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Another slightly belated post of mine; but props to @mookster for provisioning the itinerary; whilst I did the driving. We hadn't seen each other for far to long, around 18 months! So it was great to get out again with an old friend! The day was a nice, relaxed jaunt around some local...

This is somewhat of an update thread with a better selection of photos, as on my previous visit in August 2020 all I did was run around with my phone - it was nice to be able to reshoot this after putting it off for so long, for a local place it really isn't too bad given the slim pickings...

I visited here with the usual two friends a few years back. A tip off from a friend who lived near it that their was a large chunk of the old ironworks laying derelict. I looked on the forums and could not find pics any newer than 2013. So was quite excited for a little look. It sits next to a...

For this explore, I took along my eldest son, and I met up with @FalloutShelter , I had been previously but not seen much. So eager to return, off we went. We started at the Air raid shelters and made our way round to the mould boring shop, this is where it got interesting. After finding a...

In 1855 the Incorporation of the Stanton Iron Works Co In 1870 The Franco-Prussian War created a huge demand for iron; the works expanded rapidly with the construction of new furnaces and foundries (the New Works) alongside the Erewash Canal in the early 1870s. In 1877 this was one of the first...

Back in September last year I headed over to Stanton ironworks on a sunny afternoon. I've already uploaded a report on the ironworks but when trawling through the memory card I found most of the photos were from the pump house, probably enough to make a half decent report and as there's no...

Continuing my quest to bore everyone to death with my backlog of crap that never made it onto the forum at the time... The Stanton Shelter was a segment shelter manufactured by the Stanton Ironworks, Ilkeston, Derbyshire. This shop producing spun-concrete lighting columns ceased production at...

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Myself and a friend had a trip to this spot last week, he's been there many times but it was my first visit and I certainly wasn't disappointed! This is also my first report here so thanks for looking. :) This area has a long history of iron production with evidence of medieval bloom...

1. The History Stanton Ironworks was once Ilkeston’s largest manufacturing concern and consequently the town’s biggest employer of local labour in the area. The Stanton and Staveley group were also part of the British Steel Corporation and at its peak provided 7,000 jobs. Iron production dates...

Stanton Harcourt Quarry is a former Hanson Aggregates gravel extraction pit located in West Oxfordshire. There are numerous former gravel pits in the area, most of which have now been turned into fishing/recreation lakes and one which was turned into my other favourite place in the world to be...

The Stanton Ironworks at New Stanton, south of Ilkeston was once the town’s largest manufacturing concern and consequently its biggest employer. The Stanton and Staveley group was later part of the Tubes Division of British Steel Corporation. At its height, the company employed around 12,500...

Over the course of a couple of visits to the main semi-derelict part of the former Stanton Foundry it became obvious there was probably a lot more bits to see hidden away from the main site. So with a bit of down time during lockdown to scour Google Earth and with some help from a couple of...

The main attraction in the area of Stanton By Dale in Ilkeston are the remaining parts of the former Stanton & Stavely Foundry – I visited these about a year ago but never gave any of the nearby ancillary buildings much attention. Many of the buildings in the area surrounding the foundry...

Closed since 2007, as many of us know the site of the former Stanton Ironworks in Derbyshire is a wasteland and a ghost of itself. Once boasting miles upon miles of internal railways, surprisingly 12 years after closure the railway from the Erewash valley mainline is still intact, and largely...