History off net.
Pool Park House was once owned by Sir Walter Bagot, a prominent Staffordshire barrister, and was rebuilt in in its current incarnation between 1826-1829 as a residence for the second Lord Bagot. After eventually being sold to the Tate family (of Tate & Lyle), it was...
I was working in Ruthin and it would have been poor form not to drop in and visit the old girl
Pool Park has always been about that staircase and with good reason, it's stunning :mrgreen:
On with the pics
A Nice example of an Edwardian Swimming Baths constructed in 1907-8 - Still keeping mostly original features t
he baths have been closed since 2005 and are a listed building.
Visited solo
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2013:
I believe bastards and thieves have driven this place further into the ground :mad: :mad: :mad:
2011:
So kicking off a few urbexes with another epic Welsh adventure with the mrs. Set in the lovely valleys of North Wales, Pool Park is a lovely mooch. We spent a good few hours in here...
2013:
No trace remains. This is now a temporary tarmac car park.
2011:
The Explore
Well, Well Well. This has been a tough one, I have wanted to explore this one ever since I started out in urbex two years ago, but it has been as tight as a nuns ever since a controversial video filmed in...
Another installment of Englandshire road trip Scattergun and I embarked on. This Asylum wasn't even on our list until the night before when we are were deciding what to have a look at. A very quick muggle search and we the one shot made the decision for us. So off we set at 5am (needless to...
It's grim up North!
Myself, Drinkinbud and the Beardyemukidwhotagsalong went for a mooch around this mill, we've all passed, either discounted it, it was tight or more recently full of pikeys with diggers?!?!?!!? Comedy of the day involved drinkinbud complaining that he liked southern places...
Splored with spongebob :P :
The place has been pretty well trashed & a far cry from previous the reports
Even though well trashed was glad we poked our heads in all the same :thumb
Cheers SK :)
Heres my contribution toward the pool of doom, been so completely and mindlessly trashed, great shame :(
Visited with Space Invader, Obscurity, Wevsky and Jade, History of sorts covered in previous threads so onto the Pics ;
The only "Happy" thing left :eek:
Nice little...
Couldn't find a lot of history on this place apart from an episode of Mr bean was filmed here and it closed down last year.
visited with wevsky, obscurity and Silver Rainbow
on with the pics ...
thanks for looking :beer:
A early morning drive and after a sizeable mcdonalds we headed up to hayes to check out rph's mr beans pool..it is indeed trashed broken glass city..This site was closed and a new one built..since then the kids have broken every window and indeed emptied pots of paint down the slope into the...
Went in it was day light came out in darkness......well been looking at this place for some time 1 slip on the way in and you would be skewered on't railings..... hell it stinks in ere of pigeon crap......then got attacked by a flying rat before we set up for pic's......
Down into the cellar...
The Ramsgate Marina Bathing Pool was first opened in 1935 and come to a close an amazing 50years later. This one of the largest outdoor bathing areas in the UK and was a huge attraction for visitors to Ramsgate. The marina swimming pool is now nothing more than a large bleak car park which the...