Eerie Abandoned Barnes Hospital in Greater Manchester

An eerie abandoned, mansion-like hospital in the Cheadle/Wythenshawe area, Greater Manchester is a perfect spot for a dark music video.

The Hospital once known as Barnes was closed down in 1999 and over the past 15 years it has been stripped, smashed and decorated by the local explorers, squatters and graffiti artists. The building was constructed by Manchester Royal Infirmary on the outskirts of industrial Manchester to occupy a more peaceful atmosphere to house convalescence patients in what was once a rural location.

Nowadays the creepy venue is rife with offensive graffiti, glass shards, death-traps in the form of broken down elevators and muggy old morgue tables that get one’s imagination set to horror mode. What ever your stance in on extra-terrestrial dimensions, this place has a cold atmosphere that can’t be ignored.

Italy's Crumbling and Abandoned Discotheques

Brought to fruition from desirable financial conditions throughout the 80s and 90s, these giant discotheques ruled supreme in the nightlife scene out on the outskirts of Italian cities.

Tomorrowvision Urbex: Dorlux Bed Factory, Halifax

Abandoned bed factory in Halifax. According to rumours the place was shut down after a CID Police investigation found that the business was not following proper labour laws by employing cheap migrant workers. Only 3 weeks later and a lot of the site has already been stripped of its worth by gypsies and opportunists. The left over beds seem to be popular with several homeless people who seemed to have made this their new residence and weren't afraid to leave their excrement about the place, lovely.

Tomorrowvision Urbex - St Johns Mental Asylum, Lincolnshire

St John’s Asylum, Lincolnshire in the East of England was built 1852. The building was then known as Lindsey & Holland Counties & Lincoln & District Lunatic Asylum.

It was originally built to house just 250 patients but by 1902 the asylum grounds covered 120 acres. The grounds of the asylum were cultivated by the inmates where they grew their own vegetables. Within the grounds was a cemetery for the hospital which covered 1.5 acres. St John’s also had its own mortuary chapel.

The asylum finally closed its doors during December 1989 with all the patients being transferred to other nearby hospitals.

Tomorrowvision Urbex - Turner Brothers Asbestos & Textiles, Rochdale

Turner Brothers Asbestos was one of Greater Manchester's oldest firms and was forced to leave its hometown after more than 100 years. TBA Textiles Ltd has been based at the Turner and Newall factory in Rochdale since 1875 but the developer which owns the site has told the firm to leave by May 2012. The Rochdale site was the birthplace of the modern asbestos textile industry and headquarters of the T&N worldwide empire until 1948.

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Tomorrowvision Urbex - Newsome Mill, Huddersfield

The mill is most familiarly associated with the firm of Taylor & Littlewood, formed in 1873 when Ephraim Beaumont Taylor went into partnership with Joshua Littlewood. Under their management, Newsome Mills developed into a “Splendid block of buildings, mills and weaving sheds of great extent and admirable arrangement.” All cloth manufacturing processes were carried out on the site – starting with raw wool and ending with the production of fine worsteds. There were 200 looms and 600 employees making trousers, coats and woolen goods.

Tomorrowvision Urbex - St Lukes Hospital, Huddersfield

While the main hospital building dates back to the last century, St Luke’s House was originally founded as a workhouse in 1872. None of the Victorian buildings on the site are listed, despite attempts in 1995 and 2009. English Heritage said the building was “old fashioned” for its time and not of significant architectural or historical significance to justify listing. St Luke’s House was used as the NHS Trust headquarters in Huddersfield for many years. The main hospital was latterly used for geriatric care and also as a unit to treat stroke patients.