wool

Another local one for me, knew about it for a long time, even before I got into exploring. Large mills are a rarity down south, so I couldn't not get myself in the biggest in the South West! Would have liked to have done the Tone Works, but short of shimmying across a pipe, there's no way in...

Woollen Mill in North Tawton, Devon. Been posted in the past but nice to see updates. It has been tidied up and site cleared to make way for building works. They have knocked down the site nearest the Gregory Distribution yard and now started building houses. Soon to build more houses and...

People don’t usually associate Devon with woollen cloth production yet in the 1700’s the county was the 3rd richest in England on the back of its cloth trade outranking the textile heartlands of Yorkshire and Lancashire. And why not? Our warmer climes and good grass make for good sheep producing...

Visited back in Early Feb with Mookster and an American Explorer friend, who is over on an educational placement. We had quite a Northern Road Trip planned; with around 18 sites on our list, but sadly did about 4 or 5 over two days. Annoying but that's the nature of this beast! Cellars...

Visited back in Early Feb with Mookster and an American Explorer friend, who is over on an educational placement.   We had quite a Northern Road Trip planned; with around 18 sites on our list, but sadly did about 4 or 5 over two days.  Annoying but that's the nature of this beast! Cellars...

The lads and I had a bit of a get together in Bradford this weekend. Myself and Six, Turkey, Speed, Ojay and Squirrel had a good old knees up with the usual skinful and curried meal, but we did find time to have a bit of a poke about in Wool Country. Sadly with the dire need for greasy food in...

These two wool mills sit on either side of the road in tal-y-bont, a great little explore with loads of machinery and bit's left to see. Disused since 1980, the mill has been untouched and boxes of yarn lay abandoned on the floor of the buildiing.

This jewel is situated in the middle of a small Italian town. We had a very early start which paid off... Pictures where taken in 2014... Enjoy! #1 #2 #3 #4 #5 #6 #7 #8 #9 #10 #11 #12 #13 For fashion victims: Ger more here=&gt...

Still miles behind in posting some reports up, but this was from an small trip to Engerlandshire and Welsheepshugger land between Xmas and New Year. First stop of this particular cold morning was one of two mills I visited. The first is known as Tweed Mill, and access is not the easiest, but a...

Classic stone built mill which went through the usual transition from one firm, to smaller wool firms, to the usual band of random companies including an office furniture dealers. Despite these transitions of uses, much remains from the days of the wool industry. I must say this is one of the...

Yesterday marked the exploration of my 100th textile mill, and as many have done over the past few months I've decided to reflect back over the past decade at some of the sights the textile industry has brought to the table. I've focused on the mills of Lancashire and Yorkshire, although I could...

Little to no history on this one, only what I've managed to piece together myself. There is an area in Bradford called "Little Germany", so called because a number of German merchants took up premises in the area in the early 1900's to take advantage of the bustling wool trade the city once...

First set from me from the Englandshire trip, this particular morning we met up with BadBatz and Drinkinbud at particular Hospital but were quickly spotted by secca, and couldn't find a very easy way in, so decided to head of to try somewhere else. Derp Chapel No. 2 was also not an option...

As I was back in Devon visiting the parents for the weekend, I thought it would be rude if I didn't fit in some exploring time too :D. The history of the mill was covered pretty comprehensively in Collingwood's report from January, so those of you who are interested can read it there :)...

Some time ago I visited this plant together with some other urbexers. Upon looking around we suddenly hear music, and found ourselves in some kind of storage shed... We quickly turned around and stayed at the machine part of the plant. However hearing people talk and the music did get on...