stroud

It feels like an age since I last actually posted anything of substance on here, so there we go. Life things have been battering me around a bit this year and so exploring stuff has taken a back seat somewhat but I still try and get out when I can. Ever since @clebby posted this place back in...

I had always fancied this hospital but knowing it had on site security and every building alarmed and well sealed. It seemed to me the journey might be a waste as it's the other side of the country from Norfolk. A little heads up from mookster that it was open and alarms gone we decided to give...

Stanley Mill, Kings Stanley, Stroud Very brief stolen history para: From what I can find online, there was hope in 2018 that something was going to be done to regenerate the historic mill. These plans seem to have fallen through again, which us confirmed by the link to the project now going...

** This explore was done before the Coronavirus Lockdown took effect ** History; Goldcrest Business Park has been home to a number of different businesses over the years; Whitminster International, Redler Limited, Klenzeen Limited and, most recently, the Stroud Metal Company. From what I can...

Soooo another little report. Drove over on a frosty morn to check out this hospital. Now this place is fenced off really badly BUT has some impressive cameras dotted about. We got there and strolled unknowingly past the security cabin with no one to be seen after we noticed it. Its a large place...

Redler Conveyors, née Apperly, Curtis & Co. Clothiers - Dudbridge Mills, Stroud. Visited with @Salmon. Don't get too excited, it's a festering hole. Some history: ~ I'm largely posting this out of posterity as the building we explored (a former loom shed) is somewhat of a local landmark...

Springfield Engineering, née T H & J Daniels Ltd., Stroud. Visited with @Salmon and @Polo. Some history from the (now archived) Springfield Engineering website: Springfield's appear have gone bust in 2012/13, with an auction of remaining equipment in July 2013. This doesn't cover the...

Originally explored in 2005 by Oxygen Thief and later by a 14 year old Clebby who was innocently cycling by seeking adventure and took the opportunity to blag a report. (Its not recorded whether he had jam sandwiches and ginger beer in his bikes basket though.) This visit is directly down to...

Standish Hospital, Stroud. ---------- History In 1853, James Dutton, 3rd Baron Sherborne leased Standish House to Gloucester-based businessman Richard Potter, son of Radical MP Richard Potter and the Managing Director of the Great Western Railway. Potter lived at the house with his wife...

VISITED WITH SAMMYDOUBLEWHAMMY We need nuns..... Lots of nuns... POOR CLARES NUNNERY! The Clares are a group of nunnerys spread around the UK that house nuns. Theres quite a few it turns out this one was too big for the dewindling number of nuns that were living there not being able...

As the year is drawing to an end and winter has swept in numbing my motivation to actually be out there doing things i have been taking the chance to have a look back at some of the years explores i never got around to writing about over the last 12 months. Stanley Mills is easily in the top 10...

Stanley Mill, Stroud, Gloucs, March 2011 OK, so a bit late in posting this, but wanted to sit on it for a while for my own reasons. This was part of a couple of sites I did on this day, and many thanks to Urbanity & Dangerous Dave for the company, and also a huge thanks to Clebby for a few...

Stanley Mills Stroud Woolen Mill, visited with Old skool and Hidden Shadow, thanks to DHL on the info but in the end we got a personal tour which saved us a lot of hassle as it seems to have a lot of locks every where. we never made it to the work shops either, you can if your lucky get to see...

Few Pictures of mine from a few weeks back... What can you say about this Mill, its massive and absolutely amazing inside. The machines on the second floor are just fantastic, im fairly sure they are still run. The top floor looks to have had a lot of resent restoration work done and the...

Stanley Mill, King's Stanley, Stroud This can be moved to non-public plz ? Thnx. Stanley Mill is the finest and largest of all the Stroud textile mills. Constructed in 1813, it is often regarded as one of the earliest fireproof buildings in the world and attracts international...