education

Sackville Street / UMIST Building The Sackville Street Building, widely remembered as the UMIST Main Building, was conceived in the late nineteenth century as a permanent home for Manchester’s rapidly expanding technical education movement, whose origins stretched back to the Manchester...

There's not much history on this place other than it's the former offices of Wigan Council Education department which closed down in 2012 and that it was built on the site of a former convent. Although it's quite overlooked the access was straight forward and once inside there was evidence of...

History: The site was a residential centre offering leisure courses and activity weeks but closed back in 2011. It was then used for foreign language students and later advertised as a conference centre and wedding venue. So originally was a boarding school. The site attracted around 5,000...

The History Despite being built in the late 1950’s there is very little documented about Braintree College. It was originally a stand-alone facility but in 2010 merged with Colchester institute and became part of their group. Now what can I tell you about Braintree College you may ask? Well...

I discovered this building a few months ago whilst visiting the nearby train graveyard, but at that time it was sealed shut. As I was passing by again last week, I thought I'd give it another look.. and we got in. It's full name was the Centre de Formation d'Apprentis which was a type of...

I was one of the lucky ones who got in here in the week gap between it's first report and the fire https://www.28dayslater.co.uk/threads/earnley-education-centre-chichester-june-2018.113536/ I was heading around with some other members off here who I'd just met (didn't get their names) and...

Earnley Education Centre ~ History ~ The Education Centre was a former boarding school in Earnley, Chichester. Built on the grounds of Earnley Place as a listed Grade II Queen Anne House. It later became an adult education centre and conference/training centre. Before closing in 2011 by the...

Hello everyone! As you may know Earnley Education Centre has sparked new interest in the area of Chichester. I decided to take full advantage of this and take a trip with @Smidgey88 to explore it before the kids took over. And what can I say! it was much bigger and more interesting than I was...

Saw the other reports on this and hopped on the tour bus... Not much history other than that it was a boarding school, and a conference center. After it closed in 2011 it seems to have continued in some capcity until 2015. There were then plans to convert it in to a holding center for asylum...

I've never seen anything from this place but it has stood here for a while it seemed. Although it didn't have many distinguishing features, which is why there are few pictures, I found the explore enjoyable nevertheless. Penkhull Education Centre Penkhull school opened in 1896 on land which...

info: The camp school opened in 1938, providing outdoor activities to the younger generation from the pendle borough and beyond. Whitehough is a 22-acre outdoor education centre set in the picturesque countryside. The facility sleeps 64 in a two-dormitory set-up and an additional 16 in an...

History Church College of New Zealand is a former private secondary school, positioned at Temple View in Hamilton. The site is owned by a Mormon religious and cultural group, and when the school was operational it was run by the Church Educational System of The Church of Jesus Christ of...

First trip with my new Nikon D7100... 1. upstairs by MiaroDigital, on Flickr 2. lecture hall by MiaroDigital, on Flickr 3. lecture hall by MiaroDigital, on Flickr 4. control desk by MiaroDigital, on Flickr 5. lecture hall by MiaroDigital, on Flickr 6. staircase by...

Pritzer Fac Not much history i can find on this one due to it being codenamed everywhere. Inside it looks as if it closed in stages since around 1995. Such a great spot and was deffo my favorite on the Euro tour. Some really nice features scattered here. After finding out we missed a few...

Day after our Denbigh explore, my friend managed to arrange a visit for us at an old school in Cheshire. The usual story of she knows a guy who knows a guy...who turns out to be the caretaker of the estate. We arrived there after 90' on what should have been less than 30'. Gotta love the...