bangor

Explore - My first time exploring a mausoleum/crypt. Was given the location of this via a friend whilst in the area. Such a beautiful building, disappointing to see people decided to graffiti the inside.. WHY?Set deeply in the woods our walk down was quite enjoyable. Access is self...

History - This Victorian mausoleum was built in the 1870s for the Assheton-Smith family, which owned the Vaynol estate and the Dinorwig slate quarry. Thomas Assheton-Smith, who had developed the slate quarries, was buried in 1858 in Hampshire, where the family had another home, but later members...

Bangor School Really not much history on this place, the school was built around1871, Presumably due to high maintenance costs & dated facilities the old site of Ysgol Cae Top has been abandoned in the middle of Upper Bangor since the school moved to new premises in 2009. Been covered...

We explored this old shopping centre in my hometown of Bangor last summer after being closed for a few years. The inevitable vandalism and decay had already set in but this was a great explore and was an absolutely huge complex with many shops, corridors and even the roof to explore. This was a...

Flagship shut down in February 2019 and has been decaying slowly since then. Finally managed to get in after years of waiting!

What? A former small Welsh primary school Established: 1871 Closed: 2009 Sum up in one word: soggy

1. The History Grade II Listed, St. David’s church is located in Bangor, North Wales. The church with its imposing Bell Tower was built in 1888 by the London-based architect Sir Arthur Blomfield. Built in an early English Gothic style, it was intended as a memorial church to Dean Edwards under...

History Dating back to 1871, the old site of Ysgol Cae Top has been abandoned in the middle of Upper Bangor since the school moved to new premises in 2009. At the time of closure there were plans to turn the site into residences but the poor access halted them. Later there were plans for a care...

Ysgol Cae Top - Upper Bangor - March 2020 This is my first report! Dating back to 1871, the old site of Ysgol Cae Top has been abandoned in the middle of Upper Bangor since the school moved to new premises in 2009. At the time of closure there were plans to turn the site into residences but...

History Taken from a previous report; The hospital, situated on the south-western outskirts of Bangor, on Hendrewen Road, was established in 1895 as an isolation hospital. It was built in response to the growing need for the local council to tend to the community health needs of the town after...

Minffordd Hospital, Bangor, North Wales – May 2017 So, the next stop on mine and Mooksters pretty successful road trip of North Wales back in May. This was a ten minute whistle stop tour of a very, very trashed explore which was hardly worth the space on my SD Card!!!! Still, it’s all about...

Minffordd Hospital is a small community hospital that closed in 2006. The hospital was built in the aftermath of the 1882 typhoid epidemic that accounted for 42 deaths around the Bangor area. The hospital had a number of isolation wards. It’s currently offered for sale as a mixed use...

Hello all, I had always wanted to put my long exposure practice to the test so I seized an opportunity to do so. I noticed when I returned that the pictures could have easily been improved by the use of a sturdy tripod but I'm fairly pleased with how they've come out. The building itself is...

St Mary's College in Bangor was founded in 1893 as a women's teacher training college, the main buildings here were built in 1905. The college merged with the University of Bangor in 1977 and the college, now called St Mary's Site, was mostly used for accommodation until it was closed in 2008...

Minffordd Hospital, Bangor, North Wales Plagiarised from ZerO81's excellent report: "There were a total of 42 fatalities during the Bangor typhoid epidemic of 1882. The source was eventually found to be bacteria transferred in water and milk from a local farm in nearby Bethesda, situated...

St Mary’s Site, Bangor Bangor University was established in 1884 (its original title was ‘University College of North Wales’) as a direct result of a campaign in the late 19th century for better higher education provision in Wales. In 1977 St Mary’s College Bangor, an Anglican teacher...

Minffordd Hospital, Bangor, Wales There were a total of 42 fatalities during the Bangor typhoid epidemic of 1882. The source was eventually found to be bacteria transferred in water and milk from a local farm in nearby Bethesda, situated above Bangor’s water supply, but efforts to stem...

St Mary's Site - Bangor - June 2011 Visited with NickUK A bit slow on putting this one up, it was cool enough but a bit bland generally although the chapel and tower were awesome. The site closed in 2008, is part of the University of Wales (Bangor) and that's basically it...

As part of a trip round Wales we passed by this place. Completely trashed inside so not worth a long trip IMHO. Minffordd Hospital is a small community hospital that closed in 2006. The hospital was built in the aftermath of the 1882 typhoid epidemic that accounted for 42 deaths around the...

St.Marys Collage Bangor was a women's student-teacher college. The main building was built in 1906 with more modern extensions added around the 1960/70 After a four hour Snowdon climb we took a small diversion to St.Marys This site is undergoing demo work so we had to hang around for...