Those of you who have been around this hobby for a long time will probably recognise the name Langley Maltings as a real blast from the past, I certainly remember seeing photos of it in it's exploring heyday before the big fire at the end of 2009 wiped out half the site.
After a couple of fails and some lunch we headed here on a total whim, I was amazed it was even still standing when I checked it out on street view the night before, so having not seen any photos from it online since 2011 (the last post I can find on any forum) I thought we should see what was what. As we pulled up outside I caught sight of a group of youngsters inbetween two of the buildings who quickly came legging it out the site as we got out the car, I think we scared the crap out of them thinking we were security or an unmarked police car but some quick words of reassurance that we were going in there too put them at ease!
Whats left is pretty empty but we caught the lovely evening light - looking at old photos it appears that along with the fire that took out the top floors of half the listed building they have demolished other extensions and more modern parts as well leaving only the listed bits standing. It's also worth noting for anyone planning a visit that there is what appears to be a stagnating open sewer running through the ground floor level of the un-burnt part, it is the single most unpleasant thing I have ever smelt on an explore in all my five+ years of explores, what doesn't help is there is a pipe next to it which has a small split so is spraying an aerosol of water over the whole area carrying the stench and nasty stuff over the basement. We drove the whole way back with the car windows open to try and get the stink off our shoes!
We ran out of daylight before we could properly investigate the burnt out section.
Thanks for looking, more here https://www.flickr.com/photos/mookie427/sets/72157649204637041/
After a couple of fails and some lunch we headed here on a total whim, I was amazed it was even still standing when I checked it out on street view the night before, so having not seen any photos from it online since 2011 (the last post I can find on any forum) I thought we should see what was what. As we pulled up outside I caught sight of a group of youngsters inbetween two of the buildings who quickly came legging it out the site as we got out the car, I think we scared the crap out of them thinking we were security or an unmarked police car but some quick words of reassurance that we were going in there too put them at ease!
Whats left is pretty empty but we caught the lovely evening light - looking at old photos it appears that along with the fire that took out the top floors of half the listed building they have demolished other extensions and more modern parts as well leaving only the listed bits standing. It's also worth noting for anyone planning a visit that there is what appears to be a stagnating open sewer running through the ground floor level of the un-burnt part, it is the single most unpleasant thing I have ever smelt on an explore in all my five+ years of explores, what doesn't help is there is a pipe next to it which has a small split so is spraying an aerosol of water over the whole area carrying the stench and nasty stuff over the basement. We drove the whole way back with the car windows open to try and get the stink off our shoes!
We ran out of daylight before we could properly investigate the burnt out section.
Thanks for looking, more here https://www.flickr.com/photos/mookie427/sets/72157649204637041/
