birmingham

Seems as if the tour bus is in town, and I'm the last off:D The History: I'm sure everyone knows already, and most people won't bother reading (I wouldn't blame you) but have some history anyway.. The hospital closed in 2012 upon completion of the new Queen Elizabeth Hospital. Relocation of...

Just one of those places i had to go and see for myself... copy n' paste history courtesy of historic england HISTORY: The Second Birmingham Improvement Act of 1861 cleared the way for the redevelopment of Colmore Row. The Great Western Railway had built Snow Hill Station in 1853, close by...

Selly Oak Hospital The Explore An early start as always, setting off from Lincoln about 04:45am and arrived at the first location of the day a couple of hours and a lay-by poo later. Met with Fatpanda and Raz and made for our access, good to meet you guys. Narrowly avoided a couple of secca...

Hit these up with slayaa and someone else who i dont think is on here a couple months back, i had already been up once but it was lashing it down so didnt get many pics first time round. Slayaa and an accomplice were in the area so we moseyed on up, the first few are from five ways roundabout in...

I wrote this up a few months back but thought i would share it on oblivion as well as its got a two of my favourite pics that i have taken since i have been taking photos of explores, first person to guess which two gets a jaffa cake. First things first, the place is BUGGERED, anything and...

Lovely art deco cinema tucked away in sunny south brum, this was the second time i tried this place, first time was a fail but its not too far from me so it was only a matter of time until it happened. pain in the bum of a place to light up, light comes tearing through the few windows that are...

So 2014 ended rather well exploring wise for me. Last day exploring of the year and I cracked this, the fails later didn't really matter :P History blatantly stolen from Wikipedia: The Grand Hotel is a Grade ii listed hotel in the city centre of Birmingham. The hotel occupies the greater part...

Another from my extensive backlog of smaller industrial sites, and a very rare solo jaunt for me as my companion managed to injure his ankle a bit in GKN earlier in the day so wasn't feeling up to it. Located next to the River Tame in the Witton area of Birmingham the waterworks closed down a...

This is my second visit to this site, to some it will maybe be a little boring due to being a building site, but for me its a heavenly place. I just love seeing these big projects take form, and usually there's a great up high fix for added sexiness. sorry about the quality of some shots, the...

Originally, gas was only used for lighting for a few hours at the start and end of each day. Storing gas was the solution to make it over a longer period. The first gas holders were a “bell†floating in a tank of water. Calibration marks were used to show on the floating bell showed...

This is my third visit and the third time I'm not happy with the pictures but an hour for dinner doesn't really give much time to explore a site and get decent pictures :( The site over the road is now completely flat but the reports of this side being demolished are a bit exaggerated

This one has been on the list for a while but I've always overlooked it until this visit The site is big, really big and from above ground there is no sign of what lies below I only spent an hour underground so I'll be heading back soon for a revisit :D

Great explore with SK, Lara, Troglodtye and Peach After exploring some tunnels that would of took a match at one point to replicate a scene from backdraft ;) we decided to try a cinema, after enquiring with some car washing guys how much a mini valet was we decided the best way to approach...

I popped down a couple of weeks ago without my camera and decided to pop back down (Technically I'm on 1 - 10 so this is a dinner hour visit) The entry is starting to get a bit dodgy, someone has gone through one of the bottom steps and one of the steps higher up started to crumble below my foot...

Took a trip with MrAltitude, Shadow, Sophietherat, Gig and Cogitoi. Great to meet new people! Was a really enjoyable night, stood around on the roof for about 15minutes gobsmacked from the view over the city. had a slight scare when a copper chopper flew over head, was a good laugh :mrgreen...