Gorton Villa Towers - Manchester
Situated on Gorton Villa Walk, the old location for the filming of the tv series 'Shameless' stand these two high rise 1960's tower blocks.
Devoid of any discernible character from the outside, things don't improve too much on the inside, with floor upon floor of vandal ravaged flats, and one or two intriguingly well fortified 'locked' doors.
Remnants of previous occupants litter every floor, and the only noise is one of the gentle chirp of the still active fire alarm system.
Still, we press on upwards with the hope of what could be an impressive view over Greater Manchester...We were not dissapointed.
Visited with noodlethesis, and followed by a night-time trip with a non member, big shout to Tom Sherman for the original info
Looking back at the other tower, centre of shot is St Benedicts, which is now Manchester climbling centre
A suprisingly wobbly mobile phone mast, the highest point of the towers and a cracking view
Ventilation system in the foreground and Beetham tower and City centre on the horizon
Centre left is an active tower block, and just down to the right is the old set of shameless
Oh dear, best not go in there..that man's shouting at us
Oh well, I never was a good listener anyway, this is the huge winch machinery for the lift
I was feeling a little warm , but this is just ridiculous
Well as I didn't take any chair shots..here's the obligatory number 28 shot, the door was locked :mad
This little lot was in a squat within the flats, along with telly, ps2, filthy mags and all sorts of random shite
We stumbled upon a child's bedroom (that doesn't sound good) hope the little chap moved somewhere nice
This made me smile
Rooftop garden ?
Looking over St Benedicts towards the City centre with the train depot to the right
Looking down onto the old shameless estate, almost entirely boarded up, almost
Towards City centre and Beetham tower (again)
Situated on Gorton Villa Walk, the old location for the filming of the tv series 'Shameless' stand these two high rise 1960's tower blocks.
Devoid of any discernible character from the outside, things don't improve too much on the inside, with floor upon floor of vandal ravaged flats, and one or two intriguingly well fortified 'locked' doors.
Remnants of previous occupants litter every floor, and the only noise is one of the gentle chirp of the still active fire alarm system.
Still, we press on upwards with the hope of what could be an impressive view over Greater Manchester...We were not dissapointed.
Visited with noodlethesis, and followed by a night-time trip with a non member, big shout to Tom Sherman for the original info
Looking back at the other tower, centre of shot is St Benedicts, which is now Manchester climbling centre
A suprisingly wobbly mobile phone mast, the highest point of the towers and a cracking view
Ventilation system in the foreground and Beetham tower and City centre on the horizon
Centre left is an active tower block, and just down to the right is the old set of shameless
Oh dear, best not go in there..that man's shouting at us
Oh well, I never was a good listener anyway, this is the huge winch machinery for the lift
I was feeling a little warm , but this is just ridiculous
Well as I didn't take any chair shots..here's the obligatory number 28 shot, the door was locked :mad
This little lot was in a squat within the flats, along with telly, ps2, filthy mags and all sorts of random shite
We stumbled upon a child's bedroom (that doesn't sound good) hope the little chap moved somewhere nice
This made me smile
Rooftop garden ?
Looking over St Benedicts towards the City centre with the train depot to the right
Looking down onto the old shameless estate, almost entirely boarded up, almost
Towards City centre and Beetham tower (again)
All in all a very enjoyable little explore, there is more to see...but I'll keep that one till next time
Thanks for looking
