Nettlefolds, The Underworld - Birmingham - 2012

[Derelict-UK]

I first visited this place back in 2007, the upper site has been slightly more demolished, the lower part awaiting it's future of a new super hospital courtesy of the cash strapped NHS.

Below ground not much has changed apart from the monumental stripping of anything worth it's weight in scrap metal.

It also feels like you are in the bowels of a decade old oil drum, seeping through and covering virtually any surface.


Nettlefolds was a division of GKN manufacturing screws and fasteners during the last Century.


I didn't go overboard on the images as I have been previously but we did have fun with some flashlights.

Shouts go out to Fluffy, Newage & Mr Godzilla who we met inside

Pics edited to give you the feel of the grime of the place!!!

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Above ground was a good sight for me, a picture I took 5 years ago had got better with time (thanks to a few pigeons)...

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D-UK

 

[Lucky Pants]

Fantastic looking place this is one i ll be looking up ,thanks for the cool pictures .

 

[mookster]

Cracking shots, gutted I couldn't join you guys today as was planned

 

[Landsker]

Nicely captured, looks very grim!

 

[Derelict-UK]

Cracking shots, gutted I couldn't join you guys today as was planned

Was a shame, but thanks for the help anyway, spot on

 

[meltdown]

Filthy & fantastic. What a great spot.

 

[godzilla73]

Well - thanks for those D-UK! It was great to see you again - the fact was that time just flew once we were down there and there was so much to see that we didn't really even cover half of it in the four hours we were there. I'm not sure I can follow those terrific photos of yours but for what it's worth, here are few that are different. I'm sure that Fluff and Newage will stick up a few too in time.

What we think was the kitchen

The regulation random chair shot

Assorted signage

Some nice reflection shots to be had. There's a lot of standing water down there

Anyway, I'll put a few more up once the lads have had a chance to do theirs
Thanks for llooking
Godzy

 

[mookster]

Good stuff!

 

[Derelict-UK]

Nice one G

 

[TranKmasT]

Great stuff lads. It's good to see peoples various takes of the place.
Excellent for practising those light painting skills.

 

[mookster]

Great stuff lads. It's good to see peoples various takes of the place.
Excellent for practising those light painting skills.

I think my being down here thrice means my light painting skills have improved a massive amount

 

[UrbanX]

Pure filth! Love it, fantastic photos as usual!

 

[night crawler]

D-UK you can feel the dampness from the photo's good suff Guy's, look forward to Fluffy's

 

[Derelict-UK]

Cheers peeps, looking from my work PC instead of my laptop, I might have overdone the processing, maybe a little too dark?

 

[flyboys90]

Superb photos

 

[Newage]

GKN Factory Brum

Hi All

Was great to meet up with DUK and Engineer the other day, 4 hours of dark dirty tunnels, Big thanks must go
out to Mookster cheers mate.

I`ll add just a few.

Had to do some major stoopage to get this far in.

this place is so big and it`s also a major death trap, but if you look where you are going you can spot
the open drain covers and the many trip hazzards, oh and just the odd little things laying there on the floor.

These were just laying there.........

That will do.
Cheers Guys

 

[godzilla73]

Cheers peeps, looking from my work PC instead of my laptop, I might have overdone the processing, maybe a little too dark?

Not sure I agree - It is dark down there, and I tweaked mine quite a bit to even get close to what I wanted them to look like - I would say its just a different interpretation. Newage's show a different side again; my shots of the intake fan came out completely gash, but the reflections came out ok. Different strokes for different folks, but all should end up giving people a a really good sense of what it was like down there

Godzy

 

[Derelict-UK]

Grimey, Dank, Sludgy, Sticky O'rrible but lovely at the same time!!

It always looks better on you camera LCD screen lol.

 

[mookster]

I've not seen that intake fan before......

 

[Newage]

sec F

Hey D-UK

Where was that trolly with the Sec F sign on, I though me, Fluffy and Godzilla went to most places
but i don`t even remember that mighty tunnel at all they are picture 7 & 8.

Cheers Newage