nottinghamshire

Mapperley Hospital Recreation Hall, Nottingham - August 2026 This is the recreation hall at the former Nottingham Borough Lunatic Asylum - latterly Mapperley Hospital. I suppose this is a companion report to the one I did from the former asylum chapel earlier in the year. I won’t rehash any...

1. The History Manton Colliery coal mine is located in north Nottinghamshire, just east of the town of Worksop. On land owned by Henry Pelham-Clinton, 7th Duke of Newcastle, a shaft was sunk by Wigan Coal and Iron Company in 1897. Initially digging through Sherwood Sandstone and Lower Magnesian...

Burton Joyce ROC Post, Nottingham - June 2026 ‘In a square compound 100 yards along a path running North from Bridle Road (unmade road). Opened in 1961 and closed in 1991.’ This was actually quite a good post really, especially when considering the condition of some of its neighbouring posts...

Castle Gate Congregational Chapel, Nottingham - May 2026 This former chapel was built in 1863 for the Trustees of the Congregational Church, to plans by local architect Richard Charles Sutton. In 1972 the congregation joined the United Reformed Church and three years later merged with St...

University of Nottingham Tower Building - May 2026 This 17 storey tower was part of a large post-war development planned by renowned Scottish architect Sir Basil Spence for the University of Nottingham’s Park Campus. The tower and adjoining workshops were designed in the brutalist style and...

White Hart Area Dereliction / Mansfield Misc, Nottinghamshire - 2025 Some derelict industrial remains in what is known as the ‘White Hart Regeneration Area’ - this large site encompasses Midworth Street, Dame Flogan Street and White Hart Street and according to a Mansfield District Council...

1. The History Whyburn Underground Reservoir is located outside of the town of Hucknall, in Nottinghamshire. Built in 1950 (see image of its construction HERE ) as part of post-war investment in local water infrastructure. They formed part of Hucknall’s water supply system, allowing clean water...

Another bit of WW2 heritage has gone. Drove past today on the A1 and I'm sad to say that the main part of RAF Gamston has been totally cleared. It's close the the A1 near Retford. Did a report on the place back in 2018 HERE Been meaning to go back and do a more thorough job on the place and do...

1. The History Back in 1961, British Rail opened a four-and-a-half-mile single-track branch line to the newly opened Bevercotes Colliery, linking to the network at Boughton Junction on the Lancashire, Derbyshire and East Coast Railway (LD&ECR) line between Chesterfield Market Place station and...

1. The History The village of Ossington is located in the county of Nottinghamshire, seven miles north of Newark-on-Trent. When World War II broke out in 1939, a large Royal Air Force base known as RAF Ossington was constructed, with work beginning in 1941, with the base opening for active duty...

1. The History The village of Ossington is located in the county of Nottinghamshire, seven miles north of Newark-on-Trent. Ossington’s first manor house, a stone-faced construction with gabled façade, was built on the site by the Cartwright family circa 1580 (as illustrated by Thoroton) but was...

St Joseph’s Social Club, Sutton-in-Ashfield, Nottinghamshire - June 2023 “Joeys has been a part of the community for many, many years and most people in the area have a connection to it either personally or through friends and family. It is a safe space for a lot of the older people in our...

The explore: Though reviews were meh, this site was interesting enough to stretch my legs on a road trip. After complaining about the high level of security at sites around the country, I was happy to see a walk in, and was then quickly reminded why security can be a good thing: evidence of...

First off I'm new here and new to this so apologies if I have done anything incorrectly... I'm posting this as I haven't come across anything about this place on here yet and was thinking of making an actual report on if I go back, so tell me what you all think So, earlier this year (2024)...

For those not from here, Southall is up towards Newark on the East of the county. Fairly recently closed too. https://www.nottinghampost.com/news/local-news/stalemate-over-southwell-swimming-pool-9271283