History:
More commonly known as Printworks, although originally named "Harmsworth Quays Printing Plant", was once the largest printing facility in Western Europe. Opening its doors in 1989 and remaining operational for 24 years, famous newspapers such as The Evening Standard, The Daily Mai, Metro and The Telegraph all rolled from its presses.
Fast forward to 2012, and with the closure of Harmsworth Printing Plant, the land was bought up by British Land who later granted permission for the events organisation company Broadwick Live to convert the vacant building into an events space.
In 2017, "Printworks London" became official, and soon became a world-famous club attracting party-goers internationally. The building was also used for several music video & film shoots during its time under Broadwick Live's licence.
Unfortunately, Printworks would see its doors close in May 2023 following the approval of plans to convert the event space into office buildings.
We went for a look:
Admittedly, I was somewhat late to the party with this one (if you pardon the pun), as a chunk of the site had already undergone demolition, fortunately, the majority remains and was well worth a snoop around. Like many others, I have fond memories of this one in its days as a club, so wandering around its now desolate floors was a surreal experience reminiscing over the countless drum & bass events I'd once enjoyed here.
Having a poke at this place was somewhat spontaneous after having called off other plans for the night, but as ever, I was joined in good company by @James Cross and @samrielly, both of whom enjoyed seeing this now empty shell as much as I did.
With darkness now fallen, we began to make our way towards the site, and with far less effort than we expected, we soon found ourselves inside its vast, industrial walls.
The Press Hall
View from the gantry
Unfortunately, the control room is completely stripped
The second side of the press hall
Original industrial printing presses
From here, the site became fairly unphotogenic as we moved into the inkwells one floor below. Once filled with giant ink tanks which supplied the huge printing presses above, are now little more than empty concrete corridors.
All in all, and despite many of its original features removed since its closure as a printing press, I still regard this place as one of the more meaningful spots I've looked at purely due to the somewhat blurry memories of the raves I attended in its time as one of the world's most striking venues.
Cheers all!
More commonly known as Printworks, although originally named "Harmsworth Quays Printing Plant", was once the largest printing facility in Western Europe. Opening its doors in 1989 and remaining operational for 24 years, famous newspapers such as The Evening Standard, The Daily Mai, Metro and The Telegraph all rolled from its presses.
Fast forward to 2012, and with the closure of Harmsworth Printing Plant, the land was bought up by British Land who later granted permission for the events organisation company Broadwick Live to convert the vacant building into an events space.
In 2017, "Printworks London" became official, and soon became a world-famous club attracting party-goers internationally. The building was also used for several music video & film shoots during its time under Broadwick Live's licence.
Unfortunately, Printworks would see its doors close in May 2023 following the approval of plans to convert the event space into office buildings.
We went for a look:
Admittedly, I was somewhat late to the party with this one (if you pardon the pun), as a chunk of the site had already undergone demolition, fortunately, the majority remains and was well worth a snoop around. Like many others, I have fond memories of this one in its days as a club, so wandering around its now desolate floors was a surreal experience reminiscing over the countless drum & bass events I'd once enjoyed here.
Having a poke at this place was somewhat spontaneous after having called off other plans for the night, but as ever, I was joined in good company by @James Cross and @samrielly, both of whom enjoyed seeing this now empty shell as much as I did.
With darkness now fallen, we began to make our way towards the site, and with far less effort than we expected, we soon found ourselves inside its vast, industrial walls.
The Press Hall
View from the gantry
Unfortunately, the control room is completely stripped
The second side of the press hall
Original industrial printing presses
From here, the site became fairly unphotogenic as we moved into the inkwells one floor below. Once filled with giant ink tanks which supplied the huge printing presses above, are now little more than empty concrete corridors.
All in all, and despite many of its original features removed since its closure as a printing press, I still regard this place as one of the more meaningful spots I've looked at purely due to the somewhat blurry memories of the raves I attended in its time as one of the world's most striking venues.
Cheers all!
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