Category : Municipal & Military

Coal Exchange, Cardiff

Coal Exchange, Cardiff, Wales

The Coal Exchange is a grand building in Cardiff with a huge carved-wood trading hall and ornate features, where businessmen would negotiate the trading of coal.

Holly Lodge Girls College, Liverpool

Holly Lodge Girls’ College, Liverpool

A college in Liverpool that started out as a large house and was subsequently extended. The college closed in 2015 and was used as a film set.

CDC Chambre de Commerce, Antwerp, Belgium

CDC – Chambre De Commerce, Stock Exchange, Antwerp, Belgium

The amazing Chambre De Commerce was the home to Antwerp’s stock exchange until its closure in 1997

Buzludzha Bulgaria

Buzludzha, Communist Headquarters Monument, Bulgaria

The now abandoned House of the Bulgarian Communist Party was built as a monument of the Bulgarian Social Democratic Party atop Buzludzha Mountain

RAF West Raynham, Norfolk

RAF West Raynham, Norfolk, UK

A large abandoned RAF base in Norfolk with lots of buildings that remain in good condition. The station closed in 1994 and was held in reserve until 2006.

Mono Orphanage Crying Baby Italy

Mono Orphanage, Italy

Mono Orphanage aka Crying Baby Hospital is an abandoned orphanage in Italy. The beds have now gone but some old classrooms remain.

Carmel College Oxfordshire

Carmel College – Abandoned Jewish Boarding School, Oxfordshire

Carmel College was a boarding school primarily for Jewish students. It became the most expensive boarding school in the UK until it’s closure in 1997.

Ghost Ships - War Ships

The Atlantic Ghost Fleet – Battle Ships, France

The mothballed Atlantic Fleet consists of a number of warships, moored in a bay. The fleet includes an anti-aircraft missile cruiser with weaponry in tact.

Grand Courthouse, Düsseldorf, Germany

Grand Courthouse, Düsseldorf, Germany

The courthouse in Germany opened around 1910 and contains an amazing maze of staircases.

Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Court

Sheffield Old Town Hall and Crown Court House

Sheffield Old Town Hall and Court House opened in 1700 and was expanded many times until its closure in the 1990s. The building remains disused and listed as at-risk.