Battersea Power Station, London
There are a handful of ‘iconic’ sites within the UK exploring community. I could talk to you for hours about some of the truly great
Barrow Hospital, Bristol
A return to the first real site I explored. Barrow Hospital opened in the late 1930s as an expansion to the overcrowded Bristol City Asylum,
Tone Vale Hospital, Taunton
Founded in 1892 and built in 1897 Tone Vale was originally named Somerset and Bath Asylum, then Tone Vale Asylum and finally Tone Vale Hospital.
St Lawrences Asylum, Bodmin
Orginally known as ‘Cornwall County Asylum’ it was founded in 1815 at Westheath Avenue, Bodmin and became known as St Lawrence’s Hospital under the National
Stoke Damerel High School For Girls, Plymouth
The Stoke Damerel Secondary School for Girls was founded in August 1926, when the Plymouth Local Education Authority transferred the girls from Regent Street Central
Cherry Knowle Asylum, Sunderland
Sunderland County Borough began construction of its own asylum during 1893, completed in 1895. The site chosen consisted of sloping land outside the village of
Cane Hill Asylum, 3rd Surrey County Lunatic Asylum, Coulsdon
Cane Hill Asylum will maybe remembered not as one the most famous of the county asylums but certainly one of the most interesting. From a
Severalls Hospital, Colchester
Severalls Hospital, (or Severalls Asylum as its was originally known) Colchester, opened in 1913 for 1800 patients. It is based on the “echelon plan”, which
West Park Hospital, Epsom
West Park Hospital or ‘West Park Asylum’ as it is more commonly called was founded in 1912 & competed by 1924. West Park was the
Robert Fletcher & Son Ltd – Greenfield, Oldham
Sometimes refereed to as ?Fletchers mill? or ?Fletchers Paper Mill? this mill sits tucked away in the valleys of east Oldham as if one day