wales

March 2025 The third tunnel installment from my solo trip to South Wales in early March, the Clydach Tunnel, is actually made up of two tunnels running in parallel to each other with only a tight passage knocked between the two of them. The two tunnels are located alongside a popular walking...

March 2025 Visited with @Mr Budge, it was a beautiful sunny day in South Wales and anticipation was high as we stood outside the decaying Whitchurch Hospital, the once-imposing building now draped in a shroud of foliage and clear neglect loomed before us. The first hurdle we came across was the...

March 2025 Guess I’ll kick this one off then. Yes, it’s on the tour bus, and no, it isn’t abandoned, but those that know me even a little bit will know that I just can’t resist an opportunity to climb a rollercoaster. Climbing Megafobia, the park's flagship rollercoaster, has been on my to-do...

March 2025 Another one from my solo weekend in South Wales, from the northern portal, the tunnel curves south for around 155 metres and then runs straight. The tunnel has stone side walls and a brick arch refuge points in the walls. Old cable hangers are still on the east side, just above the...

March 2025 Thanks to a pointer from @Acid-reflux I managed to tick this one off whilst on a solo trip to South Wales, I arrived at the tunnel pretty late in the day as daylight began to diminish, the Cefn Glas Tunnel opened in 1851. It carried the GWR line onward from Pontypool to Neath. The...

March 2025 Following kind guidance from @HughieD, I visited Maenofferen with @Acid-reflux. I hadn't considered it before. However, after being a middle man in a chat about it, I checked out some online photos. My interest was soon sparked, so I tagged along with Acid for a closer look. It...

January 2025 I visited this place on my own while touring the North Wales coast. I had missed a chance to see it before, as I had heard it was set to be demolished. I wanted to stop by, especially since I remembered visiting it as a child during family trips to Rhyl. As I drove along the...

Thought I'd chuck a report up from the backlog as it's now been pretty much demolished. Unfortunately the control room had been torched by the time of my visit, so I didn't even bother looking for it. Probably would have been wise to, my lack of effort resulted in me completely missing the main...

I'm a little bit late to the party on this one with demolition work having now begun, but I've finally managed to attempt an old school Coal Fired Power Station which I'm well pleased about! Most of the others have been razed to the ground before I've had the chance to even consider trying them...

Felt like an update was needed seeing how overgrown and boggy it is now Not my most photographic marvel. Thanks for viewing, this was my fourth time visiting so I didn't take much time at all and I missed a few things. As well as industrial history (the infamous...

Bryn and Cwmavon Brick Works Co. The earliest reference to this brickworks I can find is the 1906 Kelly's Directory and it appears in subsequent issues until the mid 1920s. A Grade II listed building, their website mentions that Bryn Brickworks was constructed after 1894 and continued production...

first post here go easy lol The visit First came across this place after a rumour from someone my friend was talking too. Whilst my friends did an initial visit, not yet every building and area of the site got explored. I will try my best to cover every area of this site, but its large so be...

I know this has been done to death but I thought I would post a recent report on this amazing property so people can see the current state of the property and also our experience getting into the property as a few people have had varied experiences based on past reports. I and a mate visited...

Recently you might have seen my Whitchurch report. Well as promised, here's a roundup of all the Welsh asylums I did on these two trips with @KismetJ plus one in Bristol on the way back along the M4. They weren't all successes, others were the result of multiple visits and planning. This report...

This has been in the works for a while, as Rhigos Mountain absolutely hates me, and has scuppered my plans to climb/drone the Headframe four times. But I persevered and managed to do everything except the Pit Head Baths, as that remains well sealed, and drone shots STILL. It has of course been...

WHITCHURCH HOSPITAL / ASYLUM

ABERTHAW B POWER STATION THE HISTORY: As with Uskmouth, Aberthaw B was located on the south coast of Wales as a strategic location for the National Grid in order to ensure consistent power to sparsely populated Wales. Burning both coal and biomass, this power station produced 1,560 megawatts...

Pen-Yr-Orsedd is home to the last standing blondin winder in Wales so its worth a visit just to see that! Theres quite a few winder buildings that would of controlled the blondin lift mechanisms then a large mill on the mid lever and a smaller older mill at the base of the quarry with a few old...

Introduction This is a place me and @JakeV50 had seen pictures of in the past so we decided to visit as part of our Wales trip back in May. Information & History This lovely rural chapel is marked on OS 2nd Edition Maps as Capel Beer-seba and is an example of many chapels in Wales that were...

Introduction I visited this and some other places on a short exploring trip around South Wales in summer last year. The main attraction for me was the main powerhouse and the headstocks so this report focuses more on these. I would have liked to have looked at the Bathhouse nearby though but as...