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The History (Credit to @HughieD ) Situated between Cotton Mill Row, Cotton Street and Alma Street, Sheffield, Falcon works were built in the 1930s for light industrial use after the site was cleared as part of a 1931 Clearance Order. Originally standing three storeys tall, the premises were...

Sadly there isn't much left of this place now, it seems like time has taken its tole on the building and its insides. But nether the less, I decided to delve inside and see what is left of this explore. You can check out all my photos from this explore here on my Flickr. Background: Despite...

1. The History Situated between Cotton Mill Row, Cotton Street and Alma Street, Sheffield, Falcon works were built in the 1930's for light industrial use after the site was cleared as part of a 1931 Clearance Order. Originally standing three storeys tall, the premises were reduced to one storey...

As far as explores of Sheffield tool makers go, this place is no George Barnsleys, or even Stanley Tools, but it's still worth a look. In spite of the fact that it's pretty much an empty space I was quite taken with it, prompting me to put some time into researching the history. Falcoln Works...

I've visited this former state hospital site a few times and over the last few years they've torn down a few buildings and unfortunately before I was able to make my first visit the morgue and lab were two of those :(. I wished I'd gotten to see them but alas...I did not. Here are a few photos...

Walker and Woodwood pretty much sums up a typical small Victorian works that made Birmingham the city it is today. The industrial revolution had set the demand for metal ware of every description, and small scale works shot up in their thousands to cater for this demand. The firm manufactured...

First report so I hope all's in order. Drive past this site quite regularly but never got round to checking it out before so thought I’d have a mooch about. The majority of the place is totally gutted and quite a lot of it is fire damaged. I could have sworn there was someone in there with...

It's been the best part of a decade since I started taking photos of derelict industry. Raddog and I began exploring the wilds of the great industrial city of Birmingham without the aid of huge lists of derelict buildings on forums and flickr, we simply hopped in the car and drove round. I...

When Diageo closed down the Johnnie Walker distillery in Glasgow, I was in there like a shot, but when the bottling plant in Kilmarnock closed a bit later it was a trickier nut to crack - I had several goes around the beginning of the year, and got into a few bits of it, but it was very secure...

Part of the old University of Liverpool's engineering department. They moved out a number of years ago and the building remained empty. Now as part of new redevelopment plans within the university the building is being stripped out for refitting as office and laboratory space. An interesting...