Report - ICI plant protection Offices - November 2022

[George3344]

This was my 3rd visit to this site, and it certainly had seen better days, there are some beautiful photo opportunities and overall a wonderful site to explore. I visited twice back in 2019 and its safe to say the vandals have had alot of fun over the last 3 years... The building was a HQ for a company researching and producing Chemicals, explosives, fertilisers, insecticides and paint. I think it is an amazing place to explore and the size is almost overwhelming, it's like a maze inside. And yes that is a real Pigs head... don't ask me how it got there.

Photos Taken on a Pentax K20D Shot on full Manual

 

[Exploring With Pride 🌈]

The pigs head

 

[George3344]

The pigs head

Yeah... quite Unsettling right?

 

[dansgas1000]

Nice first report. I love the fifth photo with the glass, really crisp!

Just add the month and year to the title of your report if you can, just to keep titles consistent on the forum!

Looks like it's gotten worse since I visited in spring last year, they also removed a few bits there was an old Jaguar XJ X300 which they have removed.

 

[George3344]

Nice first report. I love the fifth photo with the glass, really crisp!

Just add the month and year to the title of your report if you can, just to keep titles consistent on the forum!

Looks like it's gotten worse since I visited in spring last year, they also removed a few bits there was an old Jaguar XJ X300 which they have removed.

Yes I noticed the jaguar had gone! I visited a while back and its certainly got alot worse, I will add the date now!

 

[Bikin Glynn]

That pigs head is rather freaky!

 

[George3344]

That pigs head is rather freaky!

Sure is, couldn't really tell how long it had been there as the weather has been fairly cold recently

 

[Calamity Jane]

Nice 1st report. The pigs head is a bit freaky but Ive seen hearts in bags at a site before lol. Welcome.

 

[George3344]

Nice 1st report. The pigs head is a bit freaky but Ive seen hearts in bags at a site before lol. Welcome.

Thank you! Never found the pigs body...

 

[westernsultan]

The redevelopment of the Highfield part of the site for housing was approved by the South Downs National Park Authority in 2020 and expanded upon in 2021 - planning number SDNP/21/03918/PA3O

 

[Nyrian]

What part of the country is this? No location?

 

[westernsultan]

What part of the country is this? No location?

If you search the web for the planning application I gave it lists the address

 

[Nyrian]

If you search the web for the planning application I gave it lists the address

Every time I post without a location I get a message from the mods telling me to put one in and usually a couple of people say the same thing on the thread. You don't have to give map co-ordinates but it would be very helpful if you at least stated a town or county it was near? That way we know if it's near us to start looking up more info. If I had to search company names and investigate planning permission for every single report just to find out if its in Inverness or Dover it'd be a bloody nightmare.

 

[Ferox]

A grim looking place. The first pic is cool.
I thought that the pigs head was a mask tbh. It was only after reading the comments and looking at it again I realized it wasn't

 

[Bikin Glynn]

Every time I post without a location I get a message from the mods telling me to put one in and usually a couple of people say the same thing on the thread. You don't have to give map co-ordinates but it would be very helpful if you at least stated a town or county it was near? That way we know if it's near us to start looking up more info. If I had to search company names and investigate planning permission for every single report just to find out if its in Inverness or Dover it'd be a bloody nightmare.

agreed it should have location, surprised admin havent picked this up however if u put in abandoned ICI plant protection offices this is literally the first hit u get!

Abandoned Sussex: Fernhurst Research Station - Discover.re

History Fernhurst Research Station was a chemical research institute from 1945 until 2001, its focus...

discover.re

Personally I wouldn't bother going even if I was passing but fair enough if it floats ya boat.