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I've engaged in this hobby on and off for years, but it's been more off than on recently, I'm keen to get back out and put the exploring shoes back on! So of course, I've been looking through some old derps and this place really was one of my favorites, so wanted to get a report up, even if my...

Hanson Aggregates produces and distributes aggregates - crushed rock, sand and gravel - from a network of quarries, depots, and wharves. The division includes Hanson Aggregates Marine, Europe's largest producer of marine-dredged sand and gravel. This is still a live site but we fancied a cheeky...

Visited with The Stig, KM_Punk, Miss Mayhem and The Shepshed Diamondback, Yet another random trip to Leicester found us passing through Nottingham and KM_Punk couldn't refuse the offer of meeting us there. The Kimberley Brewery was established and operated by the brewer Hardy's & Hanson's, and...

First post on 28 days so here goes: Bit of history: Situated in the Ribble valley on the edge of Clitheroe, the site was set up in 1936. By 1938, through further investment in additional wet kilns, the works production grew to 750,000 tonnes of cement a year. In 1983, £30 million was invested...

Bit of history pulled from another report as I couldn't find much on the web! History Surveyors started at the Swillington site in 1958, and it seems building of the plant started in 1962 finishing sometime in late 1965 with production starting in 1966. It was built and operated by George...

Just thought i'd throw this old chestnut up again The Kimberley Brewery was established and operated by the brewer Hardys & Hansons, and has a heritage dating from 1832. It was, at the time of closure, the oldest independent brewery in Nottinghamshire. Samuel Robinson opened the first...

Hi there! Recently started trying to get into urbex just to have something to take photographs of. So far I've been to the Hanson brick factory near Leeds and attempted to get into the main body of a disused RAF base near York (nabbed by security who had a dog). I've been using these forums...

Hanson Brickworks - Leeds As with all most good bits of History this has been plagiarized from jST’s report, who acquired it from KooK’s report. Surveyors started at the site in 1958, and it seems building of the plant started in 1962 finishing sometime in late 1965 with production starting...

On 1st November 2012, building materials giant Hanson Aggregates announced that it would be cutting 250 Jobs. The restructure is to involve: Aggregates: Mothballing of Shardlow, Tytherington, and Sutton Courtenay quarries and closure of Hingston Down and South Molton concrete block works...

This is the depot above Monks Quarry that contains the winding gear and maintenance sheds and stores.Visited with Tommo and Spungeltrumpet back in 2011. And this beastie used to guard the entrance And that was the above ground depot at Monks Many thanks for...

Me and my mate Simon were bored on boxing day so we went for a dash round this very local, very recently closed quarry. The weather was atrocious and I couldn't find the wellies so we only really did about half the site, ignoring the asphalt plant simply because we started at the wrong end of...

The last of our little road trip, we thought it was going to be a fail, but perseverance is all we needed. Magpie423 and myself managed to get a mooch inside part of it. Visited with Leeds Explorer and 3 non members. History :- The firm of George Armitage and Sons was associated with Oulton...

Hello! This is my fourth report and really enjoyed my afternoon wandering around 'Hardy and Hansons' Brewery in Kimberley enjoying the evening sun. The site is enormous and like most of these types of sites, the constant addition of new extensions to buildings as the business grew meant that...

This was the First stop on our Yorkshire Day out, arriving shortly before the BLB it seems we narrowly missed them, (we also narrowly missed the secca on our exit to, narrowly missed falling on his head!) Visited with Mrtoby and GeoVdub A bit of History, i know this place has appeared...

Posted in here as I still can't post reports in other threads: Text stollen from mrbeardys report on this place-it definitely saw some attention from a few crews last weekend. "Built between 1958 & 1965 by George Armitage and Sons PLC, who had been making bricks in the area since 1824. The...