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February 2026 Visited with @Mr Budge and @MotionlessMike en route to the Ystrad Einon Copper Mine, the Weirbrook United Reformed Church, originally founded as a Congregational chapel, was built in 1910 to serve a small rural community west of Oswestry, near the village of West Felton in...

Having lived in the region for a long time we are no strangers to the former railways of the region having explored the Cambrian railways and Tanat valley light railway many times even before the Oswestry to Weston section came under the control of the Cambrian Heritage Railways. What makes this...

April 2025 A few months ago, I came across this place entirely by chance while driving along the A5 towards North Wales. I stopped briefly at a Burger King for some microwave food and noticed an empty unit nearby. It was obvious at a glance that it used to be a Little Chef. Growing up, these...

Visited this one while out camping in Wales. Also got kicked out of a brewery in Llangollen, had to feign interest in a fishing club in an attempt to sneak into a saw mill, yet still failed, and broke down on the way back home. Got half a dozen nice shots of the brewery though, so I might put...

We thought we'd do a small report on this as while it is just a single derelict shunter we found it really photogenic and ended up with more photos than expected! GEC stphenson locomotives are a type of heavy industrial shunter built in the 1970s by GEC traction. This is the 3 axle variant...

visited with a none forum member, all i can say is got to do the rest of the house because of blind luck the day we went. the weather was horrible and there was plenty of floods to contend with but got there in the end. history from Mr beardy's report:- Brogyntyn Hall has stood abandoned for 15...