lancashire

Hi - I'm a lancashire photographer for 40 plus years. I've always loved photographing "the beauty of decay" and have just come across URBEX in recent months,(excuse my ignorance). Photography is my prime hobby and I'd love to photography some abandoned buildings etc for a project I'm doing in...

Park hotel, Preston originally opened in 1883 as the railway station which was built to serve first-class rail passengers arriving at Preston station and was jointly owned by the Lancashire and Yorkshire Railway. It became a prestigious destination in its heyday, entertaining royalty and...

As pretty much everyone knows in Upholland there was a large Catholic residential college, St Joseph’s which provided general education for boys in the junior school and also prepared older boys for the priesthood. In 1960, Fr. Bidone of the sons of the divine providence was informed that a...

November 2025 Popped in to see this one with @Mr Budge after a failed attempt at somewhere in the Lakes, I vaguely remember trying this one circa 2014/15 and for whatever reason I was unsuccessful. The Miley Tunnel in Preston was built around 1840 as part of the Preston & Longridge Railway...

September 2025 On the way up to Scotland in September, @Mr Budge, @MotionlessMike and I made a quick stop in Bacup to check out the old Regal Cinema. The place is in a very sorry state — you can tell it’s seen far better days. Getting inside was probably one of the sketchiest accesses I’ve...

Is there any abandoned places inside of the Lancashire area, as I have been to a few. If you could you possibly send coordinates and details about it?

Holme Spring Mill, Haslingden, Lancashire - April 2025 Holme Spring Mill started as a small weaving shed around 1856 by Henry Walton and would’ve been worked in connection with the neighbouring Grane Road Mill (demolished circa 2020). The mill was extended by 1860 and again in 1912. A large...

The Picture House was opened on 29th December 1920, the first films shown were “The River’s End” and “The Cruise of the Make Believes”. Inside the auditorium seating was provided for 1,309 in stalls and circle levels. In 1960 it was taken over by the Star Cinemas chain until 1975 when it was...

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...

Brindle ROC was a master post in a cluster with Atherton and Turton and part of the Preston 21 group. We drove past and noticed the hatch was open so went to have a look what state it was in and as a complete stroke of luck it turns out its in the process of being restored and the bloke...

We saw this place pop up on here and had to have a look as it's not that far from us. Designed and built by architect by Roger Booth in 1968 in the brutalist style this police station opened for use on 19 February 1971. It was the third Blackpool police station and Divisional Headquarters, the...

May 2018 The Visit Went to this place with @coolboyslim and a non-member. We decided to check it out fairly late in the day and ended up exploring the building for about thirty minutes. When we visited, the building was in great shape overall, except for one room that was starting to get damp...

Heapey Pumping Station Recently, I went for a week away to the Lake District. Perfect excuse to have a look at some pins on the way there. A few weeks before I went, I spent many an hour searching for pumping stations along the route I would be taking. Marked them all and made the plan. The...

November 2023 The Visit I visited this one with Mrs Gronk en route to the Lakes for a mini-getaway, for as long as I can remember I have been fascinated with the tower at Forton/ Lancaster Services, but who can honestly blame me? You can’t ignore the 20 metre tall tower dominating the...

We ended up stumbling upon this after noticing it seemed empty every time we’d seen it, I’m not sure how long it’s been closed for, but I can only presume it was at the beginning of the pandemic as I believe it was used as a testing zone. (Image of campus from afar) Upon entering the campus...