district

March 2025 In March, beneath a dull grey Glasgow sky, I visited the District Courthouse with @Mr Budge. Once inside, it was immediately clear that the ground floor had been completely gutted. Rooms that once buzzed with life were now hollow shells—stripped of furniture, panelling, and any sign...

Goyt Colliery, also known as Goyt’s Moss Colliery, was a significant coal mining site near Buxton in Derbyshire’s Peak District. Situated on the high moorlands west of Buxton, this colliery was part of a network of small-scale mines that operated from the 17th century until the early 20th...

December 2024 I managed to knock this one off as a solo visit after spotting access during an early morning drop at Crewe railway station, after a quick dash home to grab my camera bag I was back and in. I’ve been aware of this one for years having first spotted it whilst doing the...

1. The History Like my first China report, absolutely no history about this specific place, just about the village it is located in (Shuhe’s Gucheng district) which goes like this: “Shuhe is an ancient village in the Yunnan province of China, located 4 kilometres north-west of the better-known...

I'm not in the peak district anymore but still look it up now and again, just seen this that some of you might want to keep an eye on. https://www.derbytelegraph.co.uk/news/local-news/new-homes-could-way-peak-9303099?int_source=nba

Built roughly in the 60s, this old council office building stands just behind the town hall after being left since from what people have said 90s maybe 2000s. A large portion of its interior has been ripped out to accommodate new flats which where supposed to be built inside the building by...

Introduction- First time report, long time lurker and general wanderer. Visited this explore with the mrs, while we drove an old VW T3 around the peaks for a walking/camping holiday. I’ve been sitting on these awful photos for a while, so sorry about the poor photography taking on a phone 6...

Hi there I'm Richard, but using my student era nickname which gives away my vintage - first active the 1970s, when punk was just emerging. Careers, kids and other commitments have now (mostly) gone, and as a pensioner, I am getting back into industrial archaeology and mine exploration in...

Glasgow District Court A former court house just south of Glasgow city centre, on the corner of St Andrew’s Street and Turnbull Street. It was designed by renowned local architect Alexander Beith McDonald and was opened on 23rd of March 1906, with the building serving as the New Central Police...

History: Construction began on a hospital located on Carlinghow Hill in 1881. The Earl of Wilton officially opened Batley and District General Hospital on Easter Tuesday 1883. The hospital would go on to serve the town for more than 100 years, with a number of extensions and improvements...

Couldn't really find much information on this site but from what i understand this has been unused since the 50's. Getting here was a cracking day, parked in a local town and approached from the quarry side, walked down a slope to get into the quarry and had somemlunch near some foot bridges...

Located in the Peak District in Derbyshire, just outside of Buxton, the pumping plant was built by The Buxton Council Water Works (BCWW) in 1957 to service the now decommissioned Stanley Moor reservoir to the south-west. The two-storey building which has a yellow stone frontage and brick infill...

Had a look and nobody seems to have posted? I do enjoy explores with some kind of niche purpose as they differential themselves from the norm a bit more.. The site is multistoried including a basement sub level, court hall and jail cells. I would say around 1/4 of the building is too dangerous...

Whilst on a hike in the Peaks we stumbled across this little hidden church in complete disrepair and all of the gravestones unkept and forgotten. UrbexTreasure

Warning: this is a long report as wanting to be comprehensive of what is in the area. It is in several parts and very pic heavy I have always enjoyed being up in the hills. Having by pure chance stumbled across a WW2 aircraft wreck in the Brecon Beacons a couple of years ago, this gave me new...

History All I know is that it opened in 1929 and was named Batley Hospital, until the progression of the NHS in 1948 when it was then known as Batley & District Hospital. The hospital closed in 1988 and later reopened as a care home, closing its doors for good in 1996. A Muslim all girls...

HISTORY Construction began on Cottage hospital located on Carlinghow Hill in 1881. The Earl of Wilton officially opened Batley and District General Hospital on Easter Tuesday 1883. The hospital would go on to serve the town for more than 100 years, with a number of extensions and improvements...

A former Soviet CGV Military district hospital. A lung diseases sanatorium which operated from 1968 the site finally closed in 1990. Our first visit to this site was purely a wander round the perimeter after we discovered a manned police station in the grounds as well as some seriously...

The Old Batley and District General Hospital Batley, England March 2020 - We're not too far removed from Crissis deacon's brilliant report of this place, but here's my interpretation from my visit in early March 2020. - HISTORY Construction began on a hospital located on Carlinghow Hill...

After longing to visit this place for the last two years we finally decided to bite the bullet and make the 3 1/2 hour drive down. The Asylum first opened in 1833 under the name Connaught Asylum to accommodate 150 'curable lunatics'. The main building was designed by William Murray following...