Blackborough House
BLACKBOROUGH HOUSE was built in 1838 by George Francis Wyndham, the fourth and last Earl of Egremont. Designed by James…
Strawbridge House
Once owned by a lord and has been unoccupied since 2006 when the house went into probate
The Toby Jug pub
The village lost its heart and soul when this pub closed. It was in 2006 petitions were made to save…
Merry Harriers
One of the local area’s oldest and most popular pubs, The Merry Harriers at Clayhidon, had closed suddenly due to…
Cooperage Plymouth
The Cooperage was once the beating heart of Plymouth’s music scene. An long-established name on the national touring circuit, it…
Seaton Railway Station
Originally called ‘Colyton for Seaton’ and opened on 18th July 1860, then renamed Colyton Junction with the opening of the…
Fremington Army Camp
“A few years back we visited Fremington camp (a few months before it was demolished) we spent hours here looking…
HMS Royal Arthur (Shore Establishment)
“While trying to Locate the secret Bunker under Corsham we discovered Royal Arthur a small camp that is in really…
Plymouth Hoe Centre – NAAFI
The club at Plymouth, which replaced a temporary hutted club opened in March 1945, incorporated a restaurant, tavern and cocktail…
Penhale Camp
“After walking through the gate we were surprised at how big this camp is. We spent 4 hours looking around until…
Hope Cove Bunker
“Still to this day we cannot believe that we were one of the lucky few to have access inside this…
Sandhill Park Asylum
“On a wet miserable day we decided to visit Sandhill Park Asylum .. this for me was a bit of…
Rainbow Funhouse Torquay
The former Holy Trinity Church has had many uses including the Breakaway snooker club and a gym before being converted…
Shire Horse Centre Plymouth
“We visited this place many years ago it was bought out from the National Shire horse Center Group and ran independent…
Spirit of the West Theme Park Cornwall
previously known as Frontier City, a former American Wild West theme park in Cornwall. Closed in 2009
Harriet Hicks House
The property was owned by the late famous novelist Harriet Hicks Hicks’ novels included Trouble in Topsham, Problems in Polperro…
City College (Goschen Centre)
The complex of three concrete blocks was built by the Ministry of Defence in 1968 as training workshops for Dockyard…
Pool Park Asylum
The Pool Park estate was once a deer park belonging to nearby Ruthin Castle. The house was established in the…
Bancourt Hotel
The hotel has been closed since it was damaged by a fire in the spring of 2017. Eighty guests were…
West Park Asylum
West Park Hospital was erected by London County Council during the years 1913-1924 and officially opened on 20 June 1924.…
Cann Tunnel
“One of our very first explores took us to Cann Tunnel , a small partially flooded tunnel” History of Cann…
Butleigh Hospital
“We decided to visit this place but spent about 20 mins inside as most of the upstairs was not accessible…
Abandoned Bus Yard
Where newer buses come to die and create parts for the older buses that are owned by enthusiasts. id advise…
Fort Bovisand
Work started on the main part of the fort in 1861. Originally intended to have two stories of casemates like Fort Picklecombe, the…
Dance Academy Plymouth
The theatre was built in 1898 on the corner of Union Street and Phoenix Street, for the joint owners, United…
Bourton Mill – Gillingham
The mill mentioned in the Doomsday Book and has operated under many different guises. From supplying canvas to the Royal…
Quality Inn Hotel
When the building was first opened as the Mayflower Post House in 1970, it was one of the city’s tallest…
Mountwise Bunker
The bunker was constructed at the start of World War Two as a command centre with two storeys of rooms…
The Gaumont Palace – Plymouth
Built on the site of the 1,500-seat Andrews New Picture Palace, which had opened in 1910, and was demolished in…
Headlands Hotel
This is the Headlands Hotel, once a great Victorian establishment, constructed at a time when the new railway would bring…
Dunblobbin (Mr Blobby Land)
Noel’s House Party was a popular family entertainment programme on the BBC during the 1990s. The program was hosted by Edmonds in the…
Gala Bingo Plymouth
The chain began as bingo clubs operated by Bass Leisure, a division of Bass plc. As of 1983, Bass had…
Oldway Mansion
Opposite the main entrance to the mansion is a large round building known as The Rotunda. This was built in…
Otter mill Switchgear
Attempting to revive the local economy, Sir George Yonge and Sir John Duntze, Members of Parliament and joint Lords of…
Dartmoor Railway
The Dartmoor Railway is a 15 1⁄2-mile (24.9 km) long railway line in Devon, England. From Crediton, the line parallels the Tarka Line to the site of the former Coleford…
Aalen House
Aalen House is a small nursing home that is based in Okehampton It was vacated and residents were moved into…
Predannack Down
At the Bottom of an active RAF Predannack Down Runway lies loads of decommissioned planes and helicopters. At first, we thought we would…
Seaton Heights Hotel
Stepping into the Seaton Heights Hotel is like a time warp the interior is very old Much of the hotel…
Dunblobbin Theme Park
(Dunblobbin Theme Park) Whilst looking for explores online we came across Mr Blobby’s House . At first we couldn’t find it…
Totnes Dairy
The Brunel buildings (Totnes Dairy) used for various storage purposes including, during the early parts of the 20th century, as…
Central Park Air Raid Shelter
Central Park Air Raid Shelter When war broke out in 1939, the character of Central park changed considerably it quickly…
Torbay Berkeley Hotel
Closing in 2009 the Torbay Berkeley hotel has fallen on hard times when its previous owner died and the premises…