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Sites about urban exploration and groups located in the United Kingdom.

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• 28 Days Later

  http://www.28dayslater.co.uk/
  A community and forum for urban explorers in the UK.

• Abandoned Britain

  http://www.abandoned-britain.com/
  Documents the urban decay of industrial sites, hospitals, asylums and other abandoned buildings.

• Abandoned England

  https://www.facebook.com/abandonedengland/
  Photographing abandoned and derelict places across England and further afield. Facebook group.

• Abandoned Essex

  https://abandonedessex.wordpress.com/
  Neglected and abandoned places in Essex, UK.

• Abandoned Norfolk

  https://abandonednorfolk.wordpress.com/
  Abandoned places photographed in Norfolk, UK and area.

• Abandoned Suffolk

  https://abandonedsuffolk.wordpress.com/
  Urban exploration photographs by Alison Suffolk.

• Aurora's & Urban Bex's Urban Exploration

  http://www.urbanbexs.shorturl.com/
  UK based exploration, mostly tunnels and drains.

• Bradley L. Garrett

  http://www.bradleygarrett.com/
  Researcher, explorer, photographer. Has published print books about exploring London, UK in particular.

• Buildings of London

  http://buildingsoflondon.co.uk/
  Photographs of London, taken by Peter Marshall concentrating on industry and former industrial sites in London, UK.

• Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital

  http://www.crcmh.com/
  A thorough site devoted to Berkshire's abandoned Canadian Red Cross Memorial Hospital, including a virtual tour.

• ChessUrbex

  http://s145.photobucket.com/user/Chess64/library/?sort=4&page=0
  Chess's urban explorations.

• Dark Places

  http://www.darkplaces.co.uk/
  UK photo gallery and forums.

• Derelict in the UK

  http://derelictinthe.uk/
  Documenting abandoned places in the UK.

• Derelict London

  http://www.derelictlondon.com/
  Paul Talling's site. Snapshots of the Capital's urban decaying beauty: graffiti, buildings, waterways, cemeteries, people, murals, pubs, vehicles, disused tube stations.

• Derelict Places

  http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/
  A community website dedicated to the documentation of derelict, decaying and abandoned places. Based in the UK.

• Elle Dunn

  https://www.flickr.com/photos/nursepayne/
  Nurse Payne's urban exploration.

• Flickr: Battersea Power Station

  http://www.flickr.com/groups/batterseapowerstation/
  Visit London and stand in its presence before it becomes a mall for the middle-classes in 2009.

• Flickr: Buildings at Risk in Northern Ireland

  http://www.flickr.com/groups/buildings_at_risk/
  This group is for buildings listed by the Ulster Architectural Heritage Society and for our own discoveries, regardless of age. Architecture that catches the eye, quickens the pulse and is now sadly neglected.

• Flickr: Derelict Glasgow

  http://www.flickr.com/groups/81595027@N00/
  Dedicated to the beautiful old places in Glasgow that no-one seems to care about any more. Basically anywhere that is abandoned.

• Flickr: Derelict London

  http://www.flickr.com/groups/derelictlondon/
  Photo sharing group inspired y Paul Talling's Derelict London site.

• Flickr: Exploration Nation

  http://www.flickr.com/groups/ukurbex/
  Mainly UK urban exploration. Photographs of abandoned buildings and bits of junk found in strange places.

• Flickr: Industrial Architecture/ Archaeology UK

  http://www.flickr.com/groups/industryuk/
  A place to explore industrial architecture and archeology in the UK.

• Flickr: London, City of Filth

  http://www.flickr.com/groups/lcf/
  Photos of London's flipside. Abandoned, dirty, derelict places and things.

• Flickr: Not Forgotten Asylums in the UK

  http://www.flickr.com/groups/ukasylums/
  A group to post pictures of and about a part of the UK's history which is being swept under the carpet.

• Flickr: Shit Britain

  http://www.flickr.com/groups/32972300@N00/
  Urban decay and other neglect and ruins.

• Flickr: Upper Don Valley Sheffield

  http://www.flickr.com/groups/upperdonvalley/
  Views taken in and around the Upper Don Valley. This is an area that is being redeveloped, many of these places are going to be bulldozed and plain modern tall tower blocks put in their place.

• Flickr: Weird Ireland

  http://www.flickr.com/groups/weirdireland/
  Photographs and pictures of strange and weird things in Eire and Northern Ireland. Ancient sculptures, mysterious circles, legendary characters, spooky locations and anything else related to weird things around the country.

• Forgotten Cornwall

  https://www.flickr.com/photos/leavesandpuddles/sets/72157625460358248
  Photographs by Chris Sawle.

• Friends of Friendless Churches

  http://www.friendsoffriendlesschurches.org.uk/
  Saving historic and redundant places of worship from demolition and decay. Photos and details included.

• Friends of Williamson's Tunnels

  http://www.williamsontunnels.com/
  Fan site for an odd collection of tunnels located under Liverpool.

• Hellingly Mental Asylum

  http://shadowlurker7.tripod.com/
  Located in the heart of the Sussex countryside. A fine example of G.T Hines architecture but is also sadly the most heavily smashed up example of his work. The aim of this site is to convey what remains.

• Hidden Glasgow

  http://www.hiddenglasgow.com/
  Discover the hidden side of Glasgow through photographs, maps and images. Subterranean Glasgow, buildings, architecture, photographs of the city.

• Ian Cooper

  http://www.ian-cooper.com/
  Urban exploring, visuals and rambles.

• If Walls Could Whisper

  http://www.ifwallscouldwhisper.com/
  A site dedicated to the photographic art of urban exploration. Chris Swindells, UK.

• InterZone

  http://www.interzone-inc.net/
  Night photos of Sunderland, Newcastle & North-East England. Selection of unique & original urban, rural, industrial and futuristic nights-capes.

• London's Abandoned Tube Stations

  http://www.abandonedstations.org.uk/
  A guide to London's abandoned tube (underground public transit) stations. Also includes a section on closed overground lines.

• London's Lost Rivers

  http://www.londonslostrivers.com/
  Here you can discover London's lost rivers, canals and docks plus many lesser known rivers within the M25. The website also lists guided walks.

• Mechanised

  http://www.mechanised.org.uk/
  Beneath the rule a country hides. UK places and links.

• Memories of Bexley Hospital

  http://www.bexleyhospital.co.uk/
  Pictures, documents and memories of the psychiatric hospital which closed in 2001.

• Nelly's Urbex

  http://nellyurbex.blogspot.com/
  Urban exploration based in Essex, UK.

• Nettleden

  http://www.nettleden.com/
  Information on secret underground cities, classified military installations. Mainly in Wiltshire, UK.

• Nicholas Adams - Hidden Spaces

  http://www.nicholas-adams.co.uk/
  London interior and architectural photographer Nicholas Adams.

• North Wales Hospital Historical Society

  http://www.northwaleshospital.btck.co.uk/
  North Wales Hospital, Denbigh. 1848 - 1995.

• Nyc•to•pho•bi•a

  https://www.facebook.com/Nyctophobia.uk
  Urban exploration photographer since 2003.

• Photo Addiction

  http://www.photoaddiction.co.uk/
  Showcasing some of the best pictures in my portfolio from in and around Birmingham, UK and in The Lake District, UK.

• Place Hacking

  http://www.placehacking.co.uk/
  Based in London, UK. A group of urban explorers.

• Portsdown Tunnels

  http://www.portsdown-tunnels.org.uk/
  Researches and records the above and underground sites on Portsdown, Portsmouth, UK.

• Save Britain's Heritage

  http://www.savebritainsheritage.org/
  Founded by a group of journalists, historians, architects, and planners to campaign publicly for endangered historic buildings.

• Scotland Urbex

  http://www.scotlandurbex.com/
  An urban exploration project exploring the abandoned Scotland.

• Scotland's Secret Bunker

  http://www.secretbunker.co.uk/
  A commercial site promoting paid tours of a bunker near St. Andrews.

• Secret Bases

  http://www.secret-bases.co.uk/
  A guide to using Internet-based research tools to reveal the UK's hidden MoD facilities and military sites.

• Shrewsbury from where you are not

  http://shrewsburyfromwhereyouarenot.blogspot.com/
  Rooftopping photography.

• Sick Britain

  http://www.sickbritain.co.uk/
  Exploring the UK urban exploration scene.

• Simon Cornwell: Urbex

  http://www.simoncornwell.com/urbex/
  Exploring, documenting and researching forgotten structures hidden around the UK. This site specializes in derelict Victorian lunatic asylums, including the largest collection of material devoted to the legendary Cane Hill.

• Souterrains

  http://www.souterrains.org/
  North Wales caving club. Souterrains, man made underground objects, artificial cavities, mines, quarries, tunnels.

• Sub-Urban

  http://sub-urban.com/
  Urban exploration in the south east of England, concentrating primarily on subterranea also featuring building explorations.

• Subterranea Britannica

  http://www.subbrit.org.uk/
  A society devoted to the study and investigation of man-made and man-used underground places.

• Subterranean Exploration

  http://www.subterraneanhistory.co.uk/
  Exploring tunnels, bunkers and forts in and around Kent. Areas include: Dover, Medway, Ramsgate, Thames estury and Surrey.

• The Bohemian Blog

  http://www.thebohemianblog.com/
  British freelance writer/ photographer Darmon Richter. Dark tourism and urban exploration.

• The Derelict Miscellany

  http://derelictmisc.org.uk/
  A site that records explorations of disused space within the UK built environment using photographs, maps, observations and narratives.

• The Time Chamber

  http://www.thetimechamber.co.uk/
  A collection of photographs and words documenting the abandoned buildings around the United Kingdom and farther afield.

• Tim Edensor - British Industrial Ruins

  http://www.sci-eng.mmu.ac.uk/british_industrial_ruins/
  Pictures documenting industrial ruins in the UK.

• Tim Edensor: Spaces of Dereliction

  http://www.sci-eng.mmu.ac.uk/industrial_ruins/
  Industrial ruins in the UK.

• UE Veehicular

  http://veehicular.net/category/urbex/
  Randy Vee based in the UK.

• UK Urbex

  http://www.ukurbex.com/
  UK based urban exploration forum.

• Underground History

  http://underground-history.co.uk/
  Disused stations in London, England's underground.

• Underground Kent Research Group

  http://www.kurg.org.uk/
  Napoleonic fortifications and underground tunnels of Kent.

• Urban Explorer UK

  http://www.theurbanexplorer.co.uk/
  Photographs of derelict and abandoned buildings around the UK from Adam Montague.

• Visions of Obscurity

  http://www.desertionphotography.com/
  South east based explorers documenting decay and abandonment of the UK.

• Whatevers Left

  http://www.whateversleft.co.uk/
  Photographs documenting industrial, commercial and underground exploring based in the UK.

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