control room

Barking B Control room is one of the few parts left of the original Barking Power Station. The control room is now surrounded by shipping containers, undeveloped lots, constructions sites and some rather lonely looking flats. I had been planning a visit to this control room as it looked like a...

This place has been covered a lot but is very cool so when it had a bit of a resurgance at the end of last year we had to go and take a look. History - Brunner Mond was founded in 1873 on the site of Winnington Hall, Northwich. It was a pioneering chemical company established by John Brunner...

The Explore Finding myself in the area, it would have been rude not to pay this place a visit on such a nice day. After what seemed like a lifetime of fighting my way through thick brambles and overgrown hedges, being wary of the trails cams the red brick building was finally in sight. With a...

Been quite a while since I’ve posted a report, this one was quite eventful so why not! Thanks to @Stevoid for the info. The History (taken from @KPUrban_ report) Winnington B Power Station was a dual-purpose coal fired(?) station built in the early 1950's, primarily for providing electrical...

A location I was surprised was still open when I revisited having not seen it anywhere for ages. Access is convoluted now, but it's very easy to blend in apparently... More on that later on. The History Origins & purpose Barking Power Station stood at Creekmouth on the north bank of the...

Winnington "B" Background Winnington B Power Station was a dual-purpose coal fired(?) station built in the early 1950's, primarily for providing electrical power and heat to the ICI Sodium-Carbonate works. The station had around 6 generating sets through its lifetime and would be replaced...

I am new to this exploration of abandoned locations and was inspired to start searching for local locations. On this website I stumbled across this power substation in Barking and really wanted to visit due to my photography project in school After finding the location, me and some friends found...

Introduction This site has been around for years, I was very surprised when I found out it had been disused since the seventies, it has fared very well. It has been posted numerous times before but became quite popular again last year and decided to take a look with @Wastelandr. He had visited...

The History: Vockerode/Elbe Power Plant was a lignite and later a gas-fired power plant in Vockerode, East Germany. It was built in 1937 and shut-down between 1994 and 1998. After being the site of a power plant for almost 60 years, in 2001 its four chimneys were demolished although much of the...

History Brunner, Mond and Co. was established in 1873 by John Brunner and Ludwig Mond. Their journey began when they set out to find a suitable site for an ammonia works in the Cheshire salt district. They selected Winnington, near Northwich, as the location for their first plant. This was...

Barking Power Station History Commissioned by the C.L.E.S.Co (County of London Electricity Company) in 1920, to take on the workload of the smaller Barking Urban District Council site within the area, their plan was to build and operate an electricity generating station capable of expanding...

Visited twice once with @GRONK @Shaun & @sam8327 then with @GRONK & @sam8327 , the first visit was an expedition avoiding drops & fighting through vegetation the second visit was a lot easier as we found an alternative way well worth the effort. Winnington B was a dual heat & power station...

This is absolutely one of the places I should have explored a great many years ago but simply didn't. I actually first looked at it wayyyyyy back in 2011 when I was last exploring anything on the Wirral peninsula, however back then found the fence had recently been patched up, so moved on to...

THE HISTORY Winnington is the home to Brunner Mond UK chemical works, where soda ash is created. Polythene, the material used in many plastic items (e.g. plastic bags), was first made at the chemical works by R.O. Gibson and E.W. Fawcett in 1933, during an experiment that ‘went wrong’. Most...

Introduction RAE Bedford has always been on the bucket list for me. Ever since I saw photos back in 2017 it is one I have always wanted to do but never thought I would ever get there or do it successfully, but we finally managed it in the end! I first tried it back in 2019 but couldn’t find an...