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Well, I guess this isn't especially high, but it's quite an iconic location and a beautiful old building. Here's A bit of historical context. As for the climb, it was very easy. Watch out for the sensor in the yard, though, as you might get spotted from the street. Once you're up a couple of...

1. The History The Pinewood Battery is situated on Victoria Peak in the Lung Fu Shan country park. The battery’s construction started in 1901 with completion four years’ later in 1905, costing £9,579 (the equivalent to just over £1m in today’s money). It boasted two Mark VII 6” guns able to fire...

History “Opened on August 10, 1896, by the Glasgow Central Railway, Botanic Gardens railway station in Glasgow's West End was a distinctive structure designed by James Miller, known for its ornate red brick facade with two towers, a clock, and domes, earning it the nickname "The Kremlin."...

This is A small explore in this cave but there is loads of history behind it In the 1830s there were pleasure gardens in Northfleet/Gravesend (Still got no dlue on the borders) There were many exotic animals and plants and at the pleasure gardens there was A man who loved in A cabin in front of...

Rosherville Gardens were pleasure gardens built in the 1800s they were very popular as people from London would come down on the steamboats to come and vist the gardens the gardens had many exotic animals such as Elephants,Monkeys,Babooms even Bears there was one Bear called Rosie what had its...

Vauxhall Sky Gardens – 2015 Visited in the summer of 2015. Long hot summers, remember those? [https://www.macegroup.com/media-centre/170710-mace-completes-vauxhall-sky-gardens] “Fraser Property Development UK proposed plans for Sky Gardens in 2008, designed by Amin Taha Architects and...

Before. A family-run nursery has occupied the west of the site since 1946. Immediately below the old house is an ornamental pool. The main planting of 5 acres is within the old Palace Quarry, which offers a spectacular setting of steep rock faces, separated levels. The site is also the base for...

The History: Glasgow Central Railway opened this station beneath the Glasgow Botanic Gardens on 10th August 1896, and the line was eventually closed on 5th October 1964 but the stations had been closed for some years by that point. Following its closure, the station building had a variety of...

Background: The house belonged to a Chinese entrepreneur who owned successful IT companies in the UK and abroad. In 2017 he was jailed for 18 months for tax evasion and other offences, and the court froze £24.7 million of his assets to reclaim what he owed. During this time his wife fled to...

I am an amateur urban explorer and keen to discover more. The best site I have found so far is the Botanical Gardens I discovered in Kilcreggan, Scotland which I visited on 6/6/2019. I spent nearly 4 hours here exploring all the overgrown pathways and buildings but did not bump into a single...

History from: https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&source=web&rct=j&url=https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trentham_Estate&ved=2ahUKEwiFzMSsv9DhAhWxo3EKHf5eD2kQFjABegQICBAB&usg=AOvVaw0zl2NhqJ_sqHkZBOg_zjDz

Great Yarmouth, or more accurately just Yarmouth is a typically tacky seaside town with mile upon mile of the stereotypical kind of tat and tasteless amusement arcades you only find on the shorelines of England. The kind of establishments that have lightweight wooden chairs that only the elderly...

Great Yarmouth, or more accurately just Yarmouth is a typically tacky seaside town with mile upon mile of the stereotypical kind of tat and tasteless amusement arcades you only find on the shorelines of England. The kind of establishments that have lightweight wooden chairs that only the elderly...

So, you can see from the title this is a historical visit but I thought it would still be relevant since these pics are quite old now (I didn't realise just how old until I came to write this) and show the changes in the site. My visit in 2007 pre-dates some of the alterations I’ve seen in...