waterworks

1. The History The history about this place is rather scant, but then again, hardly surprising as it’s a fairly small place in the grand scheme of things. Beautifully located in the Peak District in Derbyshire, just outside of Buxton, the pumping plant was built by The Buxton Corporation Water...

Not the most exciting of places, it’s pretty trashed after being derelict for many years. But it was still an interesting wander over the Christmas period, I don’t get out exploring much now, so was nice to stretch the legs over the Christmas period on a very grey and cold day. It did have a few...

A water turbine powered water pumping station, one of only a handful in the UK (as was). It’s quite similar to the one at Crumpwood, if not as pretty (report # 2). It pumped river water which had been purified by filtering through beds of sand to a reservoir on a nearby hill, whence it flowed...

A lazy sunny early summer afternoon/early evening checking a couple of local sites with no success (one sealed, one had the sudden appearance of two workers from a next door business which put us off), and with time on our hands I remembered I had wanted to check this place out again after it...

Introduction An exploring friend on Facebook visited this earlier this year and he kindly provided me with some information about it and I finally had a chance to check it out after being in the area for the 28 Days Later meet. Information & History Located in close proximity to Dowdeswell...

This small water treatment works was built in 1957 to treat water from Stanley Moor reservoir. It's a typical small works using Alum as a coagulant, filtration and chlorine dosing. The reservoir was built on a geological fault-line causing problems with leakage and the capacity of the reservoir...

Introduction This was one of many sites me and @JakeV50 visited on our recent trip across the border. We didn’t know what to expect with this one, having only seen an external image. Certainly not the most exciting find with lots of graffiti, but the interior is undocumented online so felt it...

June 2018 The Visit Version 1: I embarked on a solitary adventure to this place on a delightful June day. The structure itself appeared rather petite, so my visit lasted only about 20 minutes. The water works facility is concealed from the bustling main road, located on a steep embankment...

Having spent a week with the family in a lodge over the Christmas period, eaten my own body weight in mince pies and brandy butter I needed to get out for some peace/quiet/exercise. The area local to where I was staying didn't have much in the way of explores that I hadn't already done so this...

Introduction This is one of a few places that myself and @V50jake visited on our trip to Wales at the beginning of May. I’ve driven past this a few times before not paying much attention to it as it looked like an old farm building or derpy house, but we decided to take a closer look and as it...

A follow-up to my previous post - the old waterworks. This place was quite a bit more interesting than the new part. A ton of mould on the walls and old-style control panels - everything nice to look at. And the lighting wasn't completely shit. Anyways, I know basically nothing about the history...

One from our recent half-day trip. After an unsuccessful attempt to get inside a power plant, we visited this location - old waterworks, which have been abandoned for a few years. I don't know much about them - there is an old part, which I'll post in a separate thread, and a newer, modern one...

It's been a while since I shot any photography at all and even longer since I did any urban exploration around an abandoned location. So this morning in the thick fog I decided to take a trip to Redmires Reservoir and the abandoned waterworks I'd spotted on an urbexer's website. I wasn't sure...

Kinder Waterworks The Kinder Water Treatment Works near Glossop, has stood derelict for more than 20 years but has now been put on the market by United Utilities. im unsure if this has yet been sold It was originally built in 1912 to filter the water from Kinder Reservoir before it was piped...

I visited this place with my usual two friends on what was a horrible sleety grey freezing morning. Not a lot to the building really, just your standard water treatment plant. Seems to be a lot this way. It's been stripped of anything value. But it still has some nice tanks and plenty of nice...