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Explore #73: Tower X, somewhere in the UK – July 2014

August 12, 2014

Churches and religious, Derps and Miscellaneous, High Stuff, United Kingdom

Explore #1 of the Quality>Quantity aka Crimes Against Photography Tour The first location of this UK weekend road trip with Urbanographer, Wasted Abandon, and Carrot In Motion was the amazing and mysterious ‘Tower X’. We’ve used a code name for this location for now to avoid unwanted attention and keep a relatively low profile, but we may update our reports to its true name at a later date… The inspiration to try and crack this location came from a random…

Explore #72: Terry’s Chocolate Works, Admin Building, York – June 2014

August 10, 2014

Adam X

Industrial & Commercial Sites, Recommended Reports - some selected highlights, United Kingdom

Urban Exploration is an addictive business – it permeates my waking thoughts and dreams alike. Any visit to friends or family triggers thoughts of “what explore(s) might I be able to squeeze in whilst I’m in that area?”. So when I recently arranged to catch up with a good friend in Leeds, rather than sleep off the usual Sunday morning hangover I instead elected to get up at silly o’clock to drive over to York for first light. The target:…

Explore #71: Lakenham Cricket Pavilion and grounds, Norwich, Norfolk – June 2014

August 6, 2014

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Leisure Sites, United Kingdom

History Lakenham cricket pavilion and grounds hosted cricket matches for over two hundred years. The ground was predominantly used by Norfolk County Cricket Club, who played over 400 Minor Counties Championship games there. The ground also hosted five first-class games between 1912 and 1986, all involving touring international sides, and 13 List A matches between 1969 and 1998. A large crowd turned out to watch the opening of the thatched pavilion on Wednesday June 10 1936 by Russell Colman, the…