So finally got to St. Marys, I'd say this is my first 'proper' explore, and it was great 
Got the bus from chester-le-street to newcastle in the morning, and then the X45 from Newcastle to Stannington Village.
Was 2 and 3 quarter miles to St. Marys, and it took about 40-50 minutes to walk it.
Once at the site (after just walking past the security hut lol) we wern't sure if we'd be able to get into the main building after heading some people say they couldn't, so we decided to walk around the building and see if there were any obvious places.
The place was exactly as I'd expected, and we spent about 3-4 hours in the building, seeing everything we could, as I doubt we'll ever go back, so we wanted to make the most of it.
Took over 200 pictures all told! What can I say, I wanted to get everything I could photographed, as I could always delete some later on.
Anyways, a great explore, with no signs of security at all for the most part (other than the fella in the security hut). Although when we were looking round the few smaller out-buildings I went in one on my own while me mate had a look around the site just to keep an eye out for me, I met him once I'd finished inside and he said he'd been told by security that we were trespassing and that we had to leave. He asked why the people walking dogs were allowed on site, and was told 'because they live in the village', what a knob, but then again, I suppose its his job really, and there was no threats or anything, just a polite 'not allowed lads' sorta thing.
The only disappointment I had with the visit was that no matter how much we looked and looked, we couldn't find the mortery slab that we've seen on other pics, which was a right shame. I'm thinking it was in one of the seperate buildings? Cause I only went in one other building other than the main hospital.
Anyway, yabba yabba lol, heres the pics
^Down in the tunnel
Rest of the pics can be seen here
Got the bus from chester-le-street to newcastle in the morning, and then the X45 from Newcastle to Stannington Village.
Was 2 and 3 quarter miles to St. Marys, and it took about 40-50 minutes to walk it.
Once at the site (after just walking past the security hut lol) we wern't sure if we'd be able to get into the main building after heading some people say they couldn't, so we decided to walk around the building and see if there were any obvious places.
The place was exactly as I'd expected, and we spent about 3-4 hours in the building, seeing everything we could, as I doubt we'll ever go back, so we wanted to make the most of it.
Took over 200 pictures all told! What can I say, I wanted to get everything I could photographed, as I could always delete some later on.
Anyways, a great explore, with no signs of security at all for the most part (other than the fella in the security hut). Although when we were looking round the few smaller out-buildings I went in one on my own while me mate had a look around the site just to keep an eye out for me, I met him once I'd finished inside and he said he'd been told by security that we were trespassing and that we had to leave. He asked why the people walking dogs were allowed on site, and was told 'because they live in the village', what a knob, but then again, I suppose its his job really, and there was no threats or anything, just a polite 'not allowed lads' sorta thing.
The only disappointment I had with the visit was that no matter how much we looked and looked, we couldn't find the mortery slab that we've seen on other pics, which was a right shame. I'm thinking it was in one of the seperate buildings? Cause I only went in one other building other than the main hospital.
Anyway, yabba yabba lol, heres the pics
^Down in the tunnel
Rest of the pics can be seen here
