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The Old Mortuary is located on the grounds of the historic Cheadle Royal Hospital (originally known as the Manchester Royal Lunatic Asylum) in Heald Green, Greater Manchester. Not much information on the Old Mortuary I think it’s been derelict a good 20 years. Saw this posted a few times so...

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...

Perched precariously on a lump of wood, one foot through the window into what we hoped would be the Morgue, I look up just as the green military land rover zoomed across the adjacent road from right to left. I paused for a moment in my predicament, hoping for a split second that they hadn't seen...

Royal Gunpowder Works Ok this place is seriously underrated & under reported. My good friend priority7 reported this way back in 2011 & was telling me what a great place it was & I though why not pay it a little visit! He kindly & unbeknowingly also provided all the history. At the time of...

The Explore. This one was a bit of a do I don't I type of place, I had my eye on this place as seen online it was closing down then just as it was closing they got rescued then a month later the workers where sent home and it closed< I was in the area and thought id go have a look not expecting...

Background History In the 1830s it was decided to commission a new mental hospital in the Gartnavel area of Glasgow. The new facility, the Glasgow Royal Lunatic Asylum, was designed by Charles Wilson in the Gothic Revival style, allowed segregation by patients' gender and social class. It...

We couldn't find any specific info on the mortuary itself but it sits in the grounds of the Priory hospital on the site of what was Cheadle Royal Hospital so we are assuming it served the original hospital. Cheadle Royal Hospital, originally known as the Manchester Lunatic Hospital, dates back...

Finally got into the Royal Haslar Hospital in Gosport. This place has been on my to do list for nearly four years, and being so local (Portsmouth) so it felt amazing to finally get inside. It’s been a long time coming, and it definitely lived up to the wait though it is very decayed. My...

The Royal Marines Museum in Eastney (part of Southsea, Portsmouth) has been closed for some time now. Over the years, there have been several proposals to convert the site into a five-star hotel, with developers claiming the plans would benefit the local community. Despite this, planning...

History (thanks to the BBC and south wales argus) The site was purpose for the royal mail in the early 1970s with plans proposed for the site back in the '60s. The royal mail Occupied the site until late 2000 before it was sold to IAC Ltd in 2001. In 2010, IAC relocated the majority of its...

Not going to bother with a super long report on this one as most will know the history so i will keep it as brief as possible. Papworth Royal Everard hospital in Cambridge was first established as a tuberculosis hospital for soldiers that served in World war 1 that opened in 1918. As time...

Royal Doulton Regent Works, Stoke-on-Trent - January 2022 (35mm Edition) Reposting this as a lost thread from the great forum upgrade of 2022. This former pottery along Longton’s Sutherland Road began life in 1892 and passed through a number of potters until it was extensively rebuilt in the...

This is a place I have known about for a long time but never got around to seeing it. Always other things to do (none exploring related) when in Scotland. But the better half had to work for the morning. So I got up early and headed off to finally have a look. The girlfriend was not interested...

Royal Mail Sorting Offices, Nuneaton - September 2024 Royal Mail vacated these 60s sorting offices along Justice Walk in Nuneaton town centre during July 2024 and moved to some crap looking new ones to enable this part of the town centre to be redeveloped. The neighbouring buildings are some...

History The Royal Hotel in Ashby de la Zouch was designed by Robert Chaplin, a local architect who was active in the early 19th century. While Chaplin may not be as widely known as some other architects of his time, his work on the Royal Hotel is a testament to his skill and the architectural...