hanley

On a complete off chance after a few places we tried getting in with no luck we was walking past this stunning victorian grade 2 listed building we spoke to a lovely homeless family camped out on the front steps of the old town hall & courts and they said this place has been abandoned for quite...

May 2026 Did this one over three separate visits accompanied by @raisinwing, @MotionlessMike, @mingerocket and @dweeb over the different visits, two of which were in the daylight and another after dark, somehow managing to make Hanley town centre look quite pretty. Initially we were in Hanley...

History Hanley Town Hall in Albion Square , Hanley, is a grade 2 listed building designed by Robert Scrivner. The cost of building totalled £20,000 and it was officially opened in 1869 as the queens hotel. By the 1880s the company running the hotel ran into financial difficulties and the...

April 2025 I visited with @MotionlessMike and @raisinwing after a flop at a nearby pottery works, we had a quick mooch round but didn't really shoot anything at the time . The building was a strange blend of decay and restoration. Some areas, especially in the upper office sections, showed...

Last week, I was sent a screenshot of a facebook post showing that, at long last, Weatherby was in fact under demolition. It felt like a heavy loss upon reflecting it... a building that has been embedded in the very heart of exploring in Stoke on Trent, the building that refused to die. Towards...

March 2023 The Visit Exploring this place with @stranton and @coolboyslim was quite an adventure. To be honest, we didn't have any expectations beforehand. Growing up, I used to spend a lot of time in the Etruria and Hanley area, often visiting the nearby Festival Park. However, I never really...

Hanley Odeon opened on the 13th of February 1938 with "Educated Evans", it was one of the original cinemas in the Odeon Theatres chain. The site was formally occupied by the Grand Theatre, designed by Frank Matcham which burnt to the ground in 1932. The cinema was designed by the Harry W...

1. The History J H Weatherby & Sons were initially established at Tunstall in 1891. The following year they moved to larger works at Falcon Pottery in nearby Hanley. They specialised in good quality earthenware tableware, but later went on to produce fine porcelain. Originally the works had 5...

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...

Hi guys, so I’m new to this. I visited the Falcon Works but I couldn’t get in as there was the local half marathon and police everywhere, so I got a few drone shots. gutted I couldn’t get in but the footage is still cool, I hope you enjoy. *for some reason I can’t put video on?*

Ive had the falcon works on my list for a while now but i just never got round to it until a trip to see a new van put me close enough that it would be silly not to have a shifty. Its a shame to say the old girl is in a very sorry state but still clinging on with all her might. For anyone not...

Visited a couple of months ago and got interrupted by workmen surveying the site. Returned last week and the site is now well under redevelopment. Apparently it’s being turned back into a working incinerator, so not a viable explore any more. Glad I got in for the few minutes before it was lost...

There have been many reports on this site therefore I’m not going to go over the history as I will be repeating what many have already said. However the current state of the building and site is even further disrepair than the previous reports. It has been battered by the weather as well as...

"PLANNERS have dismissed proposals for a new “eco-community” in Hanley Castle, raising the prospect of the site being returned to its former use as a waste incinerator. Peter Styles was seeking permission to create 24 homes and a hub building, set around a village green, at the disused...