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The world at our feet - The Battersea Power Station Chimney Climb

January 5th, 2009 · 12 Comments

 
On the South Bank of the river Thames, Battersea Power Station stands proud over London. Over a city that it once powered. From the houses of parliament to the south western suburbs. Four huge white chimneys set against a dark clear night. A beckoning climb…

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Tags: Adventurous Explores · Angel's Blog · Rooftop Locations · Southern England · Topside Locations · a contact: angel@urbanadventure.co.uk

Angel of the North Climb

August 7th, 2008 · 6 Comments

Powered by DM PhotoAlbums™Full ScreenTravelled up to the North East to climb this icon - with Stepping Lightly. Sine.Cura also travelled up to record the climb photographically.

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Tags: Adventurous Explores · Angel's Blog · North East England · Rooftop Locations · a contact: angel@urbanadventure.co.uk

Bhalang Cinema - Dodge City, N.E India

March 6th, 2008 · 2 Comments

It was raining in Dodge. Dodge City -Lad Rymbai- a northern frontier town in a Northern State in India. . The Jaintia Hills,  home to migrant labour from Bangladesh all coming to work the mines. Lad Rymbai is not a place to be walking alone at night. Its like a wildwest a township out [...]

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Tags: Angel's Blog · International · Rooftop Locations · Topside Locations

How Nottingham Odeon was won!

February 2nd, 2008 · 3 Comments

So many people had talked the talk about gaining access and looking around this place, but nobody had actually walked the walk. Scott, Rookinella and I  went down to have am initial look.

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Tags: Angel's Blog · Midlands · Rooftop Locations · Topside Locations

SUFC - Rooftop, daytime visit

January 25th, 2008 · 2 Comments

 
Snappel and I made our way to the roof of SUFC to do a rooftop explore in the day.
We thought we’d get a good look whilst everyone was preoccupied with the match, SUFC were playing away.  It was a great excuse to take someone else up here to enjoy the view.

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Tags: Adventurous Explores · Angel's Blog · Rooftop Locations · Yorkshire and Humberside

Tinsley Towers Climb - Right here - right now

January 20th, 2008 · 6 Comments

So Sheffields famous Tinsley Towers are to be demolished? Not without me climbing them first their not!!

Snappel and I went for a visit to the Tinsley Towers. He was on an urbex tour of Sheffield and they are a landmark to be seen. Well when we got there and there was a ladder [...]

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Tags: Adventurous Explores · Angel's Blog · Rooftop Locations · Yorkshire and Humberside

‘Oddball’ one of the last of the Opencast ‘walking’ Draglines

January 18th, 2008 · No Comments

This is a great opencast dragline that we went to have a look at. Quite an imposing peice of machinery!
 

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Tags: Angel's Blog · Rooftop Locations · Yorkshire and Humberside

Get Carter Car Park, Gateshead

January 10th, 2008 · 1 Comment

This car park is one of those iconic 1960s buildings made of concrete that is both adored and abhorred! Buildings like these seem all to rarely to be saved. It was designed by Owen Luder.

I wanted to visit it empty and desolate, before it got pulled down (due February 2008). I [...]

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Tags: Angel's Blog · North East England · Rooftop Locations · Topside Locations

Sheffield United Football Ground - Rooftop explore

December 27th, 2007 · No Comments

Many of you who know me will know that its been an ambition of mine to do a roof top explore of a professional football club for sometime.
…where better place to start than "The Blades"?? I ask you!
 

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Tags: Adventurous Explores · Rooftop Locations · Yorkshire and Humberside

Park Hill Streets in the Sky - Sheffield

December 26th, 2007 · 4 Comments

Powered by DM PhotoAlbums™Full ScreenThis is a landmark Sheffield building and its both loved and loathed!! Park hill is a notorious housing complex – abandoned. Passing by I looked up at its huge complex. I have desired to record its demise and rebirth.

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Tags: Rooftop Locations · Topside Locations · Yorkshire and Humberside