Report - Compstall mills, Stockport, October 2023

[0161Dan]

I stumbled upon these buildings whilst working in the area and insisted on driving up that day for a mooch around and ended up doing it over two days to ensure i didn't miss anything.

I honestly cant find much history on this at all. It was once a cotton mill, and at one point was chopped up into many offices/businesses. It backs onto Etherow country park, i presume the closest pond once served the mills.

Whist its in quite a state, there's lots to see, and its easy to get lost and lose track of the parts already explored. There are several buildings, and i had no issue accessing any. Some notable parts are a funeral director, a large cellar, a car dealer office with lots of log books/car manuals and some creepy old portraits on one of the upper floors. It appears that somebody may be staying in one of the third floor rooms, so i left that room undisturbed. Overall i'd say its worth a visit if you're fairly local, There's nothing amazing, but plenty going on to easily spend a good few hours looking around.

Thanks for looking!

 

[TalkingMask]

Somehow looks even more smashed up than my last visit, still was a fun explore though

 

[GRONK]

Some nice shots there mate.

I did this one with @stranton a few months back and a very unhappy estate agent turned up for a viewing whilst we were in there

 

[0161Dan]

Some nice shots there mate.

I did this one with @stranton a few months back and a very unhappy estate agent turned up for a viewing whilst we were in there

With how little they seem to care about securing the grounds and buildings, it’s almost like they want something to happen. I bumped into an older explorer on the second day who thinks they want people to come in and trash it/eventually burn it down, so they can knock it down.

It’s a real shame, lots of interesting things left behind, but it appears the local ferral kids enjoy throwing it all from the top windows.

 

[mookster]

It's a bit of a mess but it does have some cool parts tucked away, I enjoyed my visit back in the summer.

 

[paulpowers]

Drove past this a few days ago and it looked like there was work going on over the road
Decent pics

 

[0161Dan]

Drove past this a few days ago and it looked like there was work going on over the road
Decent pics

Yeah looks like apartment buildings being built directly over the road.

 

[Exploring With Pride 🌈]

Its a good explore nice and easy except the piano house that was a lil awkward to get in

 

[albino-jay]

Yeah i think across the road was a printers. I remember driving my E30 inside there around 2007ish 😂

 

[Stevoid]

Was in here earlier today. Spent a good couple of hours having a mooch. There was an all night illegal rave held here last Friday, How the bloody hell they got away with that I dont know!

Few pics:

 

[TalkingMask]

Was in here earlier today. Spent a good couple of hours having a mooch. There was an all night illegal rave held here last Friday, How the bloody hell they got away with that I dont know!

Few pics:

Bloody hell that has gone down rapid, last time I went the lack of any graffiti and rubbish was incredible to me excluding a hallway here and there

Supposed it wouldn’t last long though, oh well at least the pianos are there, I still need to see them

(Really want to put a report of it up but my photos are crappy, and I am dismal at making good reports as I’ve found with my other ones)

 

[Exploring With Pride 🌈]

Was in here earlier today. Spent a good couple of hours having a mooch. There was an all night illegal rave held here last Friday, How the bloody hell they got away with that I dont know!

Few pics:

The pianos are in great condition not often u find 2 fully functional

 

[0161Dan]

Shortly after being listed for sale at £2.5M, the mill went up in flames last night.

Stockport mill fire LIVE: Firefighters work overnight to tackle huge blaze

Emergency services are at the scene this evening

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

 

[TalkingMask]

Shortly after being listed for sale at £2.5M, the mill went up in flames last night.

Stockport mill fire LIVE: Firefighters work overnight to tackle huge blaze

Emergency services are at the scene this evening

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

I read about that and went by it on the bus, I didn’t get a close look but the smoke plume was insane, and from what I gathered the area damaged is unrecognisable:

 

[0161Dan]

I hope who ever was squatting on the third floor had moved on.

I’m kinda gutted, I wanted to revisit to climb through the hole in the brick wall in the cellar. I’m surprised it took this long for this to happen.