Water Tower

While searching for the subject of our previous post, Wardsend Cemetery, we came across what appeared to be a barely used rail track, and opted to follow it.

From here we found several places of great interest, most prominently what appeared to be an abandoned water tower.

Thought to serve the railway in it's early years, the tower would have been used by steam engines to replenish water during a time when large amounts of water were essential in the functioning of trains.

The tower was somewhat difficult to reach, behind railings as well as adjacent to a train track and steep hills.

However this has not presented local graffiti artists from making the tower their own.

Phlegm, one of the most exciting new street artists in the world, appears to have adorned the tower with two huge characters, drawn in his signature style on the towers railway facade.

Wardsend Cemetery

For this entry we explored Wardsend Cemetery in Sheffield, a burial ground dating back to the 1850s and said to contain over 20,000 bodies.

Abandoned in the 1970s, it was created as an extension to another local cemetery in 1859.

Its first internment and 'guardian of the cemetery' was a 2 year old girl named Ann Marie Marsden, and since then it has built an incredible story. It has been the site of riots due to unburied bodies and was infamous in its early years due to rumours that several coffins were found to contain scratch marks, indicating that many people may have been buried alive.

Upon arrival we were left literally speechless; the incredible spectacle of hundreds of dilapidated graves, covered in all variety of plants and climbing up the hillside is a once in a life time experience.

The headstones, many of which trees had grown clean through with others entirely buried, were spectacular.

The whole place had an eerie air about it, the silence was overwhelming with the blood red sky adding to the sinister aura.

As night fell we wisely departed, having experienced one of the most unique spaces we had ever come across.

Stanley Docks

Here we explore the Stanley Docks, derelict monuments to Liverpool's naval heritage. 

Falling into disuse and dereliction in the 1980s, the tobacco warehouse was constructed in 1901 and at the time was the worlds largest building, in terms of area.
The original warehouses, constructed in the style of the world famous Albert Docks, were opened in the 1840s but sadly haven't shared the same fate as their better known sister buildings.

The buildings are well secured so sadly proved too difficult to access internally. 

Plans are in place to redevelop the existing warehouses into apartments and offices, and while this would certainly make the area more popular, it will be a great shame to see such majestic examples of dereliction removed.

Ling Bob Farm

The subject of our first entry is a collection of derelict farmhouses, stables and barns located in North Leeds.

Abandoned for several years, it appears to have been left to rot despite it's status as a grade II listed building. The farm itself consists of a collection of stables, barns, storehouses, two semi-detached dwellings and the main farmhouse, the only building inaccessible to us. 

We initially ventured into the courtyard, before entering the outlying buildings and eventually gaining access to the semi-detached houses.

Despite it's decrepit exterior, the real beauty of the farms decay is best admired internally. The fractured, broken buildings produce stunning lighting effects and provide an incredible view into the state of rural abandonment.

More images are available here.

Welcome

Welcome to our blog

We are a couple of best mates interested in urban and rural exploration.

Based in Yorkshire and enthusiastic about abandoned, derelict and curious places, we're looking to share and document our experience and journeys through our own accounts.

All images used are our own.

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F & S