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Wandering in Harwich, Essex (2024). Enjoyed late evening walk and will have to get back soon for more photos of lighthouses and Port of Felixstowe from Harwich pier. #port #harbour #felixstowe #suffolk #vessel #ship #pier #industry #industrial #exp
Enjoyed the first walk in new year @ Swanscombe Peninsula, Kent (2024). Luckily still no sign of London’s Resort - mega theme park planned to be built right here where brownfields and postindustrial landscapes are turning into nature reserve
Last weekend was probably my final Thames walk this year. Walked in Essex from Grays to Purfleet in freezing cold. Not much has changed here since my last walk in 2018. The only noticable difference is a new and rather boring looking Amazon warehouse
One of two Dutch octagonal cottages which survived in Canvey Island, Essex (2023). This one is now run as the Dutch Cottage Museum, the other one is still in private ownership. It is believed that Julis Sludder - one of the first Dutchmen to own pro
It was a nice Sunday walk in empty industrial site in Erith, London (2023) before I spotted this recycling plant “PPE toilet guard” who gave me creeps :) #london #erith #waste #recyclingplant #plant #manorroad #exploration #walk #wander
General cargo ship Simba in Newhaven Port’s East Quay, East Sussex (2020). I think it is a time to get back to night photography this autumn and winter. #eastsussex #newhaven #port #harbour #sea #coast #quay #barge #vessel #ship #simba #expl
Dunglass Castle and the Henry Bell Monument, Bowling, Scotland It has been graded at high risk by the Buildings at Risk Register for Scotland. On its grounds stands the obelisk memorial to Henry Bell, an early steamship pioneer. Dunglass Castle is
Abandoned terraced cottages in Tyneham, Dorset (2023) Tyneham is a ghost village abandoned in 1943, evacuated during WWII and has been deserted ever since. The area was needed for military training but after the war ended, the villagers were not al
Disused category A listed Titan Crane at Barclay Curle's Clydeholm Yard, Glasgow, Scotland (2023) It is one of the last four remaining titan or giant cantilever cranes in and around Glasgow City and this one in Whiteinch on the north bank of the riv
Cables Wynd House, best known as the Leith Banana Flats because of its curved shape is housing block which dominates the skyline of Leith, Edinburgh (2023). The home of Sick Boy in the iconic Edinburgh-set novel Trainspotting, and were known as hotb
Reedbeds and electricity pylon in Beckton Creekside Nature Reserve, London (2018) Thames Water owned hidden marshy enclave alongside largest sewage works in Europe (Beckton Sewage Treatment Works) on one side and Barking Creek (River Roding) with th
Imber Court in uninhabited Imber village, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire (2022). Imber Court was the manor house and centre of the social life in Imber village. Now it is a part of the mock village that has been built for army training and is located
Port of Aberdeen, Scotland (2022). View from MV Hjaltland, NorthLink Ferries vehicle and passenger ferry, which operates daily ferry services between mainland Scotland and the northern archipelagos of Orkney and Shetland. Was a bit busy last few mon
Love the mixture of industry and art :) Car park graffiti, Basin Road South, Portslade end of Shoreham Harbour, West Sussex (2021). More photos from Shoreham, Southwick and Portslade can be found on my website. #westsussex #portslade #shoreham #coa
Silvertown from above (2017). For many, it may not be the most exciting view from Emirates Air Line cable car but Silvertown is probably my most favourite (post)industrial dockland district, situated between the Thames and Royal Victoria Dock in Lond
Offshore supply ship Seven Atlantic moored at Greenhead quay, Lerwick Harbour. Lerwick Harbour in Shetland’s Mainland is a leading centre for the decommissioning and disposal of offshore structures from the oil & gas industry due to its st
Urban Warfare Training Area in uninhabited Imber Village, Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire (2021). Part of the mock village that has been built for army training is Located in isolated area of Salisbury Plain. Imber village’s entire population was e
Sheep posing outside Energy Recovery Plant, in Lerwick, Shetland, Scotland (2021). Plant, built in 1999, burns approximately 22k tonnes (4.5M bin bags) of non-recyclable waste per year from Shetland and Orkney to heat water for 1000 properties in Le
Lerwick Power Station, opened in 1953, is diesel-fuelled 73 MW power station which provides around 1/2 of electrical energy for Shetland, Scotland (2021). Power station is approaching end of its scheduled operational life. #shetland #lerwick #gremi
Industrial fox wandering in asphalt mixing plant, Erith, London (2021) #london #erith #Asphalt #plant #manufacturing #exploration #walk #wandering #edgeland #london #uk #outskirts #industry #industrial #psychogeography #topography #thamespath #urban