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It's been a good long while since my last explore, but I was working on a new black and white recipe for my Fujifilm xs10 mostly for street photography but I remembered this old site and thought this would be a great place to try it out. So I just took a quick drive up here on my own and...

I don’t normally do a part two on reports, I usually like to do it all in one go, or an updated report. But Bishopton is such a classic place in the UK, I felt it deserved more. The reason for my second part is that on my initial visit last year I got a section done but things went a bit pear...

This is a place I have known about for a long time, and a place I should have got to earlier. But my visits to Scotland don’t really involve much exploring. But the better half had to work, so I decided to give this place a look with my free time to see what’s left. Looking at various maps it...

I had a day in sunny Rochdale and because my new drone just fits in camera bag I decided to have a fly around the huts at ROF Healey Hall My camera has decided to no longer see the SD cards so I lost half the pics I took so these are all from my phone or the Dji Neo It was a nice way to spend an...

History (Taken from History of Pembrey) The sand dunes not only provided an effective screen but also minimised any possible damage in the event of an explosion. It is hardly surprising therefore, that the area attracted the producers of gun powder as early as 1882. Dynamite & TNT were produced...

I was of the opinion that all of ROF Bridgwater was gone. A quick scout at where it once stood on google maps reveals a wasteland of demolished buildings over a vast area, however I spotted a couple of things of potential interest left behind and, as I was heading down to the westcountry...

Another world war 2 explore as were a bit fascinated with the subject at the min. We've done our best to research the site but apologies in advance if we've misidentified anything. History - Built in 1941 the Royal Ordnance factory at Healey Hall was designated as an assisted factory with...

History - ROF Standish was one of many Royal ordinance factories built at the start of world war 2 to assemble ammunition and weapons for the war effort. Each ROF factory specialised in specific types of ammunition and ROF Standish made .303 rounds most notably used in the chain fed machine guns...

Drive along the M56 past Stanlow oil refinery and you can’t help but notice a few red brick structures in the fields. They look like typically dull WW2 storage sheds, and this is exactly what they are. Info summarised from...

Site has being virtually demolished and cleared by DSM.

There were four different types of munitions factory: Engineering factories producing the metal casings for bombs and shells or, in some instances, producing parts, rifles, guns and tanks. Small-arms factories producing the bullet casings. (These factories were often existing engineering...

Location added - Ordnance The history of this ROF is well documented elsewhere: There were four different types of munitions factory: Engineering factories producing the metal casings for bombs and shells or, in some instances, producing parts, rifles, guns and tanks. Small-arms factories...

It’s only taken me a year to write up my first report but here it goes, any tips would be appreciated as I’m new to exploring and photography ROF Featherstone history Royal Ordnance Factory Featherstone was filling factory No.17, covering just over 64 hectares, the factory used to specialise...

This is my first exploration I chose it as it's close to my house, I'd like to go again to see a few more of the buildings in the woods. Here goes abit more about the place: ROF Wrexham during WW2 the site employed 13,000 workers. The factory made cordite, an explosive propellent for shells...

Tried out the my new drone at this old site. It offered up a different perspective on the remains of the ROF factory site. It also presented its own problems being close to a trio of prisons. Despite demolition being planned for August 2015, the site lingers on.