fernhurst

Went to take a look at this site yesterday, fantastic explore with endless rooms and corridors, almost a backrooms type feel. No security to speak of that I saw anyways, had to climb through one of the many broken windows which felt rather like entering through a letterbox but nevertheless, an...

Long time lurking, first time posting here. I know this place has been done to death & has been trashed for years now so I'll try to keep it brief. I first visited here in 2023 and yes it was indeed trashed. Zero security & no obstructions to just walking in, various doors wide open, smashed...

My first post here, and wanted to start with a bang. I’ve seen many people talking about this place and really wanted to see for myself. Fernhurst Research Station opened in 1945, and its main purpose was to research crop protection chemicals, specifically fruits. In 1951, a conference was...

The History Plant Protection Limited moved to the estate of Sir Felix Schuster in 1945, establishing a research institute focused on pest and disease control in horticultural crops, with a significant orchard on the property. The site hosted international conferences in 1951 and 1956, and was...

ICI Plant protection division - a company developing pesticides and weed killers for large scale farms. The last company to operate on the site was ‘Syngenta’ in 2001. My 4th journey to this location so far - it gets worse and worse every time - The lack of security and open doors all around...

ICI Plant Protection Division (Revisit 2022) History Imperial Chemical Industries (ICI) was a British chemical company. It was, for much of its history, the largest manufacturer in Britain. It was formed by the merger of four leading British chemical companies in 1926. Its headquarters were...

This is my first report so please tell me if I need to change anything or should do anything different next time. The History The Fernhurst Research station was a weed killer research facility for protecting the fruit industry from weeds. The ICI Plant Protection Division was founded in 1926...

Visited here twice within the space of two weeks last year. One reasonably cloudy day and one with strong sunlight. Over those two weeks activity must have been high as there were some visible changes to the building such as new graffiti, as seen with the 'lost' photo Photos taken on Pentax K20D

History The Fernhurst research station was opened in 1945 as a sure to research pest and disease control. It initially specialised in horticulture and crops with orchards for plums and apples. At first it was owned by ICI Plant Protection and then bought over by Zeneca in 1994 and later...

Visited yesterday, a nice easy place to get to and the place is huge and very much like a maze. There’s not a great deal of items left behind unless you go into the huts outside that seem to have become a dumping ground for all sorts of things that you wouldn’t expect to find there. Mooched...

I've had this place marked for a little while, but I thought it had been demolished to be completely honest. The size and scale of the place was enough to draw me in for a look anyway, and as it turns out it is still very much un-demolished. The last report here was in 2014, so it was...

Big thanks to Bungle for the heads up on this. Built 1906, Fernhurst is a typical example of the mass of cotton mills that grace the skyline of Oldham. Sadly the town don't seem to have an interest in preserving the mills that have survived this long, and for two or three years I have been...

FERNHURST MILL - CHADDERTON I tried to pay this mill in early December, but was not too sure whether it was still in use or if all the security cameras were working, the demolition vehicles and signs arrived just before Christmas and then the reports on here. Time for another visit and add my...

Fernhurst Mill, Oldham. It was over a week ago that Bungle dragged me out of the house on the crutches and in your MillZ. Getting in and around was a challenge in my current state, but as I hadn't really done much in the past 2 months I wasn't easily dettered. We had a poke around...

Fernhurst mill has been somewhat of a bogey site for me, years of it looking derelict and empty when it wasn't, combined with it finally being empty AND explorable, then suffering a bout of pikie interruptus have all added to the lure of this place! as a mill it looks fairly standard, and not...