cement plant

Pass this site quite often on the way home from work, have always thought about giving it a try and had planned the route in however had considered the site too far gone to prioritise plus it has been done to death in various stages of its lifecycle on the forums over the years. Didn’t think...

Like a few others here, we took advantage of some sunny late afternoons at the end of September for a couple of visits to the old Cemex works in Barrington, Cambs. The site was mothballed in 2008, with demolition starting in 2012. The hordings are now up, and heavy machinery ready to get started...

Established in 1918 this site replaced a former site to the west, the works provided and processed components required for making cement. In 1927 a "Light" railway was constructed to connect the site to the Cambridge region of the GreatNorthern and Great Eastern Mainline, the railway allowed for...