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Hello again, Part two of the Solk furniture site. This half of the site is mostly warehouses and storage however there is also a room at the back of the site where it looks like some locals hang out and get up to no good. As you'll see in the photos, getting up to the second level above the...

Hello again, We came across this office and what looked like a partial warehouse in the middle of the SOLK complex from my previous post. Nicholas Deakins are a successful footware designer and manufacturer with locations around the UK. I struggled to find any information on this office or why...

Hello again, This site sits on the west side of Leeds city and has clearly been run down for a long time. It consists of multiple offices, workshops, and warehouses all connected together. This site has a massive variety of areas, and while I've sorted my photos down as much as I can, I'm still...

My exploration of the Highway Flats in Leeds was quite a while ago, but, as life tends to go, other things got in the way... From what I’ve found, these flats were built in the mid-1960s and had been vacant for some time. They’d been marked for demolition for years, and work finally began just...

July 2021 I visited this one with @coolboyslim and @stranton whilst we were in the area, we had no particular plans to visit the Hospital but someone shouted up as we passed it so we pulled over and had a look. Seacroft Hospital came into existence as a result of the nearby St James's Hospital...

SPRINGWELL LEEDS ACADEMY - Leeds, England - June 2020 HISTORY Springwell Leeds is an educational facility part of the Springwell School group. They were established in September 2016, and originally had 6 sites which served the whole of Leeds. They specialise in the education of children and...

ThyssenKrupp Office Building & Industrial Site - Leeds, England - March 2020 HISTORY ThyssenKrupp Woodhead Ltd were the last occupants of an industrial site they used as a coil spring factory, located on Kirkstall Road in Leeds, very close to the viaduct. Before them it was Jonas Woodhead and...

Harewood Castle Ruins Harewood, Leeds Jan 2020. HISTORY: Harewood Castle is a 14th-century stone hall house and courtyard fortress, located on the Harewood Estate, in West Yorkshire, England. The castle was designed to strike a balance between security and comfort: a mixture of convenience and...

History Rose Court building was is situated on the same site and the main senior school Leeds Girls High School building. Rose Court was purchased by the High School in 1912 and before this functioned as a private residence. Built of stone construction in a Georgian design the building...

History The remains of the Monk Bridge Viaduct run parallel to Whitehall Road on the other side of Holbeck. It was originally built as an access route into the old Leeds Central Station, which stood on the site of the Wellington Place office development, and carried the railway over both the...

History London North Western Railway built the viaduct in 1882 to bypass the congested lines leading to the present-day Leeds Station. It's 1,500 yards long and has 82 arches. The track remains on one side of a gate erected by Network Rail. Trains stopped running on the line in 1988, but the...

Explore: Despite relatively easy access this site is neighboring an active airport and a MOD base, although when we went everything was quite and we didn't see anyone I would recommend to stay out of site in this location. The multiple buildings have a handful of items connecting to the...

Explore: little remains inside the building with very few items shining light on the original use of the building. the main attraction left is the level of decay of the building, paint stripping from the walls, water and fire damage etc. not too much else to say about the explore as it was...

Horsforth College or Horsforth Campus was part of Leeds City College until in shut in 2017. I’m not sure when it was built but looks like 1970s and merged with other colleges in 2009 to form Leeds City College. There are playing fields at the front of the college and gardens at the back. Main...

History The station was opened in 1937 and during the Second World War was home to air defense aircraft, a role retained by the station until the 1960s when it became a training station. It closed in 2013 and is now a civilian airfield known as Leeds East Airport. The explore Visited on many...

This is project Underground's 2nd proper explore together! On with the history first! History Opened on the 2nd December, 1857, East Moor Reformatory for Boys was certified to house up to 60 convicted boys. The site was 20 acres, and had cow and pig sheds, shoemakers, smiths, and stables...