I was tipped off about this from my mate who visited last week so fancied a wander myself - with a non-member friend who hadn't been on an explore in five years as well. This place is a weird one - the ground floor still has power being fed into it which means there are a lot of blinking PIR lights but none of them seemed to do anything so we shrugged it off - it's a little disconcerting having those red lights blinking at you while you walk around though! It was very windy too which meant some of the metal window blinds were making a lot of loud banging noises which gave it quite a lively atmosphere. Inside it reminded me a little bit of the old Tresham College Institute in Kettering but a lot less trashed and with some nice features.
Well, that last sentence isn't strictly true (good old Wikipedia....). Binswood Hall as we know is still standing and being converted. The Blackdown High School site has indeed been demolished and become housing, but the original Leamington College for Girls site which sat next to the Blackdown site is very much still there and it was this part we explored. It was acquired by a charity who wanted to build a specialist respite care home on the site but since the purchase they partnered with another similar charity who have operations elsewhere, which left them not needing the site so for now it sits waiting to find a buyer. Since the closure there was evidence of both airsoft and police training use on site.
I would have got an external but it was a very ugly building and I couldn't be bothered. Because I was a right twonk and idn't take my tripod the photos aren't up to my usual standard but I got a couple of nice ones
This was the most surprising find, it must have been stuck in the gap between the drawers and counter top of the tables for years until the counters were removed.
Thanks for looking, more here https://www.flickr.com/photos/mookie427/sets/72157650213950655/
Well, that last sentence isn't strictly true (good old Wikipedia....). Binswood Hall as we know is still standing and being converted. The Blackdown High School site has indeed been demolished and become housing, but the original Leamington College for Girls site which sat next to the Blackdown site is very much still there and it was this part we explored. It was acquired by a charity who wanted to build a specialist respite care home on the site but since the purchase they partnered with another similar charity who have operations elsewhere, which left them not needing the site so for now it sits waiting to find a buyer. Since the closure there was evidence of both airsoft and police training use on site.
I would have got an external but it was a very ugly building and I couldn't be bothered. Because I was a right twonk and idn't take my tripod the photos aren't up to my usual standard but I got a couple of nice ones
This was the most surprising find, it must have been stuck in the gap between the drawers and counter top of the tables for years until the counters were removed.
Thanks for looking, more here https://www.flickr.com/photos/mookie427/sets/72157650213950655/
