FenceJumper
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I first found this place online ages ago and was determined to do it since. After a few weeks of planning and research we took a day trip to London. After getting there we could see it from the train station and my heart was instantly beating. We could see workers from the station but that didn't put us off. We quickly found a way into the grounds and used the famous 'D' silo as a viewpoint to see the workers. Most had gone but there were a few cars remaining. We sneaked our way to the fence and saw a few people around a van. After trying the right side of the complex with no luck we made our way back to the D for lunch. Afterwards we made our way to the left side, again no way in. We decided our only way was going to be where the workers were. We made our way to the shrubbery out front and hid in their as the security van drove past repeatedly. We watched 3 men talk standing next to two cars. Two of the men got in one and drove off leaving one man in a suit standing on the phone. He left soon after so we took our chance. We ran as fast as we could out of the bushes to the building and after a quick look up and down we saw a door which luckily someone had left unlocked. We went in and oh my god it was worth the two hours it took us to find a way in. It is defiantly the best site I've ever been to and defiantly one to be revisited. Here's some history and my pictures (apologies how pic heavy it is).
'The Millennium Mills is a derelict turn of 20th century flour mill in West Silvertown on the south side of the Royal Victoria Dock, between the Thames Barrier and the ExCel exhibition centre alongside the newly built Britannia village, in Newham, London, England. Along with Millennium Mills, there remains a small section of the now destroyed Rank Hovis Premier Mill and a restored grade II listed grain silo, labelled the ‘D’ silo. Described as a "decaying industrial anachronism standing defiant and alone in the surrounding subtopia", the Millennium Mills has become a well-loved icon of post-industrial Britain and has made its way into many aspects of popular culture, being used as a backdrop in films and television shows such as Ashes to Ashes and Derek Jarman's The Last of England. Millennium Mills is also a destination for Urban Explorers despite high security, dangers of structural weakness, ten-storey drops and asbestos, and there are many reports and internal photos of the site.' - Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Mills
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As we made our way out the door we used to get in we found it had been locked haha so we had to use our imagination to get out
'The Millennium Mills is a derelict turn of 20th century flour mill in West Silvertown on the south side of the Royal Victoria Dock, between the Thames Barrier and the ExCel exhibition centre alongside the newly built Britannia village, in Newham, London, England. Along with Millennium Mills, there remains a small section of the now destroyed Rank Hovis Premier Mill and a restored grade II listed grain silo, labelled the ‘D’ silo. Described as a "decaying industrial anachronism standing defiant and alone in the surrounding subtopia", the Millennium Mills has become a well-loved icon of post-industrial Britain and has made its way into many aspects of popular culture, being used as a backdrop in films and television shows such as Ashes to Ashes and Derek Jarman's The Last of England. Millennium Mills is also a destination for Urban Explorers despite high security, dangers of structural weakness, ten-storey drops and asbestos, and there are many reports and internal photos of the site.' - Taken from http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millennium_Mills
As we made our way out the door we used to get in we found it had been locked haha so we had to use our imagination to get out
