This is quite literally the end of Hellingly – the floor finishes here. As the diggers move in I have no doubt that this is now rubble. I’m going back tomorrow for what will most likely be the last time. I think I have documented the asylum almost enough and have pretty much all of [...]
Feb 12, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, east sussex, hailsham, hellingley, Hellingly, hellingly asylum, infiltration, mental, mental asylum, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk | 5 Comments »
After processing the monster pano in the last post doing single images seems somewhat dull! However I liked this one quite a bit. This was taken shot was take shortly after smashing the back screen protection on my 550D. I placed the tripod on a piece of wood board (in the foreground) and stepped on [...]
Feb 11, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, hellingley, Hellingly, hellingly asylum, infiltration, magic lantern, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk | 4 Comments »
After creating the previous panorama and seeing comments I decided to have another go. I wasn’t particularly happy with the way the top and bottom halves lined up and really wanted to add the ceiling decorations. I wasn’t able to do this on the image before. One of the comments on the previous image was [...]
Feb 09, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, DanK, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, farkfk, Finbarr, hellingley, Hellingly, hellingly asylum, hellingly hall, infiltration, snub, snub23, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk | 6 Comments »
The hall at Hellingly is the main attraction – huge and decorated with ornate ceiling roses. I’d been wanting to do a pano of this location for a while and actually forgot to do it the last time I went, this time it was in my mind from the outset. This has been one of [...]
Feb 07, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, DanK, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, farkfk, Finbarr, hellingley, Hellingly, hellingly asylum, hellingly hall, infiltration, snub, snub23, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk | 7 Comments »
Another trip to the partially demolished asylum for what may be my (second) penultimate visit, still a little more to see Destruction is happening at a fair speed with less there this of the building left this week than last. There’s still plenty to see though. Most of the rooms are stripped – so there [...]
Feb 06, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, hellingley, Hellingly, hellingly asylum, infiltration, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk | 7 Comments »
One of the few items actaully left in the asylum are the baths. Being old and iron or steel they must be heavy and cumbersome for the contractors to remove so are no doubt left for the wrecking ball to deal with. This was a small bathroom off of one of the wards, like all [...]
Feb 02, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, hellingley, Hellingley Asylum, Hellingly, infiltration, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk | 7 Comments »
I liked the way the corridor framed the pool of water and light in this image, the reflection almost mirroring the window in the adjacent room. My explorer friend spotted this first and he is King Of Reflections, so I expect that he’ll have something similar up soon. I was immediately taken with the flooring [...]
Feb 01, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, hellingley, Hellingley Asylum, Hellingly, infiltration, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk | 4 Comments »
As the construction / destruction is continuing at pace at Hellingly there are several parts of the remaining buildings where there were once corridors that are now open to the world. Although there are plenty of wards left, many of the connecting corridors that we used to traverse are no longer left and iopen out [...]
Jan 31, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, hellingley, Hellingley Asylum, Hellingly, infiltration, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk | 5 Comments »
My penultimate trip to Hellingly (probably). This is almost where it all began for me and many others, my affair with photography, urbex and processing images, heck, I even met my other half at an asylum! Whilst taking the images, I’m totally in the zone, thinking about what to shoot and how to frame images, [...]
Jan 30, 2011 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned games, abandoned houses, abandoned places, abandoned walkthrough, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict buildings, derelict property, hellingley, Hellingley mental asylum, infiltration, lost property, property auctions london, simon cornwell, the abandoned, unclaimed estates, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk | 4 Comments »
Here’s another of the West Park Piano – I’d been after a shot like this for a while – using the lower F-Stop to get a lovely focus point, although I must admit that I was helped a little in the post processing stages by a few filters!
Dec 15, 2010 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned asylum, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned insane asylum, abandoned places, asylum, cane hill asylum, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, denbigh asylum, denbigh mental asylum, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, Explored, forest haven asylum, HDR, hellingly asylum, Hellingly Mental Asylum, hospital, insane asylum pictures, mark blundell, markblundellphoto.com, mental hospital, photoshelter, piano, pictures for sale, south east london photographer, spooky, the abandoned, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex forums, urbex uk, victorian, vintage asylum, west park, west park asylum, westpark, whittingham asylum, wordpress | 3 Comments »
My exploring friend said that we were going to see ‘the piano’ on our journey. I’d only seen one at this location before – a big grand upstairs in one of the wards and I thought that this was were he was talking about. However I was pleasantly surprised to find this upright version in [...]
Dec 01, 2010 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned asylum, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned insane asylum, abandoned places, asylum, cane hill asylum, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, denbigh asylum, denbigh mental asylum, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, Explored, forest haven asylum, HDR, hellingly asylum, Hellingly Mental Asylum, hospital, insane asylum pictures, mark blundell, markblundellphoto.com, photoshelter, piano, pictures for sale, scary, south east london photographer, spooky, the abandoned, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex forums, urbex uk, victorian, vintage asylum, west park, west park asylum, westpark, whittingham asylum, wordpress | 6 Comments »
This week I’ve had a hard time finding anything to process. I’ve mentioned before that I’m not happy with my ‘old’ photos. Composition, focus and general shoddy work. I’ve only been taking photos semi-seriously for two years so I’ve learnt a lot and improved a lot. Added to this I’ve had a very busy couple [...]
Nov 27, 2010 | Categories:Explored, Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, asylum, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, Explored, mark blundell, markblundellphoto.com, photoshelter, pictures for sale, south east london photographer, the abandoned, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk, west park, westpark, wordpress | 1 Comment »
The beautify Bath Lady at Hellingly. Now defaced and either gone or close to being demolished. I’m very privileged to have seen this in its prime.
Jun 23, 2010 | Categories:Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, asylum, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict buildings, derelict property, Explored, hellingley, Hellingly, Hellingly Mental Asylum, hospital, lost property, reg, streetart, the abandoned, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk | Leave A Comment »
Yesterday I went to Hellingly Asylum. I’d heard that it was in the process of demo so decided to go for one last look to see the state of things and how work was progressing. It took me a bit of time to get in as I managed to get lost in the woods which [...]
May 22, 2010 | Categories:Explored, Featured, Medical, Report, Slider | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict buildings, derelict property, HDR, Hellingly, Hellingly Mental Asylum, hospital, lost property, mental, mental hospital, spooky, the abandoned, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk | Leave A Comment »
Last night I watched Mental: A History of the Madhouse on BBC4 detailing life in the asylums of Britain in the middle of the last century. The show specifically mentioned High Royds, however I have no doubt that conditions were similar in most other institutions throughout the UK in the similar era. It was particularly [...]
May 18, 2010 | Categories:Medical, Uncategorized | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, asylum, bbc, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict buildings, derelict property, High Royds, hospital, lost property, mental, mental hospital, the abandoned, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk | Leave A Comment »
West Park Asylum – what can I say?! 11-12 trips last summer, some alone, some as a couple, others in large groups rushing around trying to capture as much as possible. This is the place where I met my lovely girlfriend, learnt a lot about photography, made some excellent people and avoided security (not that [...]
May 13, 2010 | Categories:Explored, Featured, Medical, Report | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, asylum, crystal palace photographer, crystal palace photography, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, Explored, HDR, lost property, scary, spooky, the abandoned, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk, west park, wheelchair | 1 Comment »
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May 11, 2010 | Categories:Explored, Featured, Medical | Tags: abandoned, abandoned buildings, abandoned buildings london, abandoned buildings uk, abandoned houses, abandoned places, derelict, derelict buildings, derelict property, lost property, the abandoned, urban exploration, urban explorers, urban exploring, urbex, urbex uk, west park, westpark, wheelchair | Leave A Comment »
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