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The History Given the geology of the south west, this part of the country has given rise to numerous clay manufacturers over the past three centuries. It was found that the natural clay deposits around St. Austell were some of the largest in the world. The demand for china clay peaked in the...

Wenford Dries The Wenford Dries were built in the early part of the 20th century (probably post-1907) by the Stannon China Clay Company, to serve the china clay pit at Stannon on Bodmin Moor some 7.2km to the north east. The choice of the site was heavily influenced by the presence of an...

Having seen the report on the China Clay Dries in Par by @Janedoe I finally managed to drive down to Cornwall to have a look. Although large parts of its innards have been ripped there is still quite a lot to see and I spent a happy four to five hours exploring the site. This time I tried to...

Wenford Dries Wenford dries were built in the early 20th century by the Stannon China Clay Company (but were acquired by English China Clays in 1919). To the east of the buildings is a levelled terrace which originally supported the railway tracks used to transport the finished clay from...

HISTORY "The Wenford Dries were built in the early part of the 20th century (probably post-1907) to serve the china clay pit at Stannon on Bodmin Moor some 7.2km to the north east. Liquid china clay was carried in a pipeline from the pit to the settling tanks behind the dries. The dries operated...

HISTORY Built at the beginning of the 20th century to process raw china clay following extraction, Wenford Dries is a huge derelict china clay factory in the quiet countryside of Devon. The building is reported to be the longest Listed building in the UK (over 500m long) and has been derelict...

As part of another backlog of our West Country Trip, @mookster, our American Explorer Friend @cgrizzy and myself traveled to this rather derpy site. It's one of the list but little of interest remains inside; though its quite large, with long concrete voids with some pretty good Graffiti in...

Last night a friend and I went back to a familiar location, Wenford Dries. Based along the camel trail I have been to this site numerous times and see the ever changing graffiti is picking up now. Great place to explore although looking more worn now its been battered with bad weather, crap...

This is my first explore. This place is easy to get into and there were a few people walking round while I was there. I don’t know much history about the place but I took this from a website... HISTORY: The Wenford Dries were built in the early part of the 20th century (probably post-1907) to...

As part of mine, @Landie_Man and @cgrizzy Westcountry roadtrip it would have been rude to not see an example of an almost uniquely Cornish industrial specialty. As the top three dries are listed and protected it has stymied development plans thus far, and so they sit to this day slowly...

Popped here for an hour or so, mainly graffiti now, but still got some good shots :D

Wenford Dries, Cornwall, October 2010 Visited as part of the cornwall meet, so thanks to Dangerous Dave & DJ Flava for the day out. Wiki says: English China Clays Lovering Pochin had six clay dries at Wenford served by a pipe delivering clay slurry from Stannon Moor over four miles distant...

Wenford Dryers Cornwall September 2010 Had a quick mooch over here today although the site is stripped bare it ws still a good couple of hours exploring Thanks for looking History The three northern china clay dryers at Poley's Bridge normally known as Wenford Dries survive as a...

I have no decent camera equipment. I have requested some for Christmas but until then maybe someone with some decent gear can get in here and take some proper shots. History - Built 1907 the site consists of three conjoined buildings, a mix of dressed granite and concrete and was used to dry...