Urban Exploring Videos

Here is what Lancaster Moor Lunatic Asylum looks like in 2016.

I was in Lancaster checking out St George's Works Mill (Report Here)

Whilst I was in Lancaster, I thought I may as well have a little look at the Lancaster Moor Lunatic Asylum site, I was expecting it to be nothing but a completely converted building into some new modern apartments but they've retained the exterior very well!

 

 

 

Stratford Central (33 fl)

I've been following the progress on the new developments in Stratford for quite a while now. Stratford Central topped out quite a while ago, but they had just erected a luffing crane on top of the core. About a day after it was put up, I had plans. I headed over there around sunset the next day. I immediately got in. Access was piss easy. 33 floors of stairs and I was presented with the crane. There were sooooo many people outside of the tube station and all over Westfield, but I still decided to climb the jib (no hi-vis necessary). I kept looking down and seeing masses of people. I swear somebody MUST have seen me? The sunset looked amazing over the Olympic Park. I took a few pictures, and then made my way back down. After reaching the base of the core, I made a swift and easy exit and put on a jacket. I clocked in at 24 minutes total spent in the site. Pretty decent compared to some other daytime climbs I've done. As I was walking over to the tube station I noticed a few policemen pointing up at the crane looking baffled. I don't think they were there for me, but still.

Anyways, here are two repetitive pictures I took at the top:

DyingLlama

 

Opened in 1900 in Banchory, Scotland, this abandoned sanatorium was originally called Nordrach on Dee Hospital. Designed for the long term care of tuberculosis patients (many of whom never left alive) before the introduction of antibiotics, the hospital was converted into a luxury hotel after TB died down, taking on the name Glen O’Dee.

The now abandoned building was requisitioned for military use as a billet for troops during World War Two and once again became an infectious diseases hospital when Aberdeen was struct by a typhoid epidemic during the 1960s. Finally serving as a care home for the elderly, the originalGlen O’Dee Hospital buildings finally closed in 1998 when a new purpose-built complex opened on the site. The abandoned sanatorium has fallen into increasing decay over the past 15-years, despite featuring on the BBC programme ‘Restoration’.

 

Greetings,

Here is a video featuring some photos from my trip to ROF Featherstone, Ammunition Filling Factory NO.7

The place is beyond repair and is a complete tip, i am aware the site will be turned into a housing estate.

I hope you all enjoy.

P.S. Its in 4K

 

Did this site with @Tk.z.t and @PatientTheory . Took a while to get in the site and navigate around to find the right building/crane. The crane did not seem very sturdy for how tall it was, and when I climbed the jib it started swaying back and forth. Good times! Check the video.

 

Heres my exploration video at ROF Featherston, Factory Noº7

 

Hi, I wasn't sure if this would be the relevant thread, but I made a stop motion/hand drawn animation using my photography from various abandoned locations as the backgrounds (Hartwood Asylum, Whittingham Asylum, Denbigh Asylum, Thornton Fever Hospital, etc.)

I also built a set to resemble an abandoned room in an asylum. The film was inspired by the histories of the old asylums and various patients' stories. I wanted to capture the atmosphere of the locations in the animation.

Hope you enjoy!

 

Despite only being 85m this site has amazing views over London. It's also very architecturally appealing and has really nice cladding. Really happy I was able to get the crane done. I have done it twice for sunset now, and then once right after sunset to climb the crane. If you haven't done it, for fuck's sake, do it. Definitely my favourite construction site in London at the moment. Check the vid.

Thanks for looking,
DyingLlama