surrey

I've visited Magnet Leisure Centre a total of three times now. It's clearly a bit of a hotspot now since the last two reports back in late 2021. On all three occasions I bumped into several other explorers (fortunately the friendly, respectful kind). The place is pretty huge and in a varying...

This is my first report so please tell me if I need to change anything or should do anything different next time. The History The Fernhurst Research station was a weed killer research facility for protecting the fruit industry from weeds. The ICI Plant Protection Division was founded in 1926...

Dont know much about it.

DORKING ICE HOUCE DONT KNOW MUCH ABOUT IT BUT PROBOBLY SOMETHING TO DO WITH THE RAILWAY CONTROL CENTER. PHOTOS

cool little bunker its been my favourite one i have explored. History During World War 2, the Southern Railway took over the Deepdene Hotel near Dorking in Surrey for its wartime emergency headquarters. In the grounds they excavated an underground control centre taking advantage of a network...

The explore I first tried Merstham AAOR back in 2018 but was unable to get in, after seeing new reports/post pop up on Facebook and other social media that the site was open again I didn’t waste any time on getting down to see the site I asked my dad if he could look after my little one for...

Explore: Me and Holly explored Seven Pines in August of 2020 and just before lockdown approached this month of January 2021 so before anyone comes down on me and my fiance for exploring during pandemic, as we didnt :D. When we went in August, it was awesome as we managed to get inside but...

Hi everyone, I am a photography student and am looking for an abandoned building to shoot at. I am based in caterham, surrey. Was wondering if anyone knew of anywhere accessible near by!? My theme is artificial/nature for this term, and so was looking for somewhere man made which is now over run...

Won't go into too much detail as most of it has been said in the past After seeing reports online of it being on fire twice in the past I was sceptical that there was anything worth seeing left. One of the wings has been reduced to rubble enclosed in walls, but to my surprise most of is still...

Hey! Me and my friends (5 of us) have moved to Surrey from an undescloded location ;). And we have been previously doing urbex but we have no idea of any places to visit. We sadly cannot go very far due to some issues so we prefer to stay in surrey or Guildford area. If you have any cool...

Visited here twice within the space of two weeks last year. One reasonably cloudy day and one with strong sunlight. Over those two weeks activity must have been high as there were some visible changes to the building such as new graffiti, as seen with the 'lost' photo Photos taken on Pentax K20D

History: ICI Plant Protection Division is a British company founded in 1926 and developed a wide range of Paints (Crown, Delux etc) and 'Specialty chemicals'. They were a very large FTSE100 company at their peak. In 2007 the acquisition process of ICI by AkzoNobel began, eventually being bought...

Hi guys... went to two locations in Surrey today. A well known factory & prep school. Factory has two, what looks to be sound detection alarms on the roof. Whether they work or not I don’t know. We made quite a bit of noise & went on the roof and didn’t seem to set anything off- albeit we did...

This one might take a bit of explaining BOC (British Oxygen Corporation) specialised in the production of gases in a wide variety of industries. The manufacturing of cars (ironic), steel , electronics, glass, produce transport, food and drink, healthcare and the environment meant they had a lot...

So I'm relatively new to urbex, but I have explored a few locations around my area and know some details about history, so I thought I would start doing reports of what I know. This was the first explore I did other than a few pillboxes, but it was definitely interesting nether less. The...

This site has for sure become a regular for me. Its easy to get to, a huge site and, despite there being an active building (The Aspinal of London Headquarters) attached, there's little to no security on site during closed hours. The History The Fernhurst Research station was a weed killer...

History: The Quarry Dean firestone mine in Merstham, Surrey, is just one of the many mines, stone quarries and underground workings that are scattered along the North Downs between East Kent and Surrey, and is also by far one of the oldest. This particular underground stone quarry dates back as...

I know these locations are more shells than anything & very popular with beginners (like myself), but visited earlier & was pleasantly surprised. Both are very easy to find- can spot it a mile away... & 10 minutes walk from each other! Started off walking from my flat to Hollywood lodge - bumped...

Could't find much history on this one other than it's currently owned by a couple of Latvian men. As expected the tour bus was in full effect when I turned up having driven past 3 groups of 3 people in the private estate. The house is in a bad way being completely ridden with damp and a...

I know this place has been done to death, and as always I am late to the party, but I've not done this site so thought I'd check it out. Very simple access to grounds and building, although a long walk from where I parked - they have ANPR on the estates so didn't want to take the risk...