Littlebrook D Power Station
Another urbex first, and one of my favourites this one
Littlebrook is on the Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD) opt out list
At the time we visited the station was still connected to the grid and in commercial operation as it continued to wind down it's remaining 10,000 hours of electricity production
The site was one of a number of stations throughout the UK with black-start capabilities
Meaning that it's able to start generating without an external power supply
At it's peak, the 3 turbines were capable of synchronising and ramping up to full load in under five minutes
Allowing them to generate at the request of National Grid Company to deal with short-term peaks in demand
At the time we visited, only 1 of the 3 generators was in commercial use
As one had been mothballed in the 90's and put on economic reserve the other being stripped for parts
Things may well be different now as this was over 12 months ago
Littlebrook was originally scheduled to close in Dec 2015,
but is now closing 9 months early (March 31st) due to financial strain
So, I'd been busy with work and not had time to get to Belgium, so thought I'd see what was on the doorstep as a compromise
Props to Gaj/Keitei for another comedy instalment of powah
It was a pleasure to step foot inside this industrial giant as we were greeted by the sounds of Turb0n
If our run of not been busted was to be broken, this place was sure gonna be it after a few close shaves at Tilbury
I decided to fetch the dslr out on this one in order for some better pics than I'd previously walked away with
Still it's not just about the pictures with these places for me, it's more poking about and having the opportunity to savour a few moments of our remaining industrial 'eritage that sadly won't be around for much longer
As usual we headed up high within the safety of the boiler house to assess the situation
We then worked our way back down and through into the turbine hall
It was a bit of a convoluted mission, but equally worth the associated fuss
Eventually we managed a safe glimpse of a distant turbine hall
We climbed down and across anything we could get our hands and feet on to avoid being spotted on the gantry's until we hit the upper reaches of the turbine hall
Stripped Turbine
At this point we were on the less lively decommissioned side of the station, so thought it safe to climb onto the gantry crane for a butchers
Enough pissballing about amongst the derp,
we were now more interested in the live stuff at the other end of the hall
Problem was, on the way down/across we had to negotiate some fairly well lit spaces that served the switchgear and control rooms and associated gubbins; it was a bit tense
We made our way over and climbed across one of the I beams above the turbine hall and grabbed a few pics before calling it a night (day)
Sounds Grand
Another urbex first, and one of my favourites this one
Littlebrook is on the Large Combustion Plant Directive (LCPD) opt out list
At the time we visited the station was still connected to the grid and in commercial operation as it continued to wind down it's remaining 10,000 hours of electricity production
The site was one of a number of stations throughout the UK with black-start capabilities
Meaning that it's able to start generating without an external power supply
At it's peak, the 3 turbines were capable of synchronising and ramping up to full load in under five minutes
Allowing them to generate at the request of National Grid Company to deal with short-term peaks in demand
At the time we visited, only 1 of the 3 generators was in commercial use
As one had been mothballed in the 90's and put on economic reserve the other being stripped for parts
Things may well be different now as this was over 12 months ago
Littlebrook was originally scheduled to close in Dec 2015,
but is now closing 9 months early (March 31st) due to financial strain
So, I'd been busy with work and not had time to get to Belgium, so thought I'd see what was on the doorstep as a compromise
Props to Gaj/Keitei for another comedy instalment of powah
It was a pleasure to step foot inside this industrial giant as we were greeted by the sounds of Turb0n
If our run of not been busted was to be broken, this place was sure gonna be it after a few close shaves at Tilbury
I decided to fetch the dslr out on this one in order for some better pics than I'd previously walked away with
Still it's not just about the pictures with these places for me, it's more poking about and having the opportunity to savour a few moments of our remaining industrial 'eritage that sadly won't be around for much longer
As usual we headed up high within the safety of the boiler house to assess the situation
We then worked our way back down and through into the turbine hall
It was a bit of a convoluted mission, but equally worth the associated fuss
Eventually we managed a safe glimpse of a distant turbine hall
We climbed down and across anything we could get our hands and feet on to avoid being spotted on the gantry's until we hit the upper reaches of the turbine hall
Stripped Turbine
At this point we were on the less lively decommissioned side of the station, so thought it safe to climb onto the gantry crane for a butchers
Enough pissballing about amongst the derp,
we were now more interested in the live stuff at the other end of the hall
Problem was, on the way down/across we had to negotiate some fairly well lit spaces that served the switchgear and control rooms and associated gubbins; it was a bit tense
We made our way over and climbed across one of the I beams above the turbine hall and grabbed a few pics before calling it a night (day)
Sounds Grand
Lovely stuff again
) we prepare to go over & who comes bimbling down the roadway, mountain bike man. Oh joy, he's an additional security guy who comes out at random, silently riding around the site in a random order. It was then we decided on the way out we'd stay in cover until we'd seen both the truck & bike do a round. On the actual way out however, we decided it was late, I needed a piss & we were gonna go for it. No sooner had we stepped onto the noisiest large gravel ever then the bike guy appeared. Back to the original plan then, we waited a good while for him to go & also watched the truck do a round before exiting unnoticed. All in all, a successful trip into a rather lively place 
