Grade II listed

chandeliers Ballroom Grosvenor Room The Grand Hotel Birmingham Urbex Adam X Urban Exploration 2015 Abandoned decay lost forgotten derelict

Explore #139: The Grand Hotel, Birmingham – August 2015

May 16, 2016

Industrial & Commercial Sites, Leisure Sites, United Kingdom

After spending the night at a nearby hotel and enjoying some excellent Chinese food and much needed cold beers, it was another super early start the next morning. Our target: a huge Grade II* listed hotel with a truly stunning ballroom… History (from wiki) The Grand Hotel is a Grade II* listed Victorian hotel in the city centre of Birmingham, England. The hotel occupies the greater part of a block bounded by Colmore Row, Church Street, Barwick Street and Livery…

Night nighttime camping St Joseph's Seminary Joe's Upholland Urbex Adam X Urban Exploration 2015 Abandoned decay lost forgotten derelict

Explore #76a (revisit): Camping overnight at St Joseph’s Seminary, Upholland, Lancashire – July 2015

May 10, 2016

Adam X

Churches and religious, High Stuff, Recommended Reports - some selected highlights, Schools and Educational, United Kingdom

After our explores of Robert Fletcher & Sons paper mill and Williamsons’ Fire and Rescue Equipment it was time to end the day with something a little different – my first overnight camping in an abandoned building! History For the history of this beautiful derelict seminary please see the report from my first explore back in July 2014. Our Explore Without giving too much away the access to this site is perilous at the best of times – but carrying…

Explore #76: St Joseph’s Seminary, Upholland, Lancashire – July 2014

August 20, 2014

Adam X

Churches and religious, High Stuff, Industrial & Commercial Sites, Recommended Reports - some selected highlights, Schools and Educational, United Kingdom

Explore #4 of the Quality>Quantity aka Crimes Against Photography Tour This report is a pretty mammoth one – I hope you’ll agree it’s justified by the location and the story of our explore! After exploring Tower X, The Royalty Cinema and The Ark, and 40+ hours without sleep, our group finally checked in at one of the grottiest “hotels” I have even had the misfortune to stay at, somewhere in a rather insalubrious suburb of Manchester. Urbanographer had booked it…