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History (abridged from here) The ‘Emerald’ summer camp was a holiday resort of some 100 cabins set in a pine grove near to Chernobyl. Featuring a cinema, shop, library, ballroom and boat station many of the cabins were also painted … Continue reading →

History After the disaster Ivan and his wife Maria were evacuated to an apartment block near Kiev. Hating the city, within two years they returned to their village just a few miles from the Chernobyl power plant, where they have … Continue reading →

History (from wikipedia) Duga 3 was was a Soviet over-the-horizon (OTH) radar system used as part of the Soviet ABM early-warning network. The system operated from July 1976 to December 1989. Two operational Duga radars were deployed, one near Chernobyl … Continue reading →

The main reason for my trip, apart from finally getting to meet lots of fellow explorers in person rather than online, was to explore the unique abandoned city of Pripyat. As always, click on a photo to VIEW LARGE Over … Continue reading →

This is the second of four posts which I will be publishing from the four days I spent exploring the abandoned city of Pripyat: 1. Avanhard Stadium, Fairground with Ferris Wheel and Bumper Cars, Palace of Culture ‘Energetik’, Polissya Hotel, … Continue reading →

This is the third of four posts which I will be publishing from the four days I spent exploring the abandoned city of Pripyat: 1. Avanhard Stadium, Fairground with Ferris Wheel and Bumper Cars, Palace of Culture ‘Energetik’, Polissya Hotel, … Continue reading →

Welcome the the last of my 4 posts from the three days I spent exploring Pripyat, which are: 1. Avanhard Stadium, Fairground with Ferris Wheel and Bumper Cars, Palace of Culture ‘Energetik’, Polissya Hotel, and Music School. 2. The schools … Continue reading →

History (from wikipedia) The village of Yaniv is located just south of Pripyat. Immediately after the Chernobyl disaster its 100 villagers were all evacuated and resettled elsewhere due to the high level of radioactive contamination. Because of the impossibility of … Continue reading →

History (abridged from wikipedia) Kopachi was a village just a few miles South East from Chernobyl. The village was evacuated in the immediate aftermath of the 1986 disaster, and has been abandoned ever since. After the evacuation all of the … Continue reading →

This is my final post from the amazing time I spent exploring the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone at Easter 2015. It’s a mish mash of all the various other photos I took which don’t warrant their own reports… As always, click … Continue reading →

Now that I’ve finally finished editing all my shots from my Easter 2015 trip to the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone, I thought I’d follow those reports with something equally special from closer to home… I first got into urban exploration in … Continue reading →

History (also partly including abridged and rewritten histories from here and here – all original rights acknowledged) Robert Fletcher joined the paper mill business of Ralph Crompton and Nephews, Bleachers and Papermakers, Stoneclough and Manchester in 1830 shortly after it … Continue reading →

I almost forgot to do a report for this revisit which I paid to the location of one of my earliest and favourite explores… History For a full history of George Barnsley’s toolmakers, please see the report from my first … Continue reading →

The ‘CDC’ former stock exchange in Antwerp was my very first European explore back in April 2014. I was in awe of other explorers’ photos before I was lucky enough to see it first hand, and it has remained firmly … Continue reading →

“It’s like a mini George Barnsleys” someone once said (apparently). Turns out it was nothing like the size or calibre of GBs, so we made this a very quick explore! History Williamsons was a private family business which had traded … Continue reading →

After our explores of Robert Fletcher & Sons paper mill and Williamsons’ Fire and Rescue Equipment it was time to end the day with something a little different – my first overnight camping in an abandoned building! History For the … Continue reading →

First stop on a mini UK road trip was this nicely decaying semi-abandoned pottery factory… History (amended and abridged from here) The factory as it is today began life in 1864 following a chance meeting in Scarborough between Thomas Goodwin … Continue reading →

Next on our mini UK road trip James, Jade and I met up with our good friend Mark for a slice of semi-abandoned UK manufacturing heritage… History The ‘Helical Works’ of West Bromwich Spring Co. Ltd was at the forefront … Continue reading →

After spending the night at a nearby hotel and enjoying some excellent Chinese food and much needed cold beers, it was another super early start the next morning. Our target: a huge Grade II* listed hotel with a truly stunning … Continue reading →

In the fine city of Norwich where I live there is a large derelict office building, which since I first started exploring three years ago has never left my top three of ‘most wanted’ locations, sitting incongruously amongst far more … Continue reading →

Chernobyl: Smaragd / Emerald Children’s holiday camp – April 2015

Chernobyl: Ivan and Maria Ivanovitch, Paryshiv village – April 2015

Chernobyl: Duga 3 ‘Steel Yard’ Radar – April 2015

Chernobyl: Pripyat #1– Avanhard Stadium, Fairground with Ferris Wheel and Bumper Cars, Palace of Culture ‘Energetik’, Polissya Hotel, Music School – April 2015

Chernobyl: Pripyat #2 – The schools of Pripyat: Kindergartens #13 ‘Goldfish’, #4 ‘Golden Cockerel’, #15, Elementary Schools #1, #3, #2 and #5 – April 2015

Chernobyl: Pripyat #3 – Hospital No.126 – April 2015

Chernobyl: Pripyat #4 – Swimming Pool ‘Lazurny’, Piano Shop, Post office, Police Station, Jupiter factory, Vehicle Graveyard, Apartment Block, and Cafe ‘Pripyat’. – April 2015

Chernobyl: Yaniv train station – April 2015

Chernobyl: Kopachi Kindergarten – April 2015

Chernobyl: The rest – travelling, cranes, power plant canteen, body scanners, Slavutych, Kiev, AK47s and a mink farm…– April 2015

Explore #134: Battersea Power Station (Control Room ‘A’) – some time in 2015

Explore #135: Robert Fletcher and Son Limited paper mill, Greenfield, Oldham, UK – July 2015

Explore #9a (revisit): George Barnsley & Sons toolmakers, Sheffield – April 2015

Explore #43a (revisit): Chambre De Commerce (CDC), Antwerp, Belgium – May 2015

Explore #136: Williamsons Fire and Rescue Equipment, Oldham – July 2015

Explore #76a (revisit): Camping overnight at St Joseph’s Seminary, Upholland, Lancashire – July 2015

Explore #137: TG Green’s Pottery, Derbyshire – July 2015

Explore #138: West Bromwich Spring Company ‘Helical Works’, West Bromwich – August 2015

Explore #139: The Grand Hotel, Birmingham – August 2015

Explore #140: Her Majesty’s Stationery Office (HMSO) Sovereign House, Norwich – 2015