brickworks

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...

Introduction This is one of the many sites I visited recently whilst on an exploring trip in South Wales. It’s been on my to-do list for a while and although it’s only a simple little place I was really keen to do it. Note: This is a re-post following the deletion of the original thread from a...

This was my first proper urbex, so it's not my best work, still photo heavy though, apologies... I didn't realise the date stamp was turned on on my camera either... :eek Nestled away on a small country lane, looking as if the workers had not long finished their shift, you'll find the decaying...

Stewartby Brickworks Stewartby village was effectively the creation of the London Brick Company and its inhabitants worked almost exclusively for that firm. Stewartby was, in many ways, a Bedfordshire version of Bournville in Birmingham, a model community established by a large manufacturing...

We haven't managed to get any exploring done for a few weeks so for 2022 we decided to get back on it with a trip to North Wales. This place has been covered loads on here but it's one we've always wanted to see and was our first visit of the day. History - Porth Wen brickworks was built in the...

Introduction As it was a nice day me and a friend decided to take a look at an old Pipe and Brickworks site near the Suffolk Coast. We've had this pinned on the map for a while and decided to give it a go. It was a good explore and I haven't constructed a report for a while so I have decided to...

Recommended by a friend History ( copied from couple of other sites) Glazed brick manufacturers established by Henry Victor Allen (1887-1960), when he took over the Halifax Glazed Brickworks in 1905 in the Walterclough Valley. He converted the works to manufacture refractory bricks (glazed...

History of Selborne Brickworks Tower Brick & Tile Company Limited have been making handmade Selborne bricks and roof tiles at their site near Selborne since 1872. The company went into administration on 6th November 2009 and dissolved in August 2011. Selborne Bricks are made using traditional...

Decided to check this place out as we were passing through the area. We like industrial explores being reclaimed by nature and this place is definitely on the extreme end of that spectrum! History - In 1892 a bed of fireclay was discovered near to Coed Talon and a brickworks was subsequently...