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I thought I already had this posted up on here… But turns out I didn’t so throwing it up now. Better late than never I guess, just like Crossrail really. Service on the central tunnelled section started today so here you go! Crossrail is the south-east's new east to west railway, spanning 73...

I visited this building earlier today without any prior knowledge to the place being a garage, this was the first building I explored. I couldn't find any history on it at all apart from another report which I'll link here...

This is my first report, so please leave any tips in the comments :thumb Me and my friends plan on doing a full exploration of the Camden Rathole is a few weeks, however this was just to find a reliable entrance in and out, and a small investigation to see what’s inside. before our adventure...

The Scalpel – 2016 Bloody hell this was a cold one. “The Scalpel is a commercial skyscraper in London, United Kingdom. It is located on Lime Street in the City of London financial area. Originally a nickname but subsequently designated as its official name, the term "Scalpel" was coined by the...

It's that time again folks. An age-old urbex classic still hanging on in there, with some brand new photography. Somehow, after first finding out about this gem back in 2012 at the start of my exploring days, its weirdly taken me a decade to actually get round to attempting it. I suppose not...

Vauxhall Sky Gardens – 2015 Visited in the summer of 2015. Long hot summers, remember those? [https://www.macegroup.com/media-centre/170710-mace-completes-vauxhall-sky-gardens] “Fraser Property Development UK proposed plans for Sky Gardens in 2008, designed by Amin Taha Architects and...

Centre Point – 2015 Spurred on from some party antics in the last couple of weeks I think it’s time I actually start to contribute to the forum. First as always, a bit of history about this brutalist behemoth...

Finsbury memorial leisure centre in Barnet. Sorta in between Barnet and boremwood. Shell of the old building. Lots of graffiti there but still a nice structure if your looking for somewhere to photograph. Been used for various raves by the looks of it.

Done many times but I’m fairly new to this so fairly straightforward to get into for somewhat beginners. Went to the Zachary Merton ward at the royal national orthopaedic hospital over in Stanmore.closed in the 80s and pretty destroyed, still some files and paperwork lying about but not a huge...

A climb I did about a week ago, and also my first ever rooftop! Very easy access from a fire escape, and some simple climbing to access the different parts of the roof (there are some climbing ropes presumably left by people who came before). A quiet night with practically nobody in sight, in...

Explore: Myself(Holly) and John went and explored this abandoned warehouse/quarry that we fount while researching on Google Maps today, so we decided to go and take a look and it was infact local to us, which was even more better. When we got there, it was trashed and graffitied really badly by...

Explore: Myself(John) and Holly have known about this tunnel for a while as its in our local area of where we live, in a park close to us. We have visited here before, not for urbex purpose, but just to see what the tunnel was all about really and to be fair it holds a strange but weirdly cool...

History: Belsize Park Deep Level Shelter, was constructed by the government during the second world war, as a means of shelter for the public during the blitz. The shelter was built directly behind Belsize Tube Station, hence the style of its tunnels. Inside, there are two parallel tunnels, both...

History: Clapham Storm Relief, or more commonly dubbed "Lucky Charms Drain" makes up just one of the many underground sewer networks across the capital, and was constructed during the late 1800s. During the 19th century, Sir Joseph Bazalgette designed the modern-day sewer system, in response to...

History: The Godstone main series firestone mine, is located deep beneath the forest floors of Surrey, and dates back as far as the 1600s. The mine first began its life as a vital source of flint, or commonly named "firestone". Originally, this mine comprised of 5 different networks, The Roman...

DEBUT MINI REPORT BY "DISCOVERDECAYUK" INTRODUCTION: Discoverdecayuk is the name of an urbex group created this year by myself and my two best friends. We share a love for urban history, exploring of abandoned places sites and locations across London and potentially Europe. Here is my first...

History: After the completion of the famous Battersea Power Station in 1933, 4 sets of tunnels were bored under the Thames. The first is known as "Battersea Steam Tunnel", which with the clue being in the title, was built to act as a surplus heat discharge outlet, as even when all 4 of...

THE EXPLORE So we began blowing up an inflatable canoe on the side of Regents Canal footpath much to the confusion and amazement of passers by. When it was finally ready, we hopped in and nearly got crushed by a large tourist boat why proceeded to tell us 'we were on the wrong side', despite...

History: Balfron Tower in Poplar, East London, was completed in 1967, and designed by architect Ernö Goldfinger. The tower itself is actually part of a much larger area, known as the Brownfield Estate, which was completed 6 years prior to Balfron Tower, all designed in the same traditional 60's...

History: In the latter half of the 19th century, the railway network had expanded rapidly, connecting up towns and villages to London, enabling more people to still work within the capital, but move out into the countryside. With this, grew a demand on houses, and consequently, an even greater...