Report - Phoenix Brickworks, Barrow Hill, Derbyshire - July 2024

[MotionlessMike]

Phoenix Brickworks, Barrow Hill, Derbyshire - July 2024

This former brickworks was built by the Staveley Coal and Iron Company in the mid-30s on the site of the former Campbell Colliery. After a management buy-out in 1993 the works were renamed ‘Phoenix’ but finally closed again during December 2012.

With the works demolished years ago, all that remains now is just a small welfare block with a locker room which has escaped the demolition man for some reason.


Note the useless cameras

Apparently the locker room was full of plastic tubs, I guess the magical cleaning fairy had been in at some point as I found them all fucked out of the window...

It’s a shame that this didn’t get any explorer-attention years ago as the site looked nicely dated. Someone prove me wrong please!​

 

[clebby]

Cool. If the rest of the works was anything like that, it would have been epic!

 

[Calamity Jane]

Some nice nods to heritage there.

 

[JaffaTB]

I was pleasantly surprised how good this one was after not expecting much, you make it look much better with you photos though

Any little foam bricks left?

 

[MotionlessMike]

Any little foam bricks left?

No but they sound like a nice souvenir!

 

[Webbs0710]

Nicely done! Forgot all about this little place, lost somewhere far back in the backlog. It's definitely decent for a quick mooch