cheshire

History: Ince B, an oil-fired power station with two 500MW generating sets, is situated on land previously used for agricultural grazing near the village of Elton. The station lies on the southern side of the Mersey and Manchester Ship Canal, being partly in the borough of Ellesmere Port and...

Hi all. Recently joined. Based In Oswestry - if any likeminded persons fancy going out locally (+ 15 miles or so) to abandoned places, feel free to send a message. Sometimes better to team up ? We don't want a "Lassie" moment, "What's that Lassie, he's stuck down a well" etc. Some great...

I've visited this place a number of times over the last 5 years and always assumed the raised 'humps' were covered reservoirs that were something to do with the pair of Dorman diesel engine driven pumps I'd found back in 2019. Anyway after seeing posts pop recently I decided do do some more...

Saw this pop up on here a few weeks ago posted by @Mr.Ziggystardust and it looked interesting so we called in while exploring around Cheshire. History - In 1949, following a study carried out in 1947, the ICI Company was commissioned by the Ministry of Fuel and Power to develop a small salt...

December 2025 Ticked this one off as a solo visit. Rather embarrassingly, until 2020 I had no idea this place even existed — despite it being a five-minute drive from home. It only came to light after a conversation with my younger brother, who admitted that during lockdown he and a few mates...

September 2025 After a tip-off from @MotionlessMike (who I believe originally got it from @mingerocket), I headed over to Congleton to check out a random industrial site. I didn’t know much going in — no confirmed history, no obvious purpose — just a nondescript unit tucked away, seemingly...

Hello there all, I have been a member here for probably 3 weeks now but very new to the urban explorology. I am from Cheshire which is north West England and open to explore if anyone wants to get together and do some venturing. I have a car and quite a bit of freshly bought gear for the...

May 2025 I recently took a trip with @Mr Budge to an unassuming quarry in the Cheshire countryside, the quarry is home to a "train graveyard" featuring twelve abandoned DB Cargo/ EWS Class 60 diesel locomotives. These locomotives, affectionately known as "Tugs" by rail enthusiasts, were...

Hi to all, I've been checking in and out of this site for a number of years out of a shared fascination in urban decay and abandoned places. Whilst not an active explorer I am a hobbyist photographer and have a couple of photo sets that I'd like to share. One is of a former school facing...

History "Twelve Class 60 diesel locomotives, once part of the DB Cargo fleet and built between 1989 and 1993, now lie abandoned in a Cheshire Quarry. The Brush Class 60 is a heavy freight diesel-electric locomotive that was built in Britain between 1989 and 1993. It was designed to be reliable...

May 2025 This is a spot I’ve had my eye on for a while — I drive past it all the time, so it’s been on my radar. A few weeks ago, I finally found a way in. Unfortunately, I was swiftly followed by what felt like every kid in Winsford, and the place quickly turned into a makeshift crèche. I...

Does anyone have any information on this site? I saw a post roughly a year ago on a facebook group about this site stating it was closing down and havent seen anything since on it and trying to find that post on the group it has since vanished. It was a care home operated by Leonard Chesire in...

January 2025 Visited this one with @Mr Budge, there is nothing particularly particularly special about this one but it was a nice little mooch and a good way to spend a Sunday afternoon. The body of water that runs through the culvert is actually the River Bollin which passed through the...

February 2025 I recently knocked this one off as a solo visit during my lunch hour at work, I have done my absolute best to crackdown a history for it but there is nothing online. From what I have gathered the chapel was built in 1911 to serve the Wesleyan Methodist community in the nearby...

January 2025 I'd managed to earn some good partner points the night before by sitting through Wicked with Mrs GRONK, as a reward I managed to slip out for a few hours and knock this one off my list. I’d been eager to tick this one off for a while not only because Crewe is my home town but also...