Upper Heyford Water Tower – June 2014
Having explored much of this disused/part used USAF base in Oxfordshire with my good friend TBM; and since its all being torn down and redeveloped, including peoples homes which the RAF built for the USAF in the 1960s, and we have explored much of it...
2013:
I believe this is up for demo.
2011:
So not having urbexed for MONTHS :-(, I got to do the Skyking, which is something I'd been meaning to do for a while. We had a guided tour round the place with a very knowledgeable man who has worked at Heyford for 36 years!
The Skyking was first...
2013:I believe they are in the process of demo now.
2010:
Ok, so we all know about this place and its been done to death! But here is a selection of my eventful day last week!
Originally opened as an RAF base in 1918, Heyford was passed on to the USAF, where it became a kind of “Mini...
And so we return to one of my very first locations, nearly 4 years after my first visit.
Various plans had been hatched in the last couple of years to find a way to see this again, as very soon after my first visit the old - and only - access was comprehensively sealed. But news of the coming...
I am surprised this hasnt been reported on before to be honest,so if you are familiar with it then my appologies.. :lol:
Wee bit of history:
Opened as an air base in 1918,taken over in the early 50`s by the Americans,this was the home to the F1-11`s till closure late 1994.Now a Heritage...
Love the spelling
Foyer area
Cheap seats
From the stage
The sound system..honest
Seats
Viewed from the projection room end
Ticket office
From the inside
Cool kit
Backstage
Date stamp
Well,that was SkyKing folks..nothing much really but one to tick off
Opened it 1927,the Former RAF flying corps club passed into the hands of the Americans who added the last modern bar called Jandys.The living areas were quite respectable and the ballroom held host to big name stars.Closing along with base in 1994,the building quickly suffered from the damp,so a...
I visited this 3 years back, only had point n shoot camera at the time and hadn't realized that it could do 60 second exposures so have been meaning to go back for a revisit to get some pics, Visited with Space Invader and Dan H.
A brief bit of History ;
These tunnels have served many...
The second find within the woods was larger and in several layers.
Owners and tenants of the mill have included,
Abraham Whitehead (17??-18??) Cotton spinner at Upper Lumb Mill 1805, In 1811, he operated 2880 spindles. His son was also named Abraha.
Abraham Whitehead (son of the above), He...
After a planned visit to the winchelsea tunnels that failed to happen, myself, snaphappi and a friend from london had a play about in upper oil mills.
sparkle man_HDR by dualster, on Flickr
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Right putting the past few days events behind me myself and Unclebulgaria who unfortunately left his battery behind decided to visit both upper and lower oil mills..now I know there is in the lower so i was told a Victorian oil/fuel tank a large one as for digging for hours ignoring all previous...
the upper and lower oil mills are a horse shoue shape and have had many usages built before 19th century they were used to store oil in and as air rade shelters in the war this report is for both upper and lower as i took so many pictures i cant differetiate between them
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