yorkshire

Whilst in the area myself and @plod decided to take a small detour to have a quick look at the train. The carriages have been sat unused alongside the active railway since at least 2002. The propelling control vehicle, converted from Class 307 multiple-unit trains, was used to transport goods...

The Old Batley and District General Hospital Batley, England March 2020 - We're not too far removed from Crissis deacon's brilliant report of this place, but here's my interpretation from my visit in early March 2020. - HISTORY Construction began on a hospital located on Carlinghow Hill...

MIDDLETON TUBERCULOSIS HOSPITAL Ilkley, England March 2020 HISTORY Middleton Hospital opened in 1920, after the First World War, to treat patients suffering from Tuberculosis. The original hospital site spanned across 57 acres and consisted of around 20 buildings and outhouses. Today, the...

ThyssenKrupp Office Building & Industrial Site - Leeds, England - March 2020 HISTORY ThyssenKrupp Woodhead Ltd were the last occupants of an industrial site they used as a coil spring factory, located on Kirkstall Road in Leeds, very close to the viaduct. Before them it was Jonas Woodhead and...

Explored with @slayaaaa, @Terminal Decline and @xplorer.x History: Ferrybridge Power Station in West Yorkshire was commissioned by the Central Electricity Generating Board and was built between 1962 and 1968. The ‘C’ Station was the third power station to be built at Ferrybridge. In addition to...

Clifton Fever Hospital Brighouse, West Yorkshire February 2020 HISTORY In the summer of 1892, Brighouse became a ghost town. Streets were deserted, schools were closed and church attendances drastically plummeted. The reason for the panic was an epidemic of smallpox, the most dreaded of...

Cinema was sold out tonight so decided to head to Birdsall ROC post..... What a disaster! The hatch has now had a heafty locking mechanism put in place and there is no access at all.

J S Jonas Ltd Premises Bradford, England January 2020 - HISTORY Opened in 1876 originally serving as a Victorian Sunday School, this Grade II listed building is located on the corner of Burnett Street and Upper Park Gate, part of the precinct known as 'Little Germany' in the centre of...

Mode Nightclub Bradford, West Yorkshire January 2020 - HISTORY The notorious Mode Nightclub is located right next to the Alhambra Theatre and behind the abandoned Odeon Theatre in Bradford City Centre and has been empty since 2011. Sources suggest that the club was shut down following...

Brunswick Tunnel (East Portal), Harrogate, England HISTORY: Brunswick Tunnel was a railway tunnel in Harrogate opened in 1848 by George Stephenson and the York & North Midland railway company. It ran 400 yards directly below Langcliffe Avenue from the A61 Leeds Road roundabout to the opposite...

Deli Blanca Cafe - Harrogate, North Yorkshire - Dec 2019 HISTORY: On Friday 21st June 2019, at 9am in the morning, a huge fire ripped through a vacant shop building on Station Parade in Harrogate, North Yorkshire, totally destroying the unit and causing damage to nearby outlets. The unit was...

Hi all, recently got back from Scotland drive round for explores now planning on Yorkshire next weekend, I’m not asking for exact locations but an idea of worthwhile places to go preferably where I could find empty mansions lol

One of the first sites that I visited when first being introduced to urban exploring, I wasn't disappointed at the tremendous view of Sheffield that was on offer at the top of this building. You can view all my photos from this explore here on my Flickr. Background: Located in the Broomhill...

Sadly there isn't much left of this place now, it seems like time has taken its tole on the building and its insides. But nether the less, I decided to delve inside and see what is left of this explore. You can check out all my photos from this explore here on my Flickr. Background: Despite...

This is the lordline building in Hull, built in 1945 to support the worlds largest deep sea fishing fleet, abandoned in the 1970’s. There have been many plans to demolish it or renovate it over the years but strong public opposition to any plans have seen it slowly rot away. There’s nothing left...

Brief History Pilkington's was established in 1826 at St Helen's, Lancashire. Their factory at Kirk Sandall was established in 1922 and has been extended several times over the years. Pilkington's was taken over by the Japanese firm NSG in 2006 and two years later the Doncaster factory was...

History The station was opened in 1937 and during the Second World War was home to air defense aircraft, a role retained by the station until the 1960s when it became a training station. It closed in 2013 and is now a civilian airfield known as Leeds East Airport. The explore Visited on many...

HISTORY Built as a vicarage around 1904, on land donated by FJ Savile-Foljame to serve the rapidly growing mining community. For decades it served as the original vicarage for St Lukes Church, until a modern, smaller vicarage was built in the early-mid 1980's. During its time as the vicarage...

A fascinating site, located in Marsden, I really enjoyed walking through this cotton mill, believed to be shut in the 80's. The amount of bat's here was incredible, they flew around you in big packs like watching a flock of birds. Overall not much is originally left anymore except a few bits...