halstead

Background Given the recent surge in interest in Fort Halstead since partial handover to developers I thought it would be a great idea to post a number of reports focused on the detail of a number of buildings as opposed to the opportunistic reports of whatever buildings people could get in...

The History Fort Halstead was a 330 acre research site situated on the edge of the Kentish North Downs, overlooking the town of Sevenoaks. It belonged to the Defence Science and Technology Laboratory (Dstl), an executive agency of the UK Ministry of Defence. Originally constructed in 1892 as...

The History Time for a mini report here today. This set of sixteen air raid shelters in the town of Halstead, Essex, were built to serve the workers of Courtaulds Silk Factory during WW2. Courtaulds were a large silk manufacturer dating back to the 18th century, and first established the...

History stolen from prev report. The building was a Coach house built in 1872, and from having a look through the link below, i believe that it was at some point part of the nearby Attwoods Manor as they do share land and pretty much the same address. 'Green Lodge, Centre for Integrated...

Came here with @Chloe Explores yesterday on a lovely sunny day on a visit to some locations north of London. Lovely location and building next to a live place so needed to be quiet but we weren’t bothered by anyone. I understand the building used to have items left behind such as beds and...

I had seen many reports of this place online from over the years and even though i knew it would probably be empty and trashed I wanted to go anyway. firstly some of the history I can see online says the place began its business in 1988 as a wellness centre, it supposedly boasted 2000...

History Green Lodge Naturopathic Centre is located in Halstead, Essex. One naturopathy journal article indicates that the centre opened in 1988 and that the site was once part of a residential care home. However, little else has been written about its history. What is known is that Green Lodge...

History Green Lodge Naturopathic Centre is located in Halstead, Essex. One naturopathy journal article indicates that the centre opened in 1988 and that the site was once part of a residential care home. However, little else has been written about its history. What is known is that Green Lodge...

Good evening Ladies & Gents, Summer is on the horizon, places are being lost to new homes sites by the day. However we are Urbexing again and 2017 looks very positive now, this was actually the last location on our venture out in Essex. We walked through a dark field and stumbled across the...

The History Now here’s what I know There is very little information available with regards to this place. I believe it may at one time been a part of the nearby Attwood’s Manor care home and then became the Green Lodge Naturopathic Centre. Although it appears to share land with Attwood’s it...

The History Central park on the outskirts of Halstead was once home to Central Piling. Central Piling was opened in 1980 when the original company changed to the holding company Central Plant Investments and started a new operating company called Central Piling. In 1984 the company doubled in...

well as this is my first post id like to start by saying hi to everyone and apologize for picture quality now lets get down to the report here is bit of background info Sixteen air raid shelters (15 underground and 1 overground) were built in the late 1930's at the instigation of Courtaulds, as...