college

This is a place I have known about for years but never been, believing it all gone. The wife had been several times over a few years about twelve years ago as it’s just up the road from us. Thought I would go up and have a look at it as I was near to it. I was quite surprised to see that the...

History Pontypool College first opened its doors in 1957 under the name of Pontypool College of Further Education. After many name changes, it became a Gwent Tertiary College campus in the 1990s, later renamed Coleg Gwent in 2000. Pontypool Campus offered a mix of vocational subjects and A-level...

City of Wolverhampton College, West Midlands - July 2026 This college campus on Paget Road originally opened in 1962 as Wulfrun College before merging with Bliston College in 1999 to become Wolverhampton College. This campus was in operation until October 2025 when students were transferred...

Another explore with my mates. Hunters Hill College About: A community special school located in Blackwell, near Bromsgrove, Worcestershire, that permanently closed on August 31, 2021. Originally gifted to the children of Birmingham by the Cadbury family, it provided specialized education...

This one’s from 2023, but thought I’d post it up anyway, this location has been well covered but I’ll do a little write up. History Wedgwood Memorial College began life not as a conventional school, but as a residential adult education centre with a strong emphasis on culture, discussion, and...

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...

Visited: 2025 Silwood Park is a name many explorers will recognise — a sprawling site with layers of academic history, military use, Victorian architecture and more recent scientific research. Hidden among the laboratories and accommodation blocks sits the old manor house, now long disused and...

A location that I was wanting to visit for a few years but had no luck in the past, an early morning solo trip from Glasgow to Dundee with no promise of entry that paid off well. Originally opened in 1970 on Constitution Road in Dundee opened until 2011, since closure there has been many talks...

In 1885, Bergman-Österberg established the Hampstead Physical Training College and Gymnasium for women, against financial advice, at Broadhurst Gardens in South Hampstead, London. Her college was the first physical training college in England, one in which she admitted women only, as she felt...

Introduction Me and @JakeV50 weren’t even planning to do this one, but we stopped nearby as Jake had to make a phone call, but decided to give it a go as we were nearby. Information & History Coleg Harlech was a residential adult education college for mature students. It was founded in 1927 to...

About The lawns were a student accomodation block owned by the University of Hull which opened in 1968 and were shuttered in 2019 due to a lack of students. The buildings on site were designed by Gillespie, Kidd & Coia; A scottish design house who worked on other noteworthy buildings such as St...

here we have the colchester institute clacton college been waiting to explore this for a while as i live near here now i finaly got to explore. looking online it closed around 2020 there has been plans to demolish the college but has still not happened and and is getting more trashed over the...

I explored St John's College early 2024, it was demolished in mid-late 2024, and it turned out to be one of the best exploration locations in Portsmouth. The college, which was a secondary school for local students, had a long history and stood out due to its unique architectural style and...

History Bought by the Gilbert family in 1601, the estate at Cotton was already home to the manor house of Cotton Hall. The family extended and altered the house before selling the estate to the Earl of Shrewsbury in 1843. it became the home of the Wilfridians, a religious order run by the Rev...

History Bought by the Gilbert family in 1601, the estate at Cotton was already home to the manor house of Cotton Hall. The family extended and altered the house before selling the estate to the Earl of Shrewsbury in 1843. it became the home of the Wilfridians, a religious order run by the Rev...