northern ireland

Hi all. I have recently moved to Northern Ireland and know next to no one! Is there anyone around who's up for doing some exploring and making a new friend in the process?! 🤘

History Sion Mills was laid out as a model linen village by the Herdman brothers, James, John and George. In 1835 they converted an old flour mill on the River Mourne into a flax spinning mill, and erected a bigger mill behind it in the 1850s The River Mourne was the reason that Herdman's Mill...

History In 1784 John Barbour, who hailed from Scotland, established a linen thread works in Lisburn. At the same time his son, William, bought a derelict bleach green at Hilden and set up business. Later, the thread works were transferred to Hilden and as early as 1817 it was employing 122...

‘bout ye, hey all. Created an account a while ago, did a lot of lurking some years back until life got in the way. Now back and looking to start doing some proper exploration. Based in the greater Belfast area but often across the water, although I’ll be looking to stay local to begin with...

Belvoir Park Hospital The hospital, which was designed by Young and McKenzie, opened as the Purdysburn Fever Hospital in 1906. The facility became known as Montgomery House in 1953 and it then became Belvoir Park Hospital in the 1960s. The hospital became the main regional centre for...

THis is my first report froma visit I did a while ago, History Campsie AAOR is one of 31 AAORs (Anti Aircraft Operations Room) built across the UK and 1 of 2 in Northern Ireland, designed to be operational centres manned by a wide variety of Army staff, responsible for the command of Anti...

Last of my posts from an all too brief trip to Northern Ireland a couple of weeks ago. At least now I can say I have explored in literally all corners of the UK! This was the main big location I had always wanted to see in Northern Ireland, thanks mostly to it's pretty incredible complete set...

A brief potted history from a 2006 article on it's impending closure is here - The mill closed a good 15+ years ago, and time has not been kind to it. It is now a bashed, burned, shell of a complex but despite all the damage over the years it's sheer enormous size is seriously impressive...

I know very little about this location or the history surrounding it except that it was a factory used to produce cement. At one stage, game of thrones was also filmed on the land nearby but since then it has laid empty and crumbling. I explored in June 2021 and spent a few nice hours sitting on...

Located opposite the Muckamore Abbey Hospital in Antrim, Northern Ireland is this little mortuary. I can find very little information anywhere online except that this mortuary was used for embalming the deceased that came from the hospital. There were no fridges anywhere in the building so it's...

Not too many World War Two aircraft wrecks in Ireland for the obvious reason that Ireland was neutral during the war but having said that there were RAF bases in Northern Ireland, often used for training as a safe location away from the action. In addition aircraft being ferried across from...

Mainly after areas in Co Armagh or Belfast area, have explored a few places with a couple mates but would like to explore more!

We explored this old shopping centre in my hometown of Bangor last summer after being closed for a few years. The inevitable vandalism and decay had already set in but this was a great explore and was an absolutely huge complex with many shops, corridors and even the roof to explore. This was a...

Sion Mills Hardpans Mill was founded in 1835 and is a large complex of now listed buildings, the most prominent of which was built in 1853 by William Henry Lynn of Lanyon, Lynn and Lanyon, Belfast. This is a very large and handsome five-storey mill built in Italianate style of greyashlar...

Hi all, There exists a disused water works near me that is fenced off. I have explored it before and it is completely abandoned and in disrepair. However while there a nearby fenced area caught my eye. It appears to be an underground structure. Maybe an old pumping station but it seems very...

Hi All I recently came across videos of abandoned places and would love to get out and explore some myself. I'm a photographer and it would be good to view these places as they make for really good photos. I'm new to all this but was wondering if anyone here is from Northern Ireland and can...

Hi I currently live in Northern Ireland and do a lot of exploring but I’m running out of places to go to , I currently have a tiktok page on exploring which is very popular with one of the videos getting more than half a million views. Would anyone be able to give me any good locations or be up...

Hi! Joined the site a while ago, but today was my first foray into Urbexing. My fiancée and I decided, after looking online and checking out a few YouTube videos, to try Hilden Mill. It has been sold for redevelopment, so we thought we had better get on it while we still had a chance! The mill...

I usually go to Ireland for New Year, but not this time, so here’s one from last year when I spent a couple of days in the north looking for the remains of water-powered machinery, mainly in flax mills. This one has been covered several times before, and with good reason - it has to be the best...

Layde Road, Cushendall, County Antrim, Northern Ireland 55.106493, -6.0504949 Situated just over the fence (next field) from a couple of masts. Surface Features remain intact, there is a steel sleeve over the top of the access shaft with flat bar welded over the cover, at some point someone...