised the opportunities offered by the camps and...

On a drive home from work spotted this one, was a few bits still left inside but not much. History The Bilberry Hill Centre was a hostel and sports facility run by Birmingham Clubs for Young People and nestling at the base of Bilberry Hill. The building was donated to the people of Birmingham...

November 2024 The Visit During a day trip to Birmingham, I visited this place with @MotionlessMike. After much difficulty gaining entry, we discovered a surprisingly well-preserved, beautiful pool hall - despite sitting vacant for years. Though minimal graffiti marked the walls, the pool area...

Hello, Everybody... I have recently explored the Sandhar & Kang (SK Building), and I was able to document my exploration. The Brief History Sandhar and Kang 'SK Building formerly George J. Mason LTD. Grocers. This building was originally used as the headquarters for the grocery stores owned...

Hello, Everybody... I have recently explored the Methodist Central Hall/Que Club, and I was able to take pictures and shoot footage the next day. The Brief History Methodist Central Hall in Birmingham was built 1903–1904. Seating in the main hall for 2,000 worshippers, and more than 30 other...

This place has been featured on this site multiple times before but the latest report I can find on it was in 2018. I thought I would give it a write up despite my sub-par camera as an update as the building has undergone some changes in the last 6 years. History (Shameless wikipedia copy...

January 2024 The Visit Following my successful visit to Forton Services back in November, I felt the time had come to have another crack at the beauty that is the Hilton Park Tower. Just as I had been doing with Forton, every time I passed the services I would pull in for a quick look at the...

19/05/23 Five Ways Tower in Birmingham is a 23 floor abandoned office building that closed down due to sick building syndrome in 2005. More information in my previous threads, this is a sort of update about the building. My past few visits to the tower have been filled with great effort...

(as of 29/04/23) Argyle Works in Birmingham is an abandoned 19th century factory. There isn't an awful lot I could find about its history sadly. I'm sure there's a lot behind this place. The access for this place is fairly obvious and if you're on the larger side you may have a very tight...

(as of 16/04/23) The Royalty Cinema in Birmingham is an abandoned and collapsed cinema in Harborne Birmingham. Originally opened in 1930, the cinema closed in 1963 before it reopened as a bingo club in 2010, where it remained open until 2012. The building suffered a minor fire in 2017, and a...

Colmore Row Rooftop, 2015 Birmingham’s highest office building. 103 Colmore Row, formerly known as National Westminster House, was a building on Colmore Row, Birmingham, England. The original building was designed by John Madin and was completed in October 1975 as offices and a banking hall for...

A visit we made to Derbyshires Royal Infirmary a while back in mid 2014, we was escorted off by security after a good few hours inside. The Derbyshire Royal Infirmary was a hospital in Derby that was managed by the Derby Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust. Following the transfer of...

Waterstones, Birmingham. In 2014 we gained access to the roof of Waterstones in Birmingham city centre. Art-Deco architecture became popular in the design of cinemas, however, it was not so widespread in other buildings and its use was very limited in Birmingham. In 1933, the new Kent Street...

I was on my way to see a lady about some ornaments I was collecting when I was at the bus stop over the road waiting to change buses to get over to hers. Fortunately she was real diamond and didn't mind me going later than planed. I have drank in this pub before but I don't usually go down that...

Having grown up in this area I was keen to get up on the flats to see the estate from above - I was able to see two of my old houses, as well as the Birmingham skyline further on in the distance. This was just a quick visit to end a good day of exploring with @plod and @jellyfish. Bellfield...

This is only our second thread (myself & @Narg1992). We thought we may as well post while we are in lockdown due to the amount of photos we have lying around! So as we are local to Halesowen we thought we might as well check out the New Hawne Colliery. Unfortunately we dont have much history on...

Hey, this is our first explore.. go easy on us! Any feedback appreciated! So we decided to check out Selly Oak’s infamous abandoned hospital, (Me and @Narg1992). A lot of this site has been knocked down over time and has now become a thriving housing estate.. which obviously causes some...

My first UK explore after moving here a year ago, happy to be here, lots of exciting places to explore. I've done a lot of urbexing in the past, but this is my first time in the UK! Sorry about the bad oversaturated quality, we kind of just stumbled upon an access route and didn't initially...

I think nearly everyone and his doggo went here so i never posted a report at the time. The first 2 shots are of the last Mini to leave Longbridge which I'm sure some of you photographed in situ about a decade before. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_sam/albums/72157713876836322

The Majestic Cinema, Cradley Heath Another from the archives. Visited with @WhoDaresWins and Callum who has been inactive for so long his account has gone. After a long day looking at a few bits around Birmingham, and failing at every single one, we were getting a bit low on morale. This was...