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When it closed in 2023 I knew that this place would eventually be a feature of the urbex scene, but apart from @Speed 's early report and @UrbandonedTeam 's more recent report and excellent video, it has received very little attention. However, this Summer the local young team have been gaining...

Green's Playhouse Cinemas In summer 2025, after prolonging a visit for a couple years after seeing @Speed 's efforts, myself and @DustySensorPhotography finally made the journey north targeting the remaining two Green's playhouse cinemas of the family of four built by architect John...

Background History The Arran Mall started life in the late 1960s as the Dalblair Arcade and was built on the site of the Hotel Dalblair (previously Dalblair House), which was demolished in 1967. The arcade opened around the start of the retail boom which Ayr was to enjoy for the next few...

Another pair of mills on a Scottish river. I went looking for water-related machinery (wheels, turbines) but didn’t find anything except a modern hydro plant - which I would’ve known had I bothered to do any research beforehand. Instead the buildings here, although originally corn mills...

Background History Hourstons was opened by David Hourston in 1896 and was Ayr's first department store. His sons took over the business upon his death in 1917, by which time it had become established as one of the largest retail draperies in Scotland, and it was famed for its tearooms, smoking...

What a corker of a cinema! Up until we stopped off to check this one out our trip was definitely shaping up to be a bit sub-par but this place was just that little bit of epic we needed to make the many previous failures worthwhile! The cinema itself (and yeh it is a cinema not a theatre)...

Background History Ayr’s Station Hotel opened in 1886 and was built as part of a new main railway station for Ayr. It was designed by Andrew Galloway, chief engineer of the Glasgow and South Western Railway company, and was constructed in a French Renaissance style with a Scottish influence...

Station Hotel An old photo of the property in use. Ayr's Station Hotel is a beautiful Victorian building in the middle of the town. The hotel attached to the station was originally opened by the Glasgow and South Western Railway in June 1866; and it became part of the British Transport...

Visited with Scattergun. This one took a couple of attempts. The first time we were unlucky enough to be greeted by the arrival of a squad of contractors just as light broke, but we returned a few days later and it was a nice chilled out wander. We were not the first ones in so it won't surprise...

Visited with prettyvacant71 on a recent road trip around Scotland. We had quite a list put together thinking we would only get a few done and end up looking for back-ups after failing a few, but we managed to tick all but two off of the list which was lucky. She has wanted to see this place...

Point of Ayr Collier (site of), Flintshire, North Wales. Visit to the site in 2013. The site was North Wales' last colliery and closed in 1996. There were no buildings left, just a footbridge and lots of railway lines, standard gauge and narrow gauge. One photo shows the Talacre gas terminal...

The Station Hotel is a grand Victorian building situated in the heart of Ayr town centre. The hotel consists of 71 bedrooms, complete with en-suite bathrooms, plus a host of suits for functions and a cocktail lounge. The hotel, which is attached to Ayr railway station, was originally opened by...

The Station Hotel is a grand Victorian building situated in the heart of Ayr town centre. The hotel consists of 71 bedrooms, complete with en-suite bathrooms, plus a host of suits for functions and a cocktail lounge. The hotel, which is attached to Ayr railway station, was originally opened by...

William Gray & Sons - Newton Carpet Works - Ayr This amazing site lurks in a busy industrial and residential area of town. It opened in the 1800's and was one of the major British carpet manufacturers, and probably the biggest in Scotland. The factory closed in 1974 with the decline of woven...

Located in the middle of some fields behind the village of Kirkcowan, this post sits by some gorse bushes with an aircraft post nearby. It is locked on the T bar with some evidence of the hasps haven been attacked in the past. Inside it is in fairly good condition with only a little vandalism to...