Stoke Orchard, NCB Coal Research Establishment

[Da-Mop]

I am really surprised how little this site has been done considering its size. The sight is just north in the cosy Village of Stoke Orchard. The sites job was to find an economical way of extracting oil from coal, they found a way but it wasn't economical enough. This is a great place for anybody who likes industrial sites. The site really does stick out there with its tall water tower and even taller chimneys.

Anyway, we left my house at about 10:30 on our bikes (if only we were 17) for our long cycle. We arrived at the site and locked our bikes up. Going along the path we were surprised at the shear size of the place, we could see it from a few miles away when we checked out the nearby Stoke Orchard ROC Post (http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/forums/showthread.php?p=455259#post455259). As we entered the site this is what we saw.

Enjoy the pics.

We decided to go to the pair of houses they had built to test fireplaces (?)

We next went into the main site where we found some corrugated iron storage bunkers

We also managed to find some massive generators

Next we went to the main site were we found a maze of pipes, chimneys and corrugated iron towers

We then managed to find our way into the buildings with all the machinery and furnaces

I managed to find this little gem

 

[Da-Mop]

Anyway back to the photos

After a few hours of exploring we decide to finish on a high note, literally

It was a good explore and I'm looking to go back if anybody wants to go.
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[Foxylady]

Excellent photos and write-up, Da Mop. There's so much to see there. I love the pic of the metal shavings.
Welcome to DP, btw.

 

[urbtography]

Wow, an amazing site youve found there, brilliant pictures, love the picture of the swarf, its funny how its just been left there like they worked the metal and then just left.

 

[Reaperman]

In future it would be better if you added a selection of your best photos to the thread already posted by clebby, otherwise we wind up with lots of duplicate content from visits made at the same time.

It's point number one in the guide to posting Location reports: http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=3540

RM