brickworks

History Can't find to much on the site seems to of closed down around 2023 because of covid and a decrease in construction needing bricks. The Explore Another nice chill solo dodging the sentrys outside but luckily it's not to hard. Photos Taken on my Nikon D7000 and Sigma 10-20mm The main...

History The Kelmscott Brickworks was established by Thomas Coombe in 1902, with the nearby quarry being used to mine shale. The machine pressed bricks were some of the first in Western Australia to use shale to make them and output at the brickworks site was “greater than any other WA...

The explore For someone who was about 5 years too late to this location, I was surprised to see such an ominous fence surrounding the brickworks and what seemed to be an active construction site with cameras next door. Thankfully, I found an entry pretty easily, avoiding getting impaled by the...

A stunningly located Victorian Brickworks on the coast of Anglesey Wales. Built to produce Fire Bricks of Quartzite which was found in quantity in the area and mined nearby. The quarries were linked to the mine and this included a crushing house, moulding shed, drying sheds, chimneys and kilns...

Phoenix Brickworks, Barrow Hill, Derbyshire - July 2024 This former brickworks was built by the Staveley Coal and Iron Company in the mid-30s on the site of the former Campbell Colliery. After a management buy-out in 1993 the works were renamed ‘Phoenix’ but finally closed again during December...

History Stewartby was the largest brickworks in terms of output in the world. The site closed in 2008 as the owners, Hanson, could not meet UK limits for sulphur dioxide emissions. The four remaining chimneys were due to be demolished upon closure but these were initially listed for...

History Tucked away in the small village, Horeb Brickworks is hidden in the woods and is completely hidden until you’re right on top of it. The location was opened in 1907 alongside the Llanelli and Mynydd railway line, and was initially named Blackthorn Brickworks, Then Eclipse Brick in 1914...

I've engaged in this hobby on and off for years, but it's been more off than on recently, I'm keen to get back out and put the exploring shoes back on! So of course, I've been looking through some old derps and this place really was one of my favorites, so wanted to get a report up, even if my...

History: Porth Wen Brickworks first built by Charles E Tidy, is now a disused Victorian brickworks which produced fire bricks, made from quartzite (silica) used to line steel-making furnaces. The substantial remains include a number of buildings and the remains of some of the machinery, but has...

Introduction This is my third visit to this local old Pipe and Brickworks site. On the first visit I was only using my phone for photos and didn’t go upstairs, I did bring the camera on my second visit but again I didn’t go upstairs as I didn’t trust the old wooden ladder, especially after...

This site has been reported a few times here, so I don't have anything new to add for history. However, it looks like access is usually made through the front. It's a lot easier to just continue up the road and enter from behind (as the actress said to the bishop). The kilns are wrapped with...

Edit: I have found it. First time trying to explore these places so I didn’t think it was as simple as it was. I’m looking to go to Selborne Brickworks but of ours nobody can publicly say the exact location, I was wondering how people go about locating these places?

Introduction This is a place I wanted to tick off whilst on my North Wales exploring trip back in Spring. I wasn’t expecting much and although there isn’t much to it, I quite liked this place and I found some history on it so I thought it was report-worthy. History & Information Cemaes Bay...

Gisleham Brickworks Not much to say about this place as its been covered plenty before other than its pleasantly surprising! Only spent a quick half hour or so in here with my lad while we were down that way on a short break this year. On entering the yard you are greeted with the...

Finally got around to visiting here for the first time earlier in the year on an Urbex trip to North Wales. Didn't do much research prior to the explore, so I went only expecting the remains of a brickworks, I didn't realise the site has been used by various industries over it's life. The...