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April 2024 The Visit Did this one as a sole visit whilst in the Steele city, its been done a thousand times and I certainly missed it in its prime back in the day but I just couldn't resist the temptation to explore this place. I spent about an hour wandering around the now fairly dilapidated...

Introduction Me and @Wastelandr were keen to meet up for the first time as we have spoken quite a bit and we are both not a million miles away from each other, Wastelandr suggested taking a look at this factory which has been posted previously on here by Speed, he mentioned a factory in Sudbury...

Introduction I saw a few reports on this place in the past, and although it’s effectively a rusting heap, I thought it looked quite picturesque and I liked the remains of machinery, so I decided to drag @V50jake along to this one on our recent trip to Merseyside. Information & History This...

Dairycrest, an abandoned milk based factory in Devon has probably been done to death by many on this site but it's the first time in years I found myself in this part of the world! I'd read about a fire here which apparently occurred in March 2023 so I wasn't sure if the site would still be...

Introduction This is a place both myself, @Mikeymutt and @V50jake have been keeping an eye on for a while, so we thought we'd give it a shot. History & information The history of the Norfolk Feather Company dates back over 90 years ago and began as a small local feather supplier and later...

March 2023 The Visit Visited with @stranton whilst @coolboyslim kept watch from the outside, being a local I’ve had my eye on this one for a while ever since it was announced that Brightstar intended to relocate to another property in the town, the building began life as the COOP Tea and Coffee...

Introduction On a trip to Derbyshire to cover a few locations back in September last year, me and @V50jake visited this old Asphalt Works. History & Information This place has been done to death over the years and I'm pretty late to the party so I won’t go into too much detail. The Permanite...

Forgot about this place until I saw that it had been sold for housing in the local news. Means I visited a little late, so all the machinery has unfortunately been ripped out. Their distribution centre down the road was demolished immediately after closure, as the land was bought up by Numatic...

January 2023 The Visit After seeing the epic thread from @Esoteric Eric I just had to pay this one a visit (if not for the staircase shot alone), visited this one with @stranton and @coolboyslim whilst out and about in the Liverpool area. We spent a good hour here covering the full building...

History: Originally belonging to John Livesey who had previously run paper mills at Prestolee & Springfield. Paper was made continuously since 1834. At this time rags & textiles were recycled to make paper; wood pulp was not used in papermaking until about 1910 meaning Livesey's enterprise did...

Anglo Beef Processors (or ABP for short) is one of the largest meat processing companies in Europe. During the mid-2000s they scaled back operations and both this and the similar but much smaller facility up in Bathgate were put on the chopping block. The facility originally opened under...

Came across this disused industrial unit whilst driving around. It was a factory making polythene bags and other plastics. The business is still active they just relocated to a new site. This particular site has been derelict for many years and was surprised at how easy the access was. Just a...

If you’ve ever been the canal in woodley and seen it’s chimney, then you probably know of the mill here. Unity was a spinning mill turned into a chemical works and brewery abandoned in 2003. Some other threads explain it’s history better than me as I can’t find much, so check them out for a...

History - Built around 1950 the Octel Bromine works produced bromine from sea water, the bromine was used to produce one of the main chemicals used in the production of anti-knock fluid. Anti-knock fluid is blended with petrol to prevent knock within an engine which can lead to damage and loss...

Recommended by a friend History ( copied from couple of other sites) Glazed brick manufacturers established by Henry Victor Allen (1887-1960), when he took over the Halifax Glazed Brickworks in 1905 in the Walterclough Valley. He converted the works to manufacture refractory bricks (glazed...

History - The Falconworks at Hanley was owned by John Henry Weatherby From 1891. From what we can find online the works already existed when J H Weatherby moved to the site but has been expanded and modified at various times since. In 1892 the works had 4 kilns and one in the process of being...

History Henry Perky invented the product we know today as 'Shredded Wheat.' After a while of selling his product, the formed a company called 'The Cereal Machine Company.' When building the Welwyn Garden City site, they decided to stick to the name 'The Shredded Wheat Company.' This site was...

History: This former synthetical nylon factory was established back in the mid 20s by a German textile entrepreneur. At the time the factory location was chosen due to the close proximity to a lake and the Swiss border. After the opening the factory got into hard times due to sanctions and the...

We spent a day mooching around Stoke and while this place has been covered loads we've had it on our list for a while so decided to have a look while we were there. History - There's very little to be found on this place. G Yorke and sons manufactured brushes and brooms. It looks like it was...

First time newbie post - the fear is real… so be gentle! The History Founded in 1842 by James Holding on a large clay deposit in Lancashire, Holding's Country Pottery dug & processed its very own Clay prior to production. Originally located in Gaulkthorn during 1842 before a move in 1860 to...