Information - Royal York Hotel, Ryde, Isle of wight

[iwben]

hi folks just a heads up, if you have any thoughts on visiting the Royal York Hotel in Ryde on the Isle of Wight then id avoid it for the moment, a group of urban explorers were caught in there by police last night

https://www.iwcp.co.uk/news/17313802.five-people-caught-trespassing-in-unoccupied-ryde-building/
https://www.islandecho.co.uk/urban-explorers-caught-inside-royal-york-hotel/

shame they were caught as it would be nice to see some current photos from inside there but im wondering if what gave them away was the one person mentioned who turned off the wifi inside the building

regards
ben

 

[Exploring with Andy]

Or, just do a good job it - i.e. not going at 10pm waving torches around for the YouTube video.

 

[iwben]

normally id agree but from what I understand there have been lights on in there constantly for a few weeks now so dont think it was torches

 

[albino-jay]

Lovely bit of Art Deco that

 

[b3n]

There is a WiFi linked security camera, same in the Grand in Sandown, so that would be why WIFI was turned off. It would seem there is also a silent alarm however. Complete over reaction, 5 police cars turned up within 5 mins of it going off and spent 45mins with a dog unit searching before they found anyone. Handcuffed and arrested for burglary then un-arrested 10 mins later.