stourbridge

Longlands School was one of my favourite schools out of the many I have explored. It had a bit of everything from lovely old early 1900s architecture through to many many things left inside as well as a large 1960s extension with it's own style of architecture and character. I'm glad I got to...

Couldn't find any history on the place, just that it was one of many holloware factories in the black country. There used to be one called Suttons near the Stourbridge ring road that closed in early 2000s and the other one I had a mooch around a while back was the old Cannon site at Deepfields...

Welcome back, so this is Longlands school in Stourbridge. This is the 2nd place that I've explored. Again I don't know a lot of the history and didn't take many pictures. the history that I do know about this place it that it was used as an all girls school which opened in 1912 and closed in...

So 2017 went with a fairly slow start, having only done a site I have done to death before (just to get that floor in shot!). Me and two local friends (non-members) headed to the Midlands with a list of sites to do; a very rare occasion that I was navigating as opposed to driving! Said friends...

This place has seen a few visits lately it seems, but i thought id chuck my photos up either way. Visted with thooooom and one other non member. Some history Very relaxed explore. Easy entry, no troubles getting in, no guard dogs or lasers ;) some lovely staircases lots of cases...

Next site up, totally by chance, happened to be you guessed it, another school! Thanks to TranKmasT for the heads up on this place, definitely a good choice to go here. Given it's location being literally surrounded by houses I personally didn't have much hope that we'd be able to get in...

The school is much bigger than I expected set within a narrow block of streets. It has a large central courtyard littered with students course work. Think I spent half the time thumbing through that. Although the place is wrecked there a many original features like the barrelled plasterwork...

- Sunrise Medical - It's quite a large factory with factory floor areas, several office blocks, as well as the front main office building. It's worth a look but watch out for asbestos :banghead. Photos... Factory Floors. Wondering up stairs...

I must of been still half asleep when I got up this morning. Call myself an 'urban explorer". Fancy leaving the house without a torch. I'm normally all CREE'd up. Had to navigate those dark spaces using the pilot button on my external flash. Luckily there was just enough light for most parts...

This isn't far from the 'Foster Rastrick' foundary where the Stourbridge Lion was built. (It's in the archives on here a few times, so I won't repeat what's already been well covered) I haven't got any history on this part of the site though, sorry. ok, I'm a bit loathe to call it an actual...

Just days after the local council announced it was going to turn this place into a glass museum and workshops complex, the inevitable happened! :( Sad to see, it was my first proper explore as a virgin explorer.

Stuart crystal near Stourbridge has been sealed tight for the past few years, with all the entrances breize-blocked tight. However, British Waterways are working on the lock above the site and have half drained the canal making access somewhat easier. :cool: The inside has been...

"Around tea-time on a Tuesday afternoon, God created Stourbridge" - tour t-shirt by The Wonder Stuff Every now and again, a town has its moment in the sun, and Stourbridge, a dour market town about ten miles outside Birmingham is no different. The last time Stourbridge was on the map was...

I know a few people have been here before but I was out doing some other photography today so I thought I'd pop in and get some new photos. It's a very short walk from the town centre and access isn't problematic. It's pretty well trashed and has been empty for as long as I can remember but...

A bit slow in getting the report up for this. Visited on the above date after slaving away in the baking sun with themodder. Not much to see really but the historical relevance is quite good. This place is where the Stourbridge Lion was made. source: welcome to stourbridge