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  1. JaffaTB

    Report - St. Josephs Seminary, Upholland - April 23

    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...
  2. Dando30

    Report - St Josephs Upholland October 2022

    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...
  3. Bikin Glynn

    Report - St Josephs Seminary - Upholland - June 18

    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...
  4. Bazza74

    Report - St Joseph’s seminary, Upholland - July 2020 (image heavy)

    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...
  5. Crissisdecon

    Report - St Joseph's college - Upholland (Image Heavy + Drone shots)

    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...
  6. RJMmcr

    Report - St Joseph's seminary, Upholland - July 2019

    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...
  7. cathmxo

    Report - St Josephs Seminary - Upholland - 14/06/2019

    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...
  8. BrainL

    Report - St. Josephs Seminary, Upholland - July 2019

    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...
  9. DustySensorPhotography

    Report - St Joseph's Seminary - Upholland - May 2019

    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...
  10. ginsters

    Report - St Josephs Seminary, Upholland - May 2019 - IMAGE HEAVY

    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...
  11. UrbandonedTeam

    Report - St Joseph's Seminary, Upholland - Oct 18

    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...
  12. xox

    Report - St Josephs Seminary Chapel Upholland, 2018

    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...
  13. bignickb

    Report - St Josephs Seminary, Upholland 0115

    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...
  14. Will Knot

    Report - Crisp Delph Sandstone Mine - UpHolland 2017

    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...
  15. Paradox

    Report - Crisp Delf Mine Upholland Jan 2017

    Crisp Delf Flagstone Mine So a few weeks ago me and @Bigjobs said we'd meet up with @Lavino and go and take a mooch round Crisp Delf. To be fair on the day I was dying from an epic hangover thanks to spending the previous night out in Manchester celebrating@KM_Punks birthday (but that's a...
  16. nico.

    Report - St Josephs Seminary - Upholland (June 2016)

    Not sure why this took me so long to get around to posting, but first the history St Joseph's College was founded in 1880 by Bishop Bernard O'Reilly to be the Seminary serving the North West of England. The college was formally opened in 1883 and was situated in Walthew Park, Upholland, the...
  17. Vulex

    Report - St Josephs Seminary, Upholland, Sept 16

    Upholland college was a catholic seminary (priest-training institute) Built in 1880 and 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 fields, the buildings are flanked with rough-hewn stone. An upper and...
  18. Mr_K

    Report - Report - St Joseph's Seminary, Upholland, Sept 2016

    My first post here but I thought I'd share a few pictures from today's exploring of St Joseph's Seminary in Upholland. History St Joseph's College, is a former Roman Catholic seminary, situated at Walthew Park, Upholland, Lancashire. The foundation of the large building was laid in April 1880...
  19. Funlester

    Report - St. Josephs Seminary, Upholland - March 16 (Re-Visit)

    The Visit - Was a lovely early start just as sunrise happened. Spent about 4 hours in this place again, the weather had not been kind and a lot of wet and grim parts from the last time I went. As we was walking around the outside when we finished we came across a very friendly security man...
  20. Shimmy5305

    Report - St Josephs Seminary, Upholland - April 2016

    Visit with @GRONK Spent a good hour or two here. Lovely building with usually a high security presence but luckily didn't come across any on this particular visit. History - Wiki St Joseph's College was founded in 1880 by Bishop Bernard O'Reilly to be the Seminary serving the North West of...
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