Visited with @Chloe Explores and 2 others.
What a lovely place. I’ve not done much in the way of industrial exploring bu I really loved this, the buildings and equipment left behind are a joy to photograph and I really enjoyed editing these, especially after struggling with a set from a really dark house.
Im not a lover of heights but enjoyed the roof, felt safe up there but I chose not to go up the ladders. We saw some local kids up there who were doing whatever local kids get up to but they left us alone. No problems exploring, a few hazards to be aware of like the lift shaft. In all a great explore and I’m left wanting to do more industrial. And wondering how they did that graffiti.
History -
(borrowed from here and elsewhere)
This was once a joint company of BX and Ilford, running under the name Bexford producing thermal films. It was taken over by ICI at some point in the 1960s and remained operational as ICI Imagedata before being taken over by ITW Imagedata in 2010. ITW Imagedata still operate from the site next door.
ICI Imagedata are one of the few businesses in the world that manufacture consumables for thermal dye-sublimation, electro-photographic and inkjet printing technology..Products range from the latest high-quality papers for the digital imaging market to thermally stabilised films for the fast growing printed electronics sector. Imagedata also works with partners to develop new organic coatings on polymeric films for use in electronics applications.
The factories were built in 1887 and were abandoned in 2007.
The land was going to be used as a railway depot for Greater Anglia but this was cancelled after an inspection of the land revealed that the ground was contaminated from the factory.
What a lovely place. I’ve not done much in the way of industrial exploring bu I really loved this, the buildings and equipment left behind are a joy to photograph and I really enjoyed editing these, especially after struggling with a set from a really dark house.
Im not a lover of heights but enjoyed the roof, felt safe up there but I chose not to go up the ladders. We saw some local kids up there who were doing whatever local kids get up to but they left us alone. No problems exploring, a few hazards to be aware of like the lift shaft. In all a great explore and I’m left wanting to do more industrial. And wondering how they did that graffiti.
History -
(borrowed from here and elsewhere)
This was once a joint company of BX and Ilford, running under the name Bexford producing thermal films. It was taken over by ICI at some point in the 1960s and remained operational as ICI Imagedata before being taken over by ITW Imagedata in 2010. ITW Imagedata still operate from the site next door.
ICI Imagedata are one of the few businesses in the world that manufacture consumables for thermal dye-sublimation, electro-photographic and inkjet printing technology..Products range from the latest high-quality papers for the digital imaging market to thermally stabilised films for the fast growing printed electronics sector. Imagedata also works with partners to develop new organic coatings on polymeric films for use in electronics applications.
The factories were built in 1887 and were abandoned in 2007.
The land was going to be used as a railway depot for Greater Anglia but this was cancelled after an inspection of the land revealed that the ground was contaminated from the factory.
