Urban Adventure

I spied this place  in October 2006, this was before I knew that Dweeb had already explored it. Its looks like a large black shed on the other side of Meadowhall. Since Dweebs visit in July 2006, this place has been locked down and nobody to me knowledge has been back.

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This building started out life as the HQ of Reyrolle who were a local tyneside based company making electrical generators, turbines and switch gear for power stations across the world.  
 

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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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Once upon a time, we went exploring and found a 1940’s underground vault.
I mean there you are one minute wondering down an underground drainage passage, admiring the brickwork and the pondlife and the suddenly up above you there is a beckoning climb. Well - who wouldn’t want to see what was up there?
     

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The reason I’ve ‘come out’ with this site is because its being  destroyed. Sometimes you visit a place and its in such good nick that you don’t think its worth advertising or promoting, not because you don’t want other people to see it but because you don’t want it destroyed.
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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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St Ebbas was one of those explores where things are just fun. From the moment we arrived a series of comedy moments was to be had.
It started when the mental patient that Zippy had warned me about showed up outside our car. Wearing a bright red jersey he lunged towards us in staggering steps.
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This was all that there was left of Middlewood Asylum and this was even being redone inside when I visited. The clockfaces were long gone, but there was a wonderful spiral staircase and the clear blue sky meant I was able to get some excellent high contrast shots.

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

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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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