Pilks, Washway Lane, St Helens

[gregmanchester]

This exploration is in St Helens, just off washway lane. After a scout around to find an entrance I eventually had to side crawl a fence to get to a footbridge.

There are a few waterways leading to a canal, heavily covered in weeds & bushes.

I found this Power station on the way

Here some images of the surrounding building

There is no visible access to the building itself, the front of the building has lost its stairwell access & the rear access to the building is swampland, unfortunately, I didn't have my waders or a suitable dingy to explore it further.

All the images can be seen here in better detail.

 

[TeeJF]

That looks like a regular "back of beyond"!!!

 

[st33ly]

Are the pics all over the place for anyone else or is it just me?
Nice pics but is there no inside shots? Would be interesting to see inside

 

[TeeJF]

Are the pics all over the place for anyone else or is it just me?

If by all over the place you mean some are in a line whilst some are vertical, then yes, that's how my web viewer (Firefox) views them too. I'm not sure how they have come out like that as I'm no great shakes with web stuff I'm afraid. I wonder if posting more than one photo URL in a single "post image" command block would cause this? Perhaps I should experiment!

 

[tigger2]

Are the pics all over the place for anyone else or is it just me?

Not just you. The image tags could do with editing to put a line break after each image.

 

[krela]

Sorted.

 

[gregmanchester]

@ST33LY all the images are on the grounds of the property, as I said in the post, there was unfortunately no access to the insides as the walkway way gone & the rear to the property was a veritable lake land swamp. I was unsure of the goop in the water too. Unfortunately, I did not have a turtle to test the transforming properties.

Also, i appologise for the format of the post, thanks to Krela for sorting it out. Should the images be posted under each other for future postings?

 

[krela]

It does make it a bit easier to read yes.

 

[skeleton key]

That looks like an afternoon well spent

Thanks for sharing

 

[kevsy21]

Me and Georgie went here briefly last year,we had a climb around what remains of the walkways which isn't much.All doorways are bricked up but we managed to see inside.Even though it hasn't been used for many years,Pilkingtons security still keep an eye on it and quite a few people have been kicked off site,which seems unbelievable considering the state of it.

 

[onthebusescrazy]

Fantastic find and piccys thanks

 

[UrbanX]

Great find! I would definitely end up in water if I visited there!

 

[prettyvacant71]

lovely little treat in da woods!