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MOUNT PLEASANT: Inside Swansea’s abandoned Technical College — the building time forgot
Behind the locked doors of one of Swansea’s most familiar buildings, the clocks stopped in 2018.
The former University of Wales Trinity Saint David campus at Mount Pleasant — built as the Swansea Technical College — has stood largely empty since the university moved out, and new images by B&R Urban Explorers show what seven years of silence look like.
The red-brick landmark opened in 1931, and a brass plaque still fixed to its wall records the £10,000 given by the Miners’ Welfare Committee towards “the erection and equipment of this building” — a gift from the coalfield to the town’s education.
The Technical College entrance beneath the tower (Image: B&R Urban Explorers)The 1931 plaque recording the Miners’ Welfare Committee’s £10,000 gift (Image: B&R Urban Explorers)Inside, the explorers found the building’s grandest features intact: herringbone parquet corridors lined with oak panelling — the flooring in places lifted and stacked against the walls — and arched leaded windows throwing sunlight across empty stairwells.
Parquet and panelling — with lifted flooring stacked along the corridor (Image: B&R Urban Explorers)Arched windows light an empty stairwell (Image: B&R Urban Explorers)At the building’s heart, a caged lift shaft rises through the main staircase — its trellis-gated lift still parked behind “do not use in the event of fire” signs that will never be needed again.
The caged lift shaft rising through the main stairwell (Image: B&R Urban Explorers)The old trellis-gate lift, parked for good (Image: B&R Urban Explorers)The campus’s last working occupants have left their signage behind: South Wales Police ran its Professional Development Unit (West) from the building in partnership with what was then Swansea Metropolitan University, training officers and staff.
Bilingual direction signs still point the way to the International Centre and the police unit — and one door bears the crest of UWTSD Wuhan Ligong College, the university’s 2016 partnership with its Chinese counterpart.
The South Wales Police Professional Development Unit entrance — “Keeping South Wales Safe” (Image: B&R Urban Explorers)Directions to the International Centre and the police unit (Image: B&R Urban Explorers)The UWTSD Wuhan Ligong College sign, from the university’s 2016 China partnership (Image: B&R Urban Explorers)A Swansea School of Technology valve chart from March 1978, naming West Glamorgan County Council’s engineers (Image: B&R Urban Explorers)Elsewhere the rooms sit as their last users left them: a lecture theatre stripped back to its timber tiers, whiteboards still faintly marked, and a sports cupboard where the rackets and balls wait for a lesson that ended years ago.
The lecture theatre, stripped back to its timber tiers (Image: B&R Urban Explorers)The sports cupboard, stocked for a bell that will not ring (Image: B&R Urban Explorers)An empty classroom in the building’s later colours (Image: B&R Urban Explorers)Room MR107, its projector mount hanging from the ceiling grid (Image: B&R Urban Explorers)The blue-and-white tiled showers — curtains still on their rails — survive from the building’s sporting decades.
Time has not been kind everywhere: ceilings have collapsed into a kitchen, training rooms sit heaped with broken furniture behind “DIM MYNEDIAD” signs, and damp is working at the plaster.
The tiled showers, curtains still hanging (Image: B&R Urban Explorers)A collapsed ceiling in one of the kitchens (Image: B&R Urban Explorers)A former training room behind its bilingual no-entry sign (Image: B&R Urban Explorers)The entrance hall, its parquet scattered with debris (Image: B&R Urban Explorers)But the building’s next chapter has already begun on site: breeze-block walls and scaffold towers now stand across some corridors — early works linked to the plan unveiled in March to convert the landmark into luxury flats, brought forward by a former Swansea rugby international turned actor.
Breeze-block and scaffold — the conversion’s first signs (Image: B&R Urban Explorers)The Technical College on its Mount Pleasant corner (Image: B&R Urban Explorers)For the explorers, the visit was about the record: “Walking through today, old police signs, photographs and abandoned rooms offer a fascinating glimpse into its past,” the group said. “It’s amazing how much history still remains within these walls.”
The group describes its work as preserving Welsh history through photography — and its images of the Frankie & Benny’s frozen in time in Llanelli drew a wide audience earlier this year. Its cameras have also been inside the closed Stradey Park Hotel, found left powered-up with the beds still made. And the city’s explorers have previously revealed the hidden interior of the long-abandoned Elysium Theatre on High Street.
From miners’ pennies to luxury flats, the Technical College has tracked a century of the city’s fortunes — and for now, its corridors belong to the dust, the pigeons and the occasional camera.
Related stories from Swansea Bay News
Former rugby international and movie actor to tackle iconic city building
The luxury flats plan for the Technical College.LLANELLI: Menus still in the window, salt on the tables — inside the Frankie & Benny’s frozen in time since 2020
B&R Urban Explorers’ last look inside a time capsule.LLANELLI: Stradey Park Hotel ‘left powered-up with beds made’ as urban explorers film inside closed landmark
#BRUrbanExplorersUK #MountPleasant #urbanExplorers #UWTSD
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LLANELLI: Menus still in the window, salt on the tables — inside the Frankie & Benny’s frozen in time since 2020
Nearly six years after it served its last meal, the menus are still in the window at Llanelli‘s Frankie & Benny’s — prices and all.
Photographs shared by B&R Urban Explorers UK show the inside of the Parc Pemberton Retail Park restaurant looking much as staff left it when the doors closed in 2020 — never to reopen.
It is the same group whose footage from inside the shuttered Stradey Park Hotel made headlines earlier this summer.
The menu still in the window — prices and all. (Image: B&R Urban Explorers UK / Facebook)The main dining room — “Penne” and “Spaghetti” still on the beams above overturned tables. (Image: B&R Urban Explorers UK / Facebook)Chairs stacked behind the bar, a stepladder abandoned mid-job. (Image: B&R Urban Explorers UK / Facebook)The chain’s trademark newspaper-print wallpaper survives in the toilets. (Image: B&R Urban Explorers UK / Facebook)Grills and fryers still in place along the cooking line. (Image: B&R Urban Explorers UK / Facebook)A framed photograph lies smashed on the mosaic floor. (Image: B&R Urban Explorers UK / Facebook)The red-and-cream booths are still in place, salt and pepper shakers sit on the ledges, and black-and-white photographs of 1950s New York still line the walls beneath the restaurant’s “Cappuccino” lettering.
In the kitchen, the cooking line remains intact, steel pans stacked and ready for a service that never came — while the chain’s trademark newspaper-print wallpaper survives in the toilets.
But the years have taken their toll: smashed crockery litters the mosaic floor, glass from broken windows covers the banquettes, and framed photographs lie shattered among toppled tables.
“Once full of laughter and people enjoying themselves, now left to rot,” the group wrote. “Sad to see somewhere I used to go in such a sorry state.”
Black-and-white photographs of 1950s New York still line the walls. (Image: B&R Urban Explorers UK / Facebook)Keys and tools left on a counter between the dining zones. (Image: B&R Urban Explorers UK / Facebook)Chairs and stools piled on the bar, beneath the “Beers” sign. (Image: B&R Urban Explorers UK / Facebook)Even the troubleshooting guide for the restaurant’s music system survives. (Image: B&R Urban Explorers UK / Facebook)The kitchen line, pans still stacked for a service that never came. (Image: B&R Urban Explorers UK / Facebook)Salt and pepper, exactly where they were left. (Image: B&R Urban Explorers UK / Facebook)The restaurant closed in August 2020, when owner The Restaurant Group axed around 125 sites — most of them Frankie & Benny’s — as Covid lockdowns hammered the casual dining trade.
Up to 3,000 jobs were lost across the UK in that round of closures, and the Llanelli branch was among those that never came back.
The chain itself has since changed hands: The Restaurant Group paid The Big Table Group — owner of Bella Italia and Café Rouge — £7.5m to take the loss-making brand off its books in 2023.
From around 260 restaurants at its peak, fewer than 60 Frankie & Benny’s now remain.
There is life in the old brand yet — a back-to-its-1995-roots relaunch in late 2024 returned it to profit. But the revival has not reached Llanelli, where the unit has stayed sealed.
Hope for the site came in September 2024, when a planning application for Taco Bell signage at the unit was lodged with Carmarthenshire Council.
Almost two years on, however, there has been no visible progress — and the Mexican-inspired chain has yet to confirm any opening.
A curved corner booth beneath the restaurant’s baseball memorabilia wall. (Image: B&R Urban Explorers UK / Facebook)The checkerboard-tiled back of house, sink still plumbed in. (Image: B&R Urban Explorers UK / Facebook)Ceiling fans and diner signage untouched above the dining room. (Image: B&R Urban Explorers UK / Facebook)Broken glass covers the window banquettes — napkins still folded on the table. (Image: B&R Urban Explorers UK / Facebook)The coffee station, its “Cappuccino” lettering still on the wall. (Image: B&R Urban Explorers UK / Facebook)Booths still in place in the main dining room. (Image: B&R Urban Explorers UK / Facebook)The empty restaurant — which remains sealed and is private property — sits at the entrance to Parc Pemberton, alongside the retail park’s 650 parking spaces and a stone’s throw from Parc y Scarlets.
Its limbo caps a difficult run for Llanelli’s chain restaurants — the town lost its Pizza Hut last October when the franchisee entered administration, while Whitbread’s cuts put the Sandpiper Beefeater at risk earlier this year.
For now, the pizzas in the window remain listed from £9.99 — for a restaurant where no one has ordered in nearly six years.
Related stories from Swansea Bay News
LLANELLI: Stradey Park Hotel ‘left powered-up with beds made’ as urban explorers film inside closed landmark
B&R’s look inside the town’s shuttered hotel earlier this summer.Urban explorers reveal hidden interior of Swansea’s long-abandoned Elysium Theatre
Inside one of the city’s most famous derelict buildings.Llanelli Pizza Hut confirmed among closures as franchisee enters administration
#BRUrbanExplorersUK #FrankieAndBennyS #Llanelli #ParcPemberton #TacoBell #urbanExplorers
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HERITAGE AT RISK: Two silent cinemas, two crumbling chapels and a lost village pub — five local landmarks join UK register of buildings in danger of being lost for good
Two cinemas that once entertained thousands, two chapels built on tinplate money and a village pub whose porch is dated 1658 — five local landmarks have been added to the UK’s register of historic buildings most at risk of being lost for good.
Conservation charity SAVE Britain’s Heritage has published its annual additions to the Buildings at Risk Register, with 14 Welsh buildings among the new entries on a list the charity has compiled since 1989 — now holding more than 1,300 vacant and threatened buildings.
The two picture houses tell the story of cinema-going in two eras — and both have now stood dark for decades.
Elysium Cinema, Swansea
The former Elysium Cinema on Swansea’s High Street — sealed off since the 1990s, with vegetation now growing from its parapet. Image: B&R Urban Explorers UKInside the auditorium, where rows of seats sit buried under fallen debris beneath a peeling ceiling. Image: B&R Urban Explorers UKThe first is the former Elysium Cinema on High Street in Swansea — designed by London architects Ward and Ward for the Dockers’ Union, and considered a fine example of the Edwardian Baroque style adopted by early cinema builders.
Opened in 1914 with a 1,400-capacity cinema and a Dock Workers Hall, the building also housed a ballroom, a ladies’ reading room and the union’s offices.
The cinema closed in 1960 and spent 30 years as a bingo hall before that too shut in the 1990s — and the building has been sealed off and deteriorating ever since.
In 2009, the canopy above the pavement partially collapsed, striking a passer-by who was taken to hospital — with the council reportedly placing the building on immediate demolition status in the aftermath. It remains standing, empty and under threat.
Its faded interior was revealed by urban explorers last November — who found dust-covered rows of seats and abandoned arcade machines inside a building they described as “incredibly unsafe”.
Theatre Elli, Llanelli
The former Odeon in Llanelli, now Theatre Elli — Harry Weedon’s 1938 Art Deco cinema, closed since 2012. Inside the foyer, where art deco ceiling details and an old film projector survive.The second cinema is Theatre Elli, Llanelli’s Grade II listed former Odeon — described by SAVE as a rare surviving example in Wales of a 1938 Odeon by the circuit’s celebrated architect Harry Weedon.
It closed in 2012, was stripped by vandals of copper and other materials, and was sold by the council in 2014 for £130,000. An ambitious restoration scheme won planning approval after volunteers worked to improve the interior — but SAVE says the proposals ground to a halt through the Covid-19 pandemic and a lack of funding.
Llanelli‘s chapels make it three entries for the town — a measure of how much of its tinplate-era grandeur now stands empty.
Park Congregational Chapel, Llanelli
The Grade II listed chapel behind security fencing on Murray Street. Image: Jonathan EdwardsPark Congregational Chapel in Llanelli from above — roofless and overtaken by vegetation, with its spire still standing. Image: Scott PhillipsPark Congregational Chapel, built in the mid-19th century by London architects Lander & Bedells, is Grade II listed along with its Sunday School. It became a furniture store in 2005, was abandoned in 2010 and badly damaged by fire in 2015 — and the charity says the Sunday School is now deteriorating at an alarming rate, with attempts to sell the site unsuccessful.
Calfaria Chapel, Llanelli
The chapel stands boarded up and overgrown on its street corner in Llanelli. Image: Wikimedia Commons / GeographCalfaria Chapel in Llanelli — designed in the Lombardic style by George Morgan of Carmarthen, with seating for 870. Image: Wikimedia Commons / GeographCalfaria Chapel — the work of George Morgan of Carmarthen, the most prominent Baptist chapel designer in south Wales, in his celebrated Lombardic style — seated 870 with a 500-place Sunday School. Permission to convert it into flats was granted but has never materialised.
Dulais Rock, Aberdulais
The Dulais Rock at Aberdulais — closed since 2008, its “eat, drink and sleep” sign still on the gable. Image: CAMRAThe pub’s faded sign still stands by the roadside, seventeen years after last orders. Image: Marstons Adventures and Explores / FacebookIvy climbs the frontage where the porch — dated 1658 — sits below the pub’s old signage. Image: Marstons Adventures and Explores / FacebookInside, insulation hangs from collapsed ceilings above what remains of the bar furniture. Image: Marstons Adventures and Explores / FacebookThe suspended balcony noted by SAVE, now wrapped in ivy. Image: Marstons Adventures and Explores / FacebookThe fifth local entry is the Dulais Rock at Aberdulais in Neath Port Talbot — an unlisted former pub, closed since 2008, whose gated porch carries the date 1658.
SAVE says the building near Aberdulais Falls holds strong connections to the area’s industrial past — copper smelting, ironworking, milling and the tinplate industry — and sees potential for a new life as a pub, café or home.
The wider Welsh list ranges from a fire-gutted Victorian brewery in Blaenavon and a Wrexham school listed just after the council approved its demolition, to an art deco former Co-op in Pontypool that made headlines in 2020 when a cannabis farm was discovered inside.
SAVE says the register exists to bring forgotten buildings to the attention of new owners or custodians able to repair them — with a basic search free for anyone to browse, nominations welcome from the public at any time, and volunteer photographers sought to document buildings in need of rescue.
Appetite for these buildings is not in doubt — when the same exploring duo who documented the Elysium filmed inside Llanelli’s closed Stradey Park Hotel in June, the story travelled far enough to draw a police warning. The question the register poses is whether that fascination can be turned into rescue.
Related stories from Swansea Bay News
Urban explorers reveal hidden interior of Swansea’s long-abandoned Elysium Theatre
Inside the sealed High Street landmark now added to the at-risk register.Stradey Park Hotel ‘left powered-up with beds made’ as urban explorers film inside
The same explorers’ footage from Llanelli’s closed landmark sparked a police warning.The £100m investment that’s transforming Swansea’s High Street
#Aberdulais #BRUrbanExplorersUK #CalfariaChapel #derelictBuilding #DulaisRock #ElysiumTheatre #featured #HighStreet #Llanelli #ParkCongregationalChapel #SAVEBritainSHeritage #TheatreElli #urbanExplorers
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LLANELLI: Stradey Park Hotel ‘left powered-up with beds made’ as urban explorers film inside closed landmark — sparking police warning
Dyfed-Powys Police have issued a warning after several groups entered the closed Stradey Park Hotel in Llanelli and filmed inside, finding the landmark venue apparently left fully operational.
The force said it had received a rise in reports of trespassing at the Furnace site over the late May bank holiday weekend, with people accessing the building to create social media content.
Officers confirmed that no arrests have been made, and that they are in contact with those involved. Enquiries are being carried out into potential criminal damage and burglary offences.
In a statement, the force urged people not to enter the building, warning of the risks of going into a closed and unsecured property.
One of the groups, B&R Urban Explorers UK, told Swansea Bay News it had heard from another group that the hotel was open, and arrived to find a door wide open.
The group said the electricity was still on, with the lifts in working order, two bars fully stocked, and beds still made — in its words, “as if waiting for guests that never arrived.”
Bedrooms were found with beds still made up. Image: B&R Urban Explorers UKGuest rooms appeared left as though still in service. Image: B&R Urban Explorers UKThe group said it understood the concerns raised by police about people entering the building, acknowledging that the risks inside any such property are unknown.
It said its approach was to “document things and leave,” and suggested that if access was not wanted, the building should be properly secured.
One of two bars said to have been found fully stocked. Image: B&R Urban Explorers UKLights and fittings remained on inside the bar areas. Image: B&R Urban Explorers UKThe footage and photographs, shared widely on social media, show corridors with the lights on, function rooms with chandeliers still hanging, and a kitchen left with crockery and supplies in place.
A lit corridor inside the hotel, with the power still connected. Image: B&R Urban Explorers UKThe kitchen was left with crockery and supplies in place. Image: B&R Urban Explorers UKThe scenes are the latest twist in the long-running story of the four-star hotel, which closed with immediate effect earlier this year.
The closure left staff facing redundancy and threw the future of one of Llanelli’s best-known venues into doubt.
The hotel’s operating company, Gryphon Leisure Limited, remains the subject of a High Court winding-up petition brought by HM Revenue and Customs, with other creditors also backing the action, listed under case number CR-2026-000901.
Companies House records show the company is still listed as active, but now also faces a proposed strike-off from the register. No liquidation order or receivership appointment is recorded on the public register.
The exterior of the Stradey Park Hotel
(Image: B&R Urban Explorers)Local representatives have been working to address concerns about the site. Hengoed councillors Martyn Palfreman and Ed Skinner, working with Llanelli MP Dame Nia Griffith and Elli ward councillor Steve Williams, said they had arranged fencing through the county council and approached the site’s receiver to improve security.
They said they had received an assurance from the UK Border Security and Asylum Minister that the hotel would not be used to house asylum seekers — a reference to the controversial 2023 plan that was eventually withdrawn.
The representatives said their priority was to see the hotel sold as a going concern, and urged people to stay away from the site for their own safety.
Police said work was continuing with partners and the owners to resolve the situation, and that community engagement was ongoing to reassure people living nearby.
Anyone who witnesses trespassing or antisocial behaviour at the site is asked to report it to Dyfed-Powys Police on 101, or to contact Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111.
The hotel’s owner, Ahsan Ullah, was approached for comment.
Related stories from Swansea Bay News
Stradey Park Hotel saga deepens: High Court winding-up petition filed against firm linked to Llanelli landmark
HMRC’s legal action against the hotel’s operating company.All our Stradey Park Hotel coverage
#AhsanUllah #BRUrbanExplorersUK #DyfedPowysPolice #Furnace #Llanelli #StradeyParkHotel #urbanExplorers
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Urban explorers reveal hidden interior of Swansea’s long-abandoned Elysium Theatre
Beth and Robbie, who run the page B&R Urban Explorers UK, documented their visit with over 170 photographs and a series of short video clips. Their footage reveals the faded grandeur of a building that once entertained thousands — and has now stood silent for decades.
“We were taken away by what we were seeing — an old gem kept away for decades,” said Beth. “The rows of chairs still standing, covered in dust… old arcade machines left behind… it’s so sad to see a huge part of history go to waste and be forgotten.”
The Elysium opened in April 1914 as a cinema and social club for working men. Designed by Messrs. Ward and Ward and built by Fred Pitcher Ltd, the building once housed shops, showrooms, a ballroom, reading rooms, and offices for the Dockers’ Union. Its main hall, run by the Anima Company, could seat around 1,400 people.
The cinema is thought to have closed in 1960, with the building later used as a bingo hall before falling into disuse in the 1990s. Since then, it has remained sealed off — its interior largely unseen by the public.
Partially opened red doors lead into a debris-filled corridor — a glimpse into the Elysium’s decaying interior.A curved control panel with coloured buttons overlooks rows of dusty seats — remnants of the Elysium’s operational past.Beth and Robbie described the building as “incredibly unsafe,” with crumbling floors and collapsed sections that prevented them from accessing all areas. But what they did capture offers a haunting and powerful glimpse into Swansea’s entertainment past.
“Up on walking into the property, everything was decayed,” said Robbie. “Slowly making our way through the mess, we came up to the old wall of tiles and then the doors to the theatre.”
“The bingo hall had been converted into the theatre,” added Beth. “We found the stairs to the old theatre above it — the rows of chairs still standing, once seated thousands of guests, families and friends.”
“Old machines were still left behind from the arcade — a few retro arcade machines,” said Robbie. “The place is falling apart. It’s so dangerous, so we didn’t manage to explore all the floors, but we still managed to get many of its main features.”
Their images show tiled walls, projection equipment, retro arcade machines, and the decaying remains of the auditorium. A caption video is being prepared to showcase the highlights, and a full gallery will follow once the archive is curated.
The Elysium from the outside: faded grandeur and forgotten purpose
“It’s so sad to see a huge part of history go to waste and be forgotten.” — Beth
First steps into decay: the silence, the dust, the danger
A narrow stairwell descends into darkness — one of the building’s most deteriorated areas.A glowing “EXIT” sign above battered doors — a stark reminder of the building’s decline and the dangers within.A 1980 calendar found inside the building — a quiet marker of time passed.“Up on walking into the property, everything was decayed… slowly making our way through the mess.” — Robbie
Where thousands once gathered: the heart of the Elysium
The main auditorium lies in ruin — broken seats, collapsed ceiling, and remnants of the stage. Rows of red chairs and tables sit beneath a crumbling ceiling in a forgotten lounge. A forgotten dining room with red chairs, graffiti-marked tables, and a wall-mounted clock frozen in time. The main auditorium lies in ruin — broken seats, collapsed ceiling, and remnants of the stage.“The rows of chairs still standing, once seated thousands of guests, families and friends.” — Beth
Built for the people: the Dockers’ Union and civic life
“The building had a ballroom, a ladies reading room, and offices used by the Dockers’ Union.” — Historical record
Echoes of entertainment: machines, memories, and retro relics
A retro arcade panel lies among debris — one of several machines left behind. A classic Space Invaders arcade cabinet stands as a nostalgic relic of the past. A faded soft drink dispenser offers a glimpse into the building’s bingo hall era. A corroded payout display from a vending or gaming machine, frozen in time. A dusty prize board labeled “ELYSIUM” and “FOOLS’ SATZ” lies among the wreckage“Old machines still left behind from the arcade — a few retro arcade machines.” — Robbie
Time stands still: the artefacts left behind
“We didn’t manage to explore all the floors, but we still captured many of its main features.” — Beth
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One word I feel should be completely removed from the fediverse is 'asylum' when used to describe an abandoned hospital by urban explorers.
These places - generally old psychiatric hospitals - may have been a place of safety (that is 'asylum') for many patients, but they were in many cases, centres of abuse and cruelty.
The word asylum seems to be deliberately used by Urban Explorers to create a kind of mystique or atmosphere around any healthcare building, possibly one with a unfortunate history.
As the parent of someone who has spent a lot of time in psychiatric hospitals, and met many of the staff and other patients, the word 'asylum' makes me gag - it's completely inappropriate for psychiatric hospitals - disused or otherwise - in the 21st century.
They are hospitals for the sick.
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One word I feel should be completely removed from the fediverse is 'asylum' when used to describe an abandoned hospital by urban explorers.
These places - generally old psychiatric hospitals - may have been a place of safety (that is 'asylum') for many patients, but they were in many cases, centres of abuse and cruelty.
The word asylum seems to be deliberately used by Urban Explorers to create a kind of mystique or atmosphere around any healthcare building, possibly one with a unfortunate history.
As the parent of someone who has spent a lot of time in psychiatric hospitals, and met many of the staff and other patients, the word 'asylum' makes me gag - it's completely inappropriate for psychiatric hospitals - disused or otherwise - in the 21st century.
They are hospitals for the sick.
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One word I feel should be completely removed from the fediverse is 'asylum' when used to describe an abandoned hospital by urban explorers.
These places - generally old psychiatric hospitals - may have been a place of safety (that is 'asylum') for many patients, but they were in many cases, centres of abuse and cruelty.
The word asylum seems to be deliberately used by Urban Explorers to create a kind of mystique or atmosphere around any healthcare building, possibly one with a unfortunate history.
As the parent of someone who has spent a lot of time in psychiatric hospitals, and met many of the staff and other patients, the word 'asylum' makes me gag - it's completely inappropriate for psychiatric hospitals - disused or otherwise - in the 21st century.
They are hospitals for the sick.
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One word I feel should be completely removed from the fediverse is 'asylum' when used to describe an abandoned hospital by urban explorers.
These places - generally old psychiatric hospitals - may have been a place of safety (that is 'asylum') for many patients, but they were in many cases, centres of abuse and cruelty.
The word asylum seems to be deliberately used by Urban Explorers to create a kind of mystique or atmosphere around any healthcare building, possibly one with a unfortunate history.
As the parent of someone who has spent a lot of time in psychiatric hospitals, and met many of the staff and other patients, the word 'asylum' makes me gag - it's completely inappropriate for psychiatric hospitals - disused or otherwise - in the 21st century.
They are hospitals for the sick.
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One word I feel should be completely removed from the fediverse is 'asylum' when used to describe an abandoned hospital by urban explorers.
These places - generally old psychiatric hospitals - may have been a place of safety (that is 'asylum') for many patients, but they were in many cases, centres of abuse and cruelty.
The word asylum seems to be deliberately used by Urban Explorers to create a kind of mystique or atmosphere around any healthcare building, possibly one with a unfortunate history.
As the parent of someone who has spent a lot of time in psychiatric hospitals, and met many of the staff and other patients, the word 'asylum' makes me gag - it's completely inappropriate for psychiatric hospitals - disused or otherwise - in the 21st century.
They are hospitals for the sick.
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The Railway Hotel is going to be auctioned with a pretty low guide price of £180,000
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/167732789
However I think the purchase price will be a lot lower than what it will cost to make something of it, the interior was videoed by some "urban explorers".
https://youtu.be/XfRHwlzQtn8?si=mtIttjL_qOpYeUoq
I hope something can be done with it. It's a fantastic stone building in a prime location. However it has previously been refused planning permission to convert into multiple flats as it has very limited parking spaces and roadside parking is always busy on the middle of the village.
#Rothbury #Northumberland #UK #Derelict #UrbanExplorers #Property
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The Railway Hotel is going to be auctioned with a pretty low guide price of £180,000
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/167732789
However I think the purchase price will be a lot lower than what it will cost to make something of it, the interior was videoed by some "urban explorers".
https://youtu.be/XfRHwlzQtn8?si=mtIttjL_qOpYeUoq
I hope something can be done with it. It's a fantastic stone building in a prime location. However it has previously been refused planning permission to convert into multiple flats as it has very limited parking spaces and roadside parking is always busy on the middle of the village.
#Rothbury #Northumberland #UK #Derelict #UrbanExplorers #Property
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The Railway Hotel is going to be auctioned with a pretty low guide price of £180,000
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/167732789
However I think the purchase price will be a lot lower than what it will cost to make something of it, the interior was videoed by some "urban explorers".
https://youtu.be/XfRHwlzQtn8?si=mtIttjL_qOpYeUoq
I hope something can be done with it. It's a fantastic stone building in a prime location. However it has previously been refused planning permission to convert into multiple flats as it has very limited parking spaces and roadside parking is always busy on the middle of the village.
#Rothbury #Northumberland #UK #Derelict #UrbanExplorers #Property
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The Railway Hotel is going to be auctioned with a pretty low guide price of £180,000
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/167732789
However I think the purchase price will be a lot lower than what it will cost to make something of it, the interior was videoed by some "urban explorers".
https://youtu.be/XfRHwlzQtn8?si=mtIttjL_qOpYeUoq
I hope something can be done with it. It's a fantastic stone building in a prime location. However it has previously been refused planning permission to convert into multiple flats as it has very limited parking spaces and roadside parking is always busy on the middle of the village.
#Rothbury #Northumberland #UK #Derelict #UrbanExplorers #Property
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The Railway Hotel is going to be auctioned with a pretty low guide price of £180,000
https://www.rightmove.co.uk/properties/167732789
However I think the purchase price will be a lot lower than what it will cost to make something of it, the interior was videoed by some "urban explorers".
https://youtu.be/XfRHwlzQtn8?si=mtIttjL_qOpYeUoq
I hope something can be done with it. It's a fantastic stone building in a prime location. However it has previously been refused planning permission to convert into multiple flats as it has very limited parking spaces and roadside parking is always busy on the middle of the village.
#Rothbury #Northumberland #UK #Derelict #UrbanExplorers #Property
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The North Face is pushing boundaries once again with its Spring/Summer 2025 Urban Exploration Collection—an innovative blend of street-ready aesthetics and high-performance function.
https://retroworldnews.com/ss25-urban-exploration-by-the-north-face/#SS25UrbanExploration #TheNorthFace #UrbanAdventure #ExploreTheCity #UrbanOutdoors #CityExploration #AdventureAwaits #UrbanLifestyle #OutdoorGear #UrbanJungle #ExploreMore #AdventureCulture #CityScapes #UrbanTravel #TheNorthFaceCommunity #UrbanExplorers #Wanderlust #TravelInspiration
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Ash Lizzies. by Nicolas Fourny photographie
https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxfzl6zB4e00
#canon #600d #canon600d #eos600d #50mm #50mmlens #canonlens #model #beauty #whitedress #beautifuldecay #decaying #decaynation #urbex #urbanexplorers #urbanexploration #abandoned #abandonedplace #girlportrait #portrait #portraiture #womanportrait #indoorportrait #indoorphotography #indoors #dof #depthoffield #naturallight #availablelight #existinglight
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Ash Lizzies. by Nicolas Fourny photographie
https://tmblr.co/Z7VXvxfzl6zB4e00
#canon #600d #canon600d #eos600d #50mm #50mmlens #canonlens #model #beauty #whitedress #beautifuldecay #decaying #decaynation #urbex #urbanexplorers #urbanexploration #abandoned #abandonedplace #girlportrait #portrait #portraiture #womanportrait #indoorportrait #indoorphotography #indoors #dof #depthoffield #naturallight #availablelight #existinglight
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Inspired by social media, ‘urban explorers’ flock to Nicosia, Cyprus, despite warnings of the potential dangers. Some are "willing to risk life, freedom and health" for a peek at the long abandoned restricted zones. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/09/world/urban-explorers-nicosia-cyprus/?utm_content=buffer534af&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #cyprus #nicosia #urbanexplorers #un
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Inspired by social media, ‘urban explorers’ flock to Nicosia, Cyprus, despite warnings of the potential dangers. Some are "willing to risk life, freedom and health" for a peek at the long abandoned restricted zones. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/09/world/urban-explorers-nicosia-cyprus/?utm_content=buffer534af&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #cyprus #nicosia #urbanexplorers #un
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Inspired by social media, ‘urban explorers’ flock to Nicosia, Cyprus, despite warnings of the potential dangers. Some are "willing to risk life, freedom and health" for a peek at the long abandoned restricted zones. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/09/world/urban-explorers-nicosia-cyprus/?utm_content=buffer534af&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #cyprus #nicosia #urbanexplorers #un
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Inspired by social media, ‘urban explorers’ flock to Nicosia, Cyprus, despite warnings of the potential dangers. Some are "willing to risk life, freedom and health" for a peek at the long abandoned restricted zones. https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2023/08/09/world/urban-explorers-nicosia-cyprus/?utm_content=buffer534af&utm_medium=social&utm_source=mastodon&utm_campaign=bffmstdn #worldnews #cyprus #nicosia #urbanexplorers #un
