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On our family holiday this year to Folkestone, I was desperate to sneak off and do some exploring of this glorious town. With the challenges of the Royal Victoria Hospital (inspired by amazing photos seen on here) more than i could manage, and the buildings around the harbour station also securely out of bounds, I was absolutely delighted to find this piece of urbex gold. A lovely old Victorian building, barely touched by chavs or thieves, with hundreds of rooms to explore, many still containing clues to their previous use.
From what I can gather, this was an independent school, part of a group of schools which worked in co operation with each other including the Westbrook House school site 2 mins down the road, and Dover |College Junior School (we found paperwork and textbooks relating to this school).
I believe this school closed between 2006 -2008 due to the economic climate causing several fee paying schools to close. I believe it was later used by Lympne Church of Engalnd Primary School temporarily, who are based in Hythe but in 2006 had their buildings destroyed by fire and so had to relocate for a while. The buildings were also used by the Warm Stone project - who are I think an educational support service.
I think I probably only explored a quarter of this vast site...
131 by catatonia1, on Flickr
On our family holiday this year to Folkestone, I was desperate to sneak off and do some exploring of this glorious town. With the challenges of the Royal Victoria Hospital (inspired by amazing photos seen on here) more than i could manage, and the buildings around the harbour station also securely out of bounds, I was absolutely delighted to find this piece of urbex gold. A lovely old Victorian building, barely touched by chavs or thieves, with hundreds of rooms to explore, many still containing clues to their previous use.
From what I can gather, this was an independent school, part of a group of schools which worked in co operation with each other including the Westbrook House school site 2 mins down the road, and Dover |College Junior School (we found paperwork and textbooks relating to this school).
I believe this school closed between 2006 -2008 due to the economic climate causing several fee paying schools to close. I believe it was later used by Lympne Church of Engalnd Primary School temporarily, who are based in Hythe but in 2006 had their buildings destroyed by fire and so had to relocate for a while. The buildings were also used by the Warm Stone project - who are I think an educational support service.
I think I probably only explored a quarter of this vast site...
131 by catatonia1, on Flickr
