Described by many people as crème de la crème of industrial urban exploring, Millenium Mills with its 10 storey is indeed an impressive place to visit. Also it is a really dangerous one, it's decaying, the floors are missing in many places where the machinery had been removed. Also large part of the flooring is wooden and looks really dodgy so we tried to avoid stepping in a lots of the rooms.
Bit of history:
The Millennium Mills is a derelict turn of 20th century flour mill in West Silvertown on the south side of the Royal Victoria Dock, between the Thames Barrier and the ExCel exhibition centre alongside the newly built Britannia village, in Newham, London, England. Described as a "decaying industrial anachronism standing defiant and alone in the surrounding subtopia", the Millennium Mills has become a well-loved icon of post-industrial Britain and has made its way into many aspects of popular culture.
We gave this place 2 tries. First one was successful, though not by any means easy. Getting through the massive metal fencing took 3 attempts and a large amount of bruises. But getting into the area didn't equal getting inside the building.. It is really highly secured place, with most of the windows and doors on ground floors bricked and boarded. After an hour of helpless walking around and trying we were ready to call it a day when we heard a whistle from above. To our surprise there were 2 other explorers already in the building and kindly helped us find the only way in (thanks again guys!! You were great!). We met them later on taking photos and chatted for a bit.
Exploring the place took solid hours and the real caution due to the mentioned danger. Especially the top floors seemed quite fragile and looking through the holes you could easily imagine yourself falling 10-storey down to the rock bottom.
There are some office rooms with the documentation still there, but apparently suffered a fire as most stuff is pretty much burnt down.
Real fun is getting to the roofs. The view is amazing and it's quite an unusual experience to have planes flying so close to you (City Airport landing lane is just next to it).
Things went a bit scary at the end, when we couldn't find the only way out.. Because the place is so big and it's simply impossible to explore it all in one go, we kept changing the staircases and could not locate the one that initially got us there (if you ever get lost, go back to 5th floor and walk across
We were real hungry and tired at that point and our phones died so it got a bit nervous :P
Anyway, we tried to come back there a week later, managed to get through the fence, but our previous way in was already unaccessible again. Trying to find the alternative access we got caught by the security guard and escorted out. Guys was really cool though so no hard feelings.
Again, credit to most of the photos go to my partner in crime Pinkman. Some are mine. And again, we only take photos with our phones so they're not as impressive as most on this website but hope you enjoy anyway
Thanks for reading x
Bit of history:
The Millennium Mills is a derelict turn of 20th century flour mill in West Silvertown on the south side of the Royal Victoria Dock, between the Thames Barrier and the ExCel exhibition centre alongside the newly built Britannia village, in Newham, London, England. Described as a "decaying industrial anachronism standing defiant and alone in the surrounding subtopia", the Millennium Mills has become a well-loved icon of post-industrial Britain and has made its way into many aspects of popular culture.
We gave this place 2 tries. First one was successful, though not by any means easy. Getting through the massive metal fencing took 3 attempts and a large amount of bruises. But getting into the area didn't equal getting inside the building.. It is really highly secured place, with most of the windows and doors on ground floors bricked and boarded. After an hour of helpless walking around and trying we were ready to call it a day when we heard a whistle from above. To our surprise there were 2 other explorers already in the building and kindly helped us find the only way in (thanks again guys!! You were great!). We met them later on taking photos and chatted for a bit.
Exploring the place took solid hours and the real caution due to the mentioned danger. Especially the top floors seemed quite fragile and looking through the holes you could easily imagine yourself falling 10-storey down to the rock bottom.
There are some office rooms with the documentation still there, but apparently suffered a fire as most stuff is pretty much burnt down.
Real fun is getting to the roofs. The view is amazing and it's quite an unusual experience to have planes flying so close to you (City Airport landing lane is just next to it).
Things went a bit scary at the end, when we couldn't find the only way out.. Because the place is so big and it's simply impossible to explore it all in one go, we kept changing the staircases and could not locate the one that initially got us there (if you ever get lost, go back to 5th floor and walk across
We were real hungry and tired at that point and our phones died so it got a bit nervous :P
Anyway, we tried to come back there a week later, managed to get through the fence, but our previous way in was already unaccessible again. Trying to find the alternative access we got caught by the security guard and escorted out. Guys was really cool though so no hard feelings.
Again, credit to most of the photos go to my partner in crime Pinkman. Some are mine. And again, we only take photos with our phones so they're not as impressive as most on this website but hope you enjoy anyway
Thanks for reading x
But we are planning to come back anyway. Of course we want the shots 
