hertfordshire

Briggens Estate Briggens House is a Grade II listed 18th-century house and parklands in Hertfordshire, the house was first built and owned by Sir Thomas Foster whose descendant sold it to the Crowley family. Robert Chester, a director of the South Sea Company bought it in 1706 who made...

Hi All, Today’s post I am sharing from my visit to Brickdale House in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. Brickdale House was built in 4 sections between 1965 and 1989 as a part 4 storey, part 3 storey and part 6 storey office building to house the DHSS (now DWP/Job Centre Plus) and the HM Land Registry...

Hi All, Today’s post I am sharing some photos of what was once a derelict building that was converted into residential apartments just a little over 10 years ago. This building is called Six Hills House and is located in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. Six Hills House was built in 1982 and opened in...

Hello Everyone, First of all thank you so much for the many likes on my first post, I really appreciate that you all enjoyed the photography from Vista Tower in Stevenage, Hertfordshire. Second of all this post is more of an abandoned building explore, there’s not much to see on this one but...

Hello All and welcome to my first thread post, In this post I will be showing you Vista Tower in Stevenage, Hertfordshire and what the history is behind this iconic building. Vista Tower was originally built in 1963 as a 15 storey office building called Southgate House and included a Ground...

A little late with the upload on this one. I wanted to make a revisit to this so kept it off the radar for a little while; but apparently it is sealed once again, so I may as well get it on now. This was photographed across two visits in November 2025. It took a while for me to get in because...

Oh man, I've been waiting a weird while to post this. Usually when it comes to explores I'd find something on here or other websites to go check out, but this one was shown to me by a friend in the local area who'd known about this place for a while. I first explored this site in 2018, and...

After seeing the report done earlier in the month by @mockney reject we decided to sit on this one as a potential visit being fairly local to us. History - Borrowed from Wikipedia The Bishop's Stortford High School (often abbreviated to TBSHS) is a comprehensive secondary school, with a...

Introduction A quick stop off on the way back from another site with @Wastelandr. We originally intended to do something a bit better for the last location of the day, but it was too late. Information & History Prisoner of War camps, often abbreviated as POW camps, are defined as ‘sites of...

The History The original Bishops Stortford High School was located in London Road Bishops Stortford. Building work commenced in the early 1950’s and the school finally opened in September 1957. From the 1980s onwards the school extensively added to its original buildings; a dedicated Sixth...

I had to drive down to London recently, so stopped off at Panshanger Park near Welwyn, where three hydraulic rams are marked on old OS maps. All are on the Mimram River, which meanders through the valley of the former Panshanger Estate, landscaped by Repton into a series of artificial lakes...

I’ve been to a few places before but never made a report as they have all been done many times before. Most notably I’ve been to raf thurleigh, ickleford flour mill, codicot mill and some random church up in Margate. Anybody fancy meeting this week and giving the london bunkers a go? Just...

I have explored two location. One was the factory shut down year or two near Ickleford Which pretty well know and also a another factory near that area

Hello everyone, I've been interested in urban exploration for several years now and have only just come across this forum! I've recently started a new project in college and I'm interested in getting some photos of places/objects/areas for it within the urbex environment. Any tips or guidance...