longbridge

The plant first started out in 1895 and cost £105,000 to build, a small copper plate printers known as "white and pike" undertook this business venture with big plans for the future but this ended much sooner than the pair expected resulting in the bank repossessing the site in 1901, Herbert...

I cant believe it's been nearly 3 years since my last update on the goings on at Longbridge. The CABs have totally gone now (above ground at least) and the remaining expanse of concrete hard standing apparently repurposed to store cars. Before Sqibbs vacated the site in 2020 they managed to...

Me and man gone wrong decided to give the longbridge tunnels a little look. A few years back we stumbled on the east works tunnel entrance as we were looking for a way in the car plant. We had a quick look in but water was high, and we were not equipped. We said we would go back tothe east side...

I think nearly everyone and his doggo went here so i never posted a report at the time. The first 2 shots are of the last Mini to leave Longbridge which I'm sure some of you photographed in situ about a decade before. https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_sam/albums/72157713876836322

Just thought some people might appreciate an update on Longbridge. Had a few visits over the last few weeks with @dweeb and @Dave W and well, maybe we have something report worthy maybe we dont! Theres not much else about right now i can post! Towards the end of last year St Mowden announced...

Visited back in November with Mookster after seeing the Typhoo Factory.  Another one ticked off the list which has been kicking about for years.  I really enjoyed this one; though quite bare and largely sealed, it had a lot of nice things to see down there.  The air was pretty bad though in...

Visited back in November with Mookster after seeing the Typhoo Factory. Another one ticked off the list which has been kicking about for years. I really enjoyed this one; though quite bare and largely sealed, it had a lot of nice things to see down there. The air was pretty bad though in...

It's been a while since I have posted on here, and what I'm posting isn't new, but something I've kept/forgotten about until various Rover reports were seen on FB. Ever since I originally visited MG/Rover in 2007 I have been in touch with ex-Rover employees, one of whom was in charge of the...

For the final explore of the day with @Brewtal in Birmingham, we ended up in the infamous Shadow Factory Tunnels. History "The ‘Shadow Factory Tunnels’ are the remnants of Lord Austin’s secret plans that were hatched to bolster British military might in the face of German military aggression...

Visited with @Grom at the end of a day out in the Brum. Good to have a long overdue catch up with you! History (yoinked as usual): The ‘Shadow Factory Tunnels’ are the remnants of Lord Austin’s secret plans that were hatched to bolster British military might in the face of German military...

Hi First look at Longbridge,lots of new looking cars etc. A good day out..... Enjoy

This has been done a few times times now, but demolition has started on a fundamental part of the remaining part of the factory, as the next phase of demolition has started. This will see the disposal of CAB2 (Car assembly building). This will leave only CAB1, sales centre, conference centre and...

This is my first report on here so hopefully you will like the photos. HISTORY Opened in 1905, by the late 1960s Longbridge employed around 25,000 workers. A wide variety of products have been produced at the site during its history, although the core product has been cars, most notably the...

Visited these with some non member friends of mine spend ages down here having a good look around the east works tunnels and the others. Enjoy

I think everybody knows the history on this place, Went here one Thursday night after been in the tunnels the week before we found a way into the actual factory. Spent around 2-2.5 hours in here having a good mooch around when we decided to leave we was greeted by a security guard explained whet...