Report - Springside Paper Mill, Belmont, Bolton - December 2020

[MK83]

History - Original built in the early 1800's as a dye works it was converted into a paper mill by Charles Turner & Co in the mid 19th century. It was sold to Canadian company Kruger after 150 years of operation to be used as a tissue factory. It eventually closed in 2007 after almost 200 years of industry on this site.

Explore - We've wanted to check this out for a while, access was relatively straightforward, no sign of any security just a big fence to deal with. The site is massive and took us a good couple of hours to get round. Lot's of good decay and leftover industrial equipment. All in all a good explore.

Thanks for looking.

 

[Bando Exploration]

Wow looks pretty good this love your shots mate

 

[MK83]

Wow looks pretty good this love your shots mate

Cheers. It is a very photogenic place if you like urban decay. Weird that it's set against a rural background as well.

 

[scrappy]

Im rather liking that considering its a mostly empty site. nicely done.

 

[MK83]

Im rather liking that considering its a mostly empty site. nicely done.

Thanks. We did the best we could with what was there. Tbh while it was pretty empty it was so big with so many nooks and crannies it was a fun explore regardless.

 

[MarkusCP87]

Like this alot, nice one

 

[obscurity]

Looks like there's enough there to make the place an 8ntersting wander. Thanks for posting

 

[GRONK]

I really enjoyed that, nice work.

 

[MK83]

Looks like there's enough there to make the place an 8ntersting wander. Thanks for posting

It is an interesting wander, it's huge with lots to explore. We'll probably go back at some point as i'm sure we missed stuff.

 

[tweek]

Nice to see some of the other areas of the site, albeit quite empty.

 

[MK83]

Nice to see some of the other areas of the site, albeit quite empty.

It was a decent explore due to it's size mostly. Plenty to get round.

 

[Monuk]

Looks good , just shows what nature can do to a place in only 12 years

 

[jones-y-gog]

Looks like a good place to spend a couple of hours

 

[MK83]

Looks good , just shows what nature can do to a place in only 12 years

This place is full of decay and encroaching nature.

 

[Riverdance]

Hia mate, any chance you could PM me the postcode? Would love to check this area out.