We knew this trip to South Yorkshire, (actually one of two visits) would generate little else other than derps. I don't particularly care so long as there are some redeeming features to view.
If it’s a large empty hovel then I will give it a miss. I distinctly remember two such places in this area. One had little left, besides a growling dog with large yellow fangs, poised and ready to attack, while the other was a shell, with a football inside one large room.
After a few kicks, I decided that it was going to be difficult to spin a memorable yarn about kicking a ball.
‘Rotherham Bus Depot’, was not in the category, but we were late to the party. This one had caught the Tour Bus and everyone seemed to have already been.
I can see the time stamps are from around 11.20 am. This would be one of the first ones of the day, the reason for the late start being the almost 2-hour drive to get to the city area.
Exploring is getting to be a driving chore now, with nothing local to view, and it is getting increasingly worse.
Rotherham Bus Depot has remained derelict since the COVID times of 2020. Planning permission has been granted to use the land for 120 new homes. There’s a news story here, which was authored approximately 8 months after our visit.
A breach in the fence, how else to get inside?
While this may look easy, this type of fencing does not pull back so easily and straddling the wall while trying to get your body through is like a wild woman digging into your back with those extra-long nails in the throes of orgasm.
Except there are no lustful feelings and the opportunity to shoot your load, just big fucking marks on your back or front; you choose.
It was hardly a great start. I have gotten used to being injured and it is to be expected, but right from the word go?
After creeping through some dense undergrowth, we tentatively peeked out onto a disused road with overgrown bushes, running parallel to what looked like a vandalised building.
Any cameras, any CCTV? Probably not.
Skipping across the road, we entered an open door. Maybe this was not going to be so bad after all.
I had to remind myself we were in Yorkshire and close to Sheffield. There were people here who could draw and had talent. It makes a change from the other side of the Pennines where it seems nobody has even a smidge of artistic flair.
Is the smudging intentional? I feel it would look better clean, and don’t ask me what it means or says as I have not got a clue.
It’s almost as though the greenery smashed its way through the glass. I think this one may have been empty for some time.
One day, I would like to see one of the 'artists' draw their logo, if that's what it is. How long to create something like this. Admittedly I have seen a lot better.
'Reception' is not so welcoming anymore. The fencing was also quite useless and had been pulled away, probably not recently.
CCTV…, oh yeah? I think not.
They appeal to me, but I guess everyone sees these quite differently.
The lettering looks like it's trembling with fear.
'Welcome to Rotherham Depot' it says. Dare we go out there, or was there some element of security hanging around on this site?
A little late; these were not the images I was seeing from other explorers. The demolition team had visited and done half a job.
Vast open spaces, great for lots of buses but not a one left to be seen.
The site, albeit empty was quite large so we decided to go for a stroll to the far end. There was more to see.
Walking down here was quiet and unnerving. I don't like wide-open spaces; it's too easy to be spotted.
After a few minutes, we relaxed. It was obvious the place was deserted.
'Dosea' was here, like everywhere else. At least his logos are varied in style.
@anidiotexplores was flaunting the rules; nothing new there.
A little industry was an unexpected bonus. I wonder what their use was?
If there are ladders, we tend to climb. If they are made of metal there’s no reason to avoid them.
I do have vertigo issues, but tend to face my fears when subjected to them. These ladders were meant to be climbed and climb we did.
The top revealed absolutely nothing and I failed to take a shot.
For some reason, being high up I always feel my phone will develop an instant grease film and slip out of my hands. It is a side-effect of my phobia.
The far door took us to the original building and the snakey path leading to the fence of torture again. Sliding through it brought even more pain and back scars.
Only fourteen more places to visit before the day was done. Today was going to be long.
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At least you got to see some decent graffiti. Usually it's just dick drawings!
I appreciated the "DOSEA" graffiti script myself, while everyone appreciates some rudimentary blue penis illustrations, variety is the key!
Yes, this is the difference between Yorkshire and Lancashire. Where I come from, its all dicks. The amount of talent in Yorkshire is staggering, compared.
You cover 15 places in one day, that's too much man. I wonder, how much money would have been spent to build such a huge facility and then abandoning it after some time !! Same amount of money would have been used for some good purpose.
Be careful,
When it's one fail after another, that number quickly recedes. The amount of fails we get in todays world tends to be large and growing. There's too many doing this now, many of them for reasons other than my own.
Great post mate, the depot has now been completely flattened and there’s just spare land there now with I think a for sale sign up.
Has it now? This was from August 2023, long ago. I still remember that damn fence... 😀..
lol I think the fence is still there.
Guarding a whole lot of nothing!
Damn, I love those women 🤣🤣
I get that same fear with my phone when I go up high!
Are you speaking from experience, I never did try a Scot-chick, but one of my best friends married one... 😀..
It's an age thing. Somewhere between that ages of 12 and 25 I gained an unwanted trait named Vertigo. Its a fucker and I wish I could shed it somewhere.
I have had a couple of long nailed clawy types. One of them got a bit carried away to the point you were thinking, right, chuck that! But aye, tis grand 😀😀
The missus has it really bad, she can't even go down your average escalator as she gets the fear looking down
Wow, better not take her to London. The underground has some hellish, long steep ones. They don't bother me... yet!
Yeah, I know the ones. It's really annoying sometimes when we have to split up so she can find a lift!
The sooner the map arrives the better
'The map', an end to all our troubles. Don't raise your expectations too much!
When you visit them I hope you don't bump into that fat bastard and his smackhead thieving mates!
I tend to keep away from Facebook, but picked up on 'Fat Ash'. Is that No Limits or Dark Explores.., I don't know any of them.
yes they all hang around as a group, no limits and dark explores and the fat ash,
Some jail time might work. I have seen some of them on Facebook, giving the finger, full of tattoos, and being general cunts. I don't know when Exploring turned into burglary, I don't like it any better than you.
This is why I am happier doing shit-holes. There's nothing to steal and there' no association with the likes of those.
Good point well made.
Those blue pieces of equipment might be boilers. I asked chat GPT if it could identify them and here is what it said.
Yes, the blue pieces of machinery in the image are industrial fire-tube boilers.
Key Identifiers:
Function:
Fire-tube boilers are used to generate steam or hot water for industrial processes, space heating, or power generation. In this type of boiler, hot gases from combustion travel through tubes that run through a water-filled drum, transferring heat to the water.
Those are definitely boilers and they appear to be industrial HVAC boilers.
I'm not sure what kind of "Depot" it is but if it had any sort of office or customer service area or waiting area - they were probably to keep it warm and perhaps also to keep the climate controlled in a large hangar-like facility for the busses during winter if they run on Diesel.
Hypothesis of course... but my best guess as to purpose.
I'm not sure of their purpose. This was a bus depot, so why the need for enormous boilers?
Could they have been making steam to steam clean the busses? That or to generate heat like @captaindingus said. That seems like a lot of large boilers if they are only used for heating.
There's actually some nice graffiti in this place. That's a lot of work to put into a creation in this out of the way place. So it's great to see it in this post.
Yes, it wasn't a total disaster and was of some interest. Some of the Sheffield artists are quite well known, but I can't find this one.
We love our industrial looking spaces here. So much so we live in them and pay top price for it. :)
So it's funny to see this...
I woke up... started browsing Hive... cleared my noties, saw your name in there and thought...
"Man... I haven't seen one of Slobberchops cool abandoned places posts in awhile... lemme click his name and see when he last posted one..."
BOOM! Here we are :)
Good morning buddy :D
Good Morning... 😀..
Almost a month without a 'Tales'.., you are right.
Another one coming soon. I tend to write in batches,... it's a me thing.
Brother I get that!
Sometimes my muse is with me, day after day... other days... well... other days I do things other than write 😄
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The place itself looks majestic and huge but the wall art is what got my eyes hooked here. The artists have done awesome work there. Have a nice day and thanks for this exploration.
I'm sure there's some where you come from. The quality can vary enormously.
The way you described the injuries I could get on my body while trying to get through the fence was absolutely spot on. As I walk through the vast area, the seemingly empty surroundings seem to be silent, as if I were about to be attacked by vampire-looking men
The sense of emptiness does not bother me so much now, but when its wide open that's a different matter. I don't like being exposed.
Are you looking for abandoned places? I already found my first abandoned place, and I'm going back this week to take some photos, but I need to soak up the history of that place first. I imagine this story will continue.
You have many stories to tell, hehe, I've barely found an abandoned place these days.
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oh esta genial!!!
Everything you describe provokes a wealth of feelings and is undoubtedly interesting.
Anything derelict tends to interest me.
That's interesting!
I’ve never been into a place like that before, but your storytelling totally pulled me in — like I was crawling through that fence and walking through the emptiness too
It's something you get used to.
Painful entry, empty payoff – classic urbex. Still worth the glimpse before it's gone....
I was hoping for more, I think the demolition had started recently. I do tend to be late for most shows.
I'm loving the photography. The colors are so vibrant, especially the vegetation popping through the windows, the sky, and the brightly colored paint. The contrast against the grey walls of the building make all of the colors pop harder. Thanks for sharing, brother!
There is a little filtering going on, but hopefully it's not too overbearing.
No harm in that, I dig it
A place like this is abandoned with this amazing graffitis
It’s beautiful and you’ve got a nice exploration
I actually like the graffiti. It's appealing to me, and it's colorful, well, that's how I see it. Nice one, sneaking into an old Bus depot.
You have to at least see some decent graffiti.
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It's a bit eye-opening how fast nature degrades structures in the absence of use and maintenance.
If anything, zombie/apocalypse movies may understate how fast civilizational and structural decay might occur.
Rebuilding some technological base in that context would be an interesting arc.
Manufacturing/Structures built to serve good purpose on the fritz in the UK, along with many other countries.
Oh they will build housing soon, money revenue in other ways, bring in immigrants. Long term this is bad for the country!
Massive property for busses depot, many services here simply torched, busses, trains, make way for taxi system which has arrived with it's own crime syndicates.
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