Fails of the Urban Explorer: Derelict Bradford

Here’s a compilation of miscellaneous failures, ALL in Bradford during the latter part of 2019.

I like to post these as later I may return to them to find access is now available as the ‘demolition teams’ may have visited.

‘Demolition Teams Definition’: Vandals who break windows, doors and create access points that were previously unavailable.

While I condone such actions, if they create a way in for me then who am to leave on the grounds of morality?

You have to think that most access points are created by these kinds of people at some point unless your target is ruinous.

The Waggon & Horses

According to local geographical expert @goblinknackers, The Waggon & Horses is located in a particularly shitty area of Bradford, and I was fully expecting to gain access having viewed a YouTube video from some other explorers.

We parked not exactly outside the location and noticed another car nearby with the occupants inside.

They were giving us dodgy looks as we approached the old decaying pub, which we pointedly ignored.

The back door was jammed, and the smashed window holds a reflection of yours truly taking this shot.

I’m quite sure the cellar, now containing a brand new lock was the original access point. A shame as there appeared to be lots of relics in this one.

The Houses

This emphasises what some parts of this of this city are really like. A derelict mess that should be demolished.

There was no way into these as the bottom levels had been filled with concrete but I can imagine this was not always the case.

Stuck on the side was this poster. It's not the only one I have seen, they appear to be stuck all over the city.

Need I say more, this is the city of needles and some truly terrible looking buildings.

The Revolution Bar

According to @goblinknackers, this bar has been open until quite recently, with the aforementioned person having haunted it once or twice.

We had a good look around but found no access points.

The window looked a possible way in but there was something else on the other side blocking our way.

This place has quite a history, this piece of news being disturbing.

Members of the public who were standing outside these fire doors were shocked when they saw the deceased was effectively being used as a battering ram to open the fire doors.

While Bradford is an Urban Explorers’ dream, it’s nightlife probably isn’t for me.

Provident Financial

Being someone interested in the stock market, I heard about the difficulties this company was having, and it’s evident the building is no longer in use.

A takeover bid failed in 2019, and so this quite hideous looking building has now been abandoned.

Or has it?

We saw evidence of people inside and lights on in some rooms, so maybe something is going on.

The disuse of the car park and all the crap that has gathered on the grounds told us that few people have trodden on these grounds recently.

I was quite sure the cameras were no longer working but once again, it seemed to be quite sealed up.

Sometimes you find you’re a little too late and that chance to explore has gone forever. Bah!

And lastly, what do you do if you see an apparently empty building that has the lock missing such as this one?

We leveraged the lock back and peered inside. It was empty as we suspected but going in would prove a huge risk.

Why? Because some bastard can come along and lock us in! We absconded due to this reason, the other one being a local smackhead was loitering around.

I wouldn't put it past him to lock us in just for some laughs.

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