greenfield

Taken my time getting this written up, but thought I'd post my take on this old classic as it's now been partially demolished. As soon as I heard they were finally tearing it down, I dragged my arse up north as I've never gotten around to doing it. We were pretty thorough, but with the sheer...

First of all I need to say a big thank you to @ash47 for helping me relocate this place! History: The core of Greenfield Court, a traditional, large detached house, was one in a row of dwellings built on Wetherby Road in the early 20th century. Developed in 1978, the site grew to host over...

Figured I’d do a report as filling an old thread with new photos isn’t exactly worthwhile It was nice to get back here again after so long but it’s sad to see the state of the whole place, especially recognising little bits in the rubble here and there. Going through the whole place is fairly...

1. The History Robert Fletcher’s paper mill was located in Greenfield, Lancashire, to the south of Chew Brook and west of Dovestone resevoir. Fletcher, a prominent paper merchant who began trading in the early 19th century. A mill has been located here since 1823x`, but the modern mill opened in...

Introduction The previous challenges of climbing and high security made it seem unlikely for me to ever see Fletcher’s. Fortunately, towards the end of last year, there was a period where security appeared to ease up a bit. Me and @JakeV50 decided to take advantage of this and finally give it a...

I Know this place has been done to death, but here's my take (well what I manged to see) on the place. THE HISTORY Robert Fletcher and its mill is located in the valleys of east Oldham, the origins of which can be traced all the way back to the Industrial Revolution. It was first owned by the...

Two reports in one (college) night??? Anyone who’s seen this forum has at least seen fletchers, and a lot of us have seen the recent demolition beginning, I definitely recommend a visit ASAP as it’s been cut up, torn apart and, to be frank, ruined and I’d be surprised if it’s long before it’s...

This is a follow up post after my first visit which i posted yesterday HERE. I was gutted i didn't quite reach the areas i wanted to see yesterday, so did a bit of research and realized i was so close! took advantage of the clocks going back and head out at 6 this morning. Very simple to get in...

I'm sure this site needs no real introduction, A real classic that's been done countless times. A mill that produced cigarette paper and closed down overnight in the early 00's. Everything is still in place and hasn't been vandalized at all, Thanks to it being locked down well, aswell as on site...

Re visited Fletchers the other weekend to check up on the demo and I thought I’d bang a report up of various bits from over the years. I know I’m not the first, it’s nothing like that ,there’s nothing here I don’t think any of us have seen, but I’ve just tried to cover most of the site as it’s...

Explore One of the all time greats in my opinion surely needs no intro. After hearing and seeing evidence that this place had started to be demolished I had to make one final trip to see for myself, and also to try and do the parts I hadn't done on my previous visits. It has indeed finally...

Introduction I'm new here and still fairly new to the hobby, but this has been one of the better explores iv been on. Due to the location, The place remains with a fair bit still in place, and hasn't been too vandalized. After hearing about the building online, it took a fair bit of digging to...

Obviously an old favourite, been meaning to put this up for ages…….. History (taken from other reports) The mill has been stationed here for over 200 years with Robert Fletcher & Son commencing the business of cigarette paper manufacturing in 1921. At its height, it employed 1000 people to run...

First report after a long time lurking! A bit of history from another thread but everybody knows this one: A mill has been stationed here for over 200 years with Robert Fletcher & Son commencing the business of cigarette paper manufacturing in 1921. At its height, it employed 1000 people to...

I had a look in some of the peripheral bits of Fletchers a while ago but never really had a proper crack at the mill itself until number 1 hand-holder @little_ boy_explores messaged me asking if I fancied a midweek trip. Getting in, well that was (sort of) simple enough, but getting out again…...