Report - Phoenix Mill, Huddersfield - 2018

[oxygen police]

Phoenix Mill

History - in 1860 the mill was built, it had a long and prosperous life as a woollen mill, it contained lots of carding machines and some looms, production ceased in 2015.

The explore was unbelievable, it contained the most amount of looms I've personally seen. The storage area looked very new... which is a shame because i prefer the wooden floor old storage areas rather to the new crappy looking 2014 ones (still unbelievable) we didn't take many pictures which is a shame as the mill deserves more... definitely a re-visit needs to happen!

I'm still amazed by how many machines are in there and so is @TheFoxyOne, he joined me on the explore and begged me to put him in the thread which i don't mind

Anyway here are some pictures:

Nice derp that, cheers oxygen police

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[oxygen police]

forgot to add this picture - sorry!​

 

[Idle Hands]

Looks good Not sure I’ve seen this one before

 

[clebby]

Nice one mate!

 

[host]

Cracking report don’t think I have seen this one before.

 

[dweeb]

Interesting to see a more modern take on textile production.
We're the looms foreign?

 

[Bugsuperstar]

Yeah that’s very nice!

 

[Paulxsplore]

After wondering round for two hours we @Esoteric Eric and Henry a none member we found fuck all apart from a refurbished mill.....

 

[Fudge]

After wondering round for two hours we @Esoteric Eric and Henry a none member we found fuck all apart from a refurbished mill.....

It's not actually called Phoenix Mill. Coincidentally there is a Phoenix Mill in Huddersfield though, which I imagine you have walked around.

 

[Paulxsplore]

It's not actually called Phoenix Mill. Coincidentally there is a Phoenix Mill in Huddersfield though, which I imagine you have walked around.

Yeah was lovely. Priced a new sofa up had a burger King. Walk down canal. On point. Lol.

 

[tweek]

A bit of gamesmanship going on here.

I'm not certain, but this is probably Spring Grove Mill in Clayton West. The company here didn't cease trading in 2015 though, and the bare bones attempt at a history would be wrong.

I think it's a safe bet say this is still a ln operational mill seeing as all the lights are on, but, other than that, the attempts of the OP to conceal the whereabouts is working on me.

Although quite modern, it does look like a pretty decent one. If we can get a photographer in there that'd be great, so ant help from OP would be fab.

 

[mookster]

Spring Grove Mills is occupied by a company called Phoenox (not Phoenix!) Textiles which is still operational.

There was a large fire in some trailers outside their factory just last year: https://www.examiner.co.uk/news/west-yorkshire-news/textiles-companys-owners-react-huge-12919655

 

[Cloth Head]

Looks like a live mill

 

[little_ boy_explores]

A bit of gamesmanship going on here.

I'm not certain, but this is probably Spring Grove Mill in Clayton West. The company here didn't cease trading in 2015 though, and the bare bones attempt at a history would be wrong.

I think it's a safe bet say this is still a ln operational mill seeing as all the lights are on, but, other than that, the attempts of the OP to conceal the whereabouts is working on me.

Although quite modern, it does look like a pretty decent one. If we can get a photographer in there that'd be great, so ant help from OP would be fab.

It's one of Z Hinchcliffe's about a mile or two down the road from C/W... we've attempted the derelict part a few times (this is the working modern building to the side of the old mill)

 

[tweek]

A mile or two? What, in Denby Dale? Scissett? What's it called?

Either way it's live and not a derp.

What the hell was going on with that Birr' Mill post too? Stupidest named report ever. Don't understand.