Colin
Last month I was doing a spot of what is now called Urban Exploring at an abandoned mental hospital near where I live. This place had been closed since the 90's and is in pretty poor condition, fire damaged and lots of graffiti.

So me and a couple of others decided to look round, take some photos and such. I'd been there before and knew the rough layout and how to get in and what to see. There's some pretty cool photo oppurtunities, rusted lockers, fliers for 20 years ago in the staff room, rotten remains of a piano and suchlike, all pretty neat if you like that sort of thing.

Anyway, the graffiti. A lot of it was typical enough, and someone had tried very hard to write creepy graffiti, but frankly "abandon all hope ye who enter here" upside down crucifixes and slayer lyrics is just trying too hard, and frankly more funny than anything.

The creepiest things there included: A small room wallpapered entirely in childerens nursery wallpaper. A flaking mural done apparently by childeren in bright primary colours and the final, most creepy thing in the entire place?

A very simple peice of graffiti. Someone had written on one of the remaining doors in a sharpie marker "Colin, shut the door". Something about those words just creeped me out way more than the slayer lyrics and the like.
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Sat 9 Apr 2011, 18:53, 11 replies)

Severalls?
( Bathory, Sat 9 Apr 2011, 19:03, closed)

Nope.
St Augustines near Canterbury. I should imagine it was closed about the same time though, and would probably be in a similar condition. You a fan of UE?
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Sat 9 Apr 2011, 19:08, closed)

A fan of, but haven't been anywhere particually spectacular, ie, all the nice places guarded by security! Got an abandoned biowarfare hospital up where I am (Muswell Hill, Coppetts Hospital) and used to live near Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital. Would love to go explore a bit more!
( Bathory, Sat 9 Apr 2011, 19:11, closed)

Ooohh!
I'd love to explore a hospital facility, or an abandoned millitary facility! But yeah, aside from dover tunnels there's not many around that aren't locked or guarded. Mind you, there's supposed to be some pretty cool tunnels around. I've not been to that many places, but it is becoming a hobby of mine now.
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Sat 9 Apr 2011, 19:17, closed)

Ever been into Cane Hill? I hear it pretty much burnt down recently :(
( Bathory, Sat 9 Apr 2011, 19:22, closed)

Heard of it - the name certainly rings a bell
But I haven't been. There's a certain attraction to old decaying buildings though. There's part of the St. Aug. complex that has its own road and streetlight. There's grass growing through the road and in the distance you can see the buildings. It's kind of like being among the last people left on the planet. You can almost beleive everyone else is gone.
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Sat 9 Apr 2011, 19:26, closed)

We explored Barrow Mental Hospital
Just outside of Bristol, it was like every one just left one day, leaving everything. Sadly it has been heavily vandalised and previous explorers had set up a room to look they Filmed Saw there. Otherwise well recommended. Just watch out for the Police dog training that goes on in the grounds.
( Rev. Jayneflakes Buy my book, I need the cash for drugs and hookers, Sat 9 Apr 2011, 20:05, closed)

I'm not very adventurous myself
But I love this site

www.uer.ca/locations/newlist.asp?n=1&statfilter=160&country=England
(porkylips looks better as the sun goes down., Sat 9 Apr 2011, 20:09, closed)

When I was a kid
A mate took me to a secret location, which turned out to be an ordinary looking drain cover at the edge of a park. The cover was locked, but the earth had been scraped away beside the concrete block it was set in, and we could squeeze through.

It turned out to be a side-entrance to Newhaven Fort, a military fort built into the side of a cliff. It's a museum these days, but back then it was completely derelict and abandoned - a maze of tunnels which would lead to barracks, control rooms or emerge unexpectedly onto gun emplacements set into the cliff face.

A place of wonder and enchantment, for a young lad. Imagine being led into the interior of the Great Pyramid. I remember one stairway which led down into the bowels of the earth; the roof was flat so got deeper and deeper, and half way down you had to go under a huge block of fallen masonry that was jammed half way down.

I can't face going there now, all sanitised and made safe; it would destroy a cherished memory.
(moon monkey is busy making memories worth repressing, Mon 11 Apr 2011, 13:51, closed)

The one in Chartham? I've fancied doing this place, is there still access?
(jamesthegill opens new tabs with his scroll wheel, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 15:46, closed)

Yep
I'll PM you the details but frankly it's easy as hell.
(Fredz A graveyard of hopes, a dump of ambition, Wed 13 Apr 2011, 18:46, closed)