Urban Adventure

RAF Stenigot operated as a WW2 Radar station from 1940 until 1959. Apparently it was in 1959 that three of the masts were dismantled and replaced with these distinctive parabolic dishes, when it was redeveloped as a Nato communications relay station.
After advances in microwave communications technology the facility became redundant. It closed in the early [...]

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Visited this Roc Bunker near Donington on Bain (thanks for directions DBS)

After reading about how this site had looked in good nic and then got trashed, Syme and I decided to have a spring clean down there and it sprussed up quite nicely.

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RAF Binbrook is a huge site. Its confusing though as some of it is in use and some of it isn’t and discerning what is and isn’t takes a bit of time. The older buildings are definately disused and in a terrible state too. Masonry and paster fallen. What were once so beautiful now in [...]

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I was really pleased by this explore. We hadn’t been expecting much of interest here really, some empty classrooms perhaps, but went down for a gander seeing as its local and we hadn’t been before…..
Surprise surprise it actually turned out to be a top place (well in my opinion anyway) and we spent a good [...]

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I went to check out this rather delightful mill in Wolverhampton. There are some absolutely awesome sections. It seems to go up and up and up forever. I personally really liked the basement with its dark dank delights and supurb lighting. There is still some considerable machinary in the place.

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Powered by DM PhotoAlbums™Full ScreenThis was a mega mega characteristic and unspoilt factory site that I gained entry to in Wolverhampton a little while ago. I’d seen it and gone for a snoop. Dystopia accompanied me.
It used to be part of the complex called SUNBEAMLAND. The Sunbeam motorcycles were made here from 1887 to 1937.

The [...]

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