upholland

As pretty much everyone knows in Upholland there was a large Catholic residential college, St Joseph’s which provided general education for boys in the junior school and also prepared older boys for the priesthood. In 1960, Fr. Bidone of the sons of the divine providence was informed that a...

This place surely needs no introduction as it seems like its been done plenty of times, i decided to make my first visit here after hearing there are diggers on site so i thought i'd try and check it out before its too late, the fence is still there as are the 2 guards and the diggers have...

I’ve been down to St Joes 3 times and only managed to get in on my second attempt. First attempt there was no visible access so I drove back down a week later and we found access so the following week I went back down with my son again and the access had been covered again and we were escorted...

Whats a seminary I hear you ask? I actually had no idea before visiting this place, but I can now confirm its a sort of massive boarding school where children are abused in the name of religion! This place needs no introduction but its still arguably one of the best UK explores so Ill go...

History: This place has been covered many times so more of an update from me. I don't want to just copy and paste a big stream of text again so I’ll give as quick a overview as I can. St Joseph's College is a former Roman Catholic seminary. The foundation of the large building was laid in April...

History: This place has been covered multiple times and there is a lot of history on google so I don't want to just copy and paste a big stream of text again. as a quick overview St Joseph's College is a former Roman Catholic seminary. The foundation of the large building was laid in April...

last week I met two fellow explorers who were not only great guys but also knew their stuff. We ended up trying a site earlier on in the day but that came to an end, so like all good explorers they decided to have this place as a plan B. it didn't disappoint.... St Joseph’s Seminary at...

St Josephs Seminary was a former Roman Catholic seminary in Upholland, England. The building was built in April 1880 and was opened in 1883. St Joseph's, usually referred to by its students simply as "Up Holland", was one of two main seminaries serving the north of England. Up Holland served...

I won't bother posting the history of this place as most people will have read it on the countless reports from here over the years.. I hadn't been here in around 3 years now, sadly not able to get out exploring as much anymore with family and work commitments but had a free afternoon and...

ST JOSEPH'S SEMINARY: So I explored this place a little while ago, and decided to post my first report in a while because it's been cropping up a bit more recently. This place has been abandoned since 1991, leaving it abandoned for 28 years! This is largely shown in the decay that this place...

So finally after many reconnoissance visits and as many failed attempts, I FINALLY managed to explore St Josephs Seminary in Upholland This place has been covered extensively over many years so I won't go into the history too much, except to say that it was a huge Catholic College that opened...

Although I know it has been done a lot over the years, I always thought I'd missed out on it as the security has always been relatively tight on the structure since I began exploring a couple years back. So for me, this is one of those great moments of personal achievement you can get from this...

Yesterdays saw a revisit with escteric eric to St Josephs and we managed to do the church that has alluded me for years St Joseph’s Seminary at Upholland opened in 1883, the first phase was built to a design by James O’Bryne. Set amongst a backdrop of copse and wildwood amidst gently sloping...

You've all seen the history dozens of times before and I refuse to copy/paste from wikipedia! So to avoid verbatum I am presenting some words of my own! It is a huge and fascinating place! Unlike most that I have explored, this one showed no signs of major vandalism or copper thieves! But it was...

The Explore..... It has been a while since I have posted anything on 28 due to family and work commitments but that has not ultimately stopped me from periodically getting out and about. Thanks to @Morrisey for providing no nonsense details and for hooking me up with Mr @Kwan for a visit, a...