First report on here, and I am not a photographer, but enjoy the explore and like to take photos. This report is a little less factual, as I have not seen it on here. I was going to do a well known explore with long report, but opted for this as my first report. As a newbie, I thought Id share a fairly unexplored site. Forgive me for standard of photos and report. I hope to get better in time.
I have not found a lot of history on this place. However what little I did find proved interesting.
Founded in 1447 by john Kempe, the Archbishop of York, as a college for the training of priests. It then changed hands in 1894, the school moved to new premises. It was used for many things. Then in 2005 it was again changed to an animal testing centre, til its closure in 2009. It was brought in 2015 with plans to redevelop the land into houses.
The explore was early evening, and started with a wary walk along a quiet road. As I approached the centre, I was presented with a very tall gate to climb. Once over the gate the enormous building presented dilemmas as to where to enter. This building is 5 storeys high, and several buildings on site. I opted for the main building round the back, as no way could I explore this place on one visit.
I was inside for maybe an hour, when cops turned up, but staying still and with such a big building they had no idea where I was, so left within 15 mins without entering the building. Probably too much of a challenge for them to find anyone in this huge site, and also not knowing how many people were in there, or what they would encounter.
Good luck for me though
Stairs at the front
entrance
One of the long corridors on 2nd floor
Entrance to one of the labs
Another long corridor on 3rd floor
And another
Entering Microbiology
Some sort of incubator maybe in microbiology
Still in Microbiology
In the basement now, no idea what this room was
Warning on door, so what do you do, enter of course
Just a load of electrical boxes
Store cupboard in basement
Still in corridors in basement
Corridor still in basement that lead to a lot of rooms in darkness
Well that was my first explore at this place. Pretty eerie in places. Next visit will try and get some upper floor photos. Many office upstairs were locked. Sorry photos not very good. As I said im not a photographer, but I enjoy the explore, the history and the mystery.
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I have not found a lot of history on this place. However what little I did find proved interesting.
Founded in 1447 by john Kempe, the Archbishop of York, as a college for the training of priests. It then changed hands in 1894, the school moved to new premises. It was used for many things. Then in 2005 it was again changed to an animal testing centre, til its closure in 2009. It was brought in 2015 with plans to redevelop the land into houses.
The explore was early evening, and started with a wary walk along a quiet road. As I approached the centre, I was presented with a very tall gate to climb. Once over the gate the enormous building presented dilemmas as to where to enter. This building is 5 storeys high, and several buildings on site. I opted for the main building round the back, as no way could I explore this place on one visit.
I was inside for maybe an hour, when cops turned up, but staying still and with such a big building they had no idea where I was, so left within 15 mins without entering the building. Probably too much of a challenge for them to find anyone in this huge site, and also not knowing how many people were in there, or what they would encounter.
Good luck for me though
Stairs at the front
entrance
One of the long corridors on 2nd floor
Entrance to one of the labs
Another long corridor on 3rd floor
And another
Entering Microbiology
Some sort of incubator maybe in microbiology
Still in Microbiology
In the basement now, no idea what this room was
Warning on door, so what do you do, enter of course
Just a load of electrical boxes
Store cupboard in basement
Still in corridors in basement
Corridor still in basement that lead to a lot of rooms in darkness
Well that was my first explore at this place. Pretty eerie in places. Next visit will try and get some upper floor photos. Many office upstairs were locked. Sorry photos not very good. As I said im not a photographer, but I enjoy the explore, the history and the mystery.
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