“There's an old mantra in Urban Exploring circles, Everywhere is worth exploring, not everything is worth reporting - and Selborne Brickworks fell pretty close to that rule.”
“The Golden Valley Mill in Bitton has been a part of the village since the early 18th Century, and started life as a brass works.”
“The brickwork was black and the torchlight from all three of us was being sucked up by the darkness.”
“The tunnels are a glorified basement, but what a basement it is! Running under the entire site some of the tunnels were as long as the eye could see”
“The depot was built in 1939 as a fuel & oil terminal during the war. It was last used in the mid-nineties and remains on the 'reserve' list”
“As we emerged in to the main manufacturing area of Tone Works, our mouths just dropped in awe”
“The structure is quite magnificent, vast in fact. We made our way to the top floor and found the piéce de résistance, the winding machines and other remaining equipment.”
“All in all not the best explore, but an explore nonetheless and wherever there's flaky paint and the stench of rotting pigeons, I'm there!”
“With the graffiti and sheer carnage aside, there's still some nice features and machinery in place at Bourton”
“There's still a lot of nice workings on the upper levels. Floors are very scary in places and if you're visiting, be really careful!”
“From the 1950s through to the 1970s, it was the largest facility of its type in Europe and the design, experimentation and testing at Pyestock helped to usher in the jet age”
