newton abbot

History The site was founded as an agricultural college, in accordance with the will of Charles Seale Hayne, a Liberal politician and Devon landowner. Construction of the building began in 1912 and was completed at the beginning of the First World War and was used as a training centre for Land...

History The firm was set up in 1831 by Edwin Tucker in Ashburton who traded as agricultural merchants, seedsmen and maltsters. His son, Parnell chose to move to the buildings current site, beside the railway, close to Newton Abbot train station in 1898. The building was designed by William...

This place I have been going to for nearly a year but not doing urbexing but with a paranormal investigation group. We decided to visit today in the daytime to look at it properly as every other time it’s been ok the dark. This is the first time I visited these barns and saw what they were...

History British Ceramic Tile had operated from their Heathfield site, near Newton Abbot since the 1850's, making use of the ball clay, mined in close vicinity to the works. BCT was the largest manufacturer of ceramic and glass tiles in the UK following a major expansion in 2009 which made it the...

Can't find anything on this place so I'm going from memory here. Brunel Lodge used to be a mental health unit up until September 2011, when it was closed down and moved to Torbay Hospital. The visit: Most of the hospital was black pitch due to board up windows (some pictures illuminated by our...

I visited Brunel lodge nearly 2years ago and it was my 1st explore. I went back this month only to find that they have started to knock it down.

Not much info to go on. This is Brunel Lodge it used to be a metal hospital/unit up until September 2011. The hospital is split into four separate buildings. Three of which seem to be built as hospital and one which looks like a large house converted into part of the hospital. About the trip...

The Seale Hayne site was built as an Agricultural College 100 years ago. The site was taken on by the University of Plymouth and was used as a uni campus until recently when it was bought by the Dame Hannah Rogers Trust, who use it as an outreach facility for people with disabilities, and as a...

This Post has been DEMOLISHED. The Post was located atop a hill, 2 miles outside Newton Abbot. SubBrit reports that the Farmer regrets demolishing it. SubBrit link here. The suspected location of the Post