Abandoned places site - very interesting

What an amazing site. Really inspirational.

Thanks for sharing!


Tim

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Wow, some of those places are amazing. I was trying to find something similar in the UK but they seem to be few and far between. The best suggestion I had for East Anglia was to search out some of the old WW2 airfields. Haven't tried yet but these places are all incredibly atmospheric.

Epz member RM12 has a website along those lines, this is his portfolio: www.ephotozine.com/user.cfm?user=32546, and his website www.abandoned-britain.com/index2.htm.

Bookmark too. Just had a quick look at Le Valdor - what a place but it'd give me the creeps walking arround something like that.

Some stuff I found on the web......how accessible these places are, well, that's a different matter.


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I had a great day last summer touring a numer of old airfields in North Norfolk. I would recommend Swannington for a visit. The old control tower is still standing as are a number of related buildings. It seemed to be in use as a light industrial estate but it really was very, very untidy and overgrown. There was a chap doing some sand blasting (I think) in the old control tower and he was quite happy for me to wander round outside.
Langham is also worth a look, not so much for old buildings as the tower is in use as offices for a turkey/chicken(?) farm but for the extent of the runway remains. When I was there a Tiger Moth flew over which sort of added to the atmosphere.

And its amazing what you can find when you know what to search for! 'urban exploration uk' in Google has just turned up loads of stuff.

Another abandoned place, very different from the rest, a bit chilling, but makes you think anyways.....

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I seem to recall that last site was exposed as a hoax.

Then again, maybe it wasn't. Just been through it all and the photo's certainly look real.

Barking mad mind you.

What would you say in an email asking to visit one of these places? Do you think the straightforward 'I am into photography and would like to take some pictures of xyz' approach would work?

Having done some research as a result of this thread I think my best bet in Suffolk is probably the old RAF Bentwaters, which is split into domestic and technical sites. Apparently the domestic site is fairly accessible, but the tech site you need to have permission. Does anyone know what is there, and if it is very photogenic? All the websites seem to suggest that many of the buildings have been demolished, probably meaning that anything left is modern and well maintained (i.e. not very photogenic).

Managed to gain access (legally) to an abandoned grain silo yesterday. Apparently it was used during the Korean War for food storage in case of a national shortage. Anyway, this place is still full of old machinery, cobwebs and dead pigeons! If you have an interest in spooky looking places and atmospheric photos you have to find places like this!

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