A visit to this place has been a loooooong time coming for me. It first foiled me when I turned up in 2011 and found it sealed, and again a couple of years after that the same story sadly repeated itself. On something of a fail day on the first leg of a big northern trip this was our only success and it was a sweet one.

Heavily decayed, bashed and trashed but still ridiculously photogenic, by far the best site left in a city that was once the home of UK ceramics and pottery production in my opinion. It's just such a shame that the Grade II listed bottle kiln collapsed of it's own accord due to no maintenance work a couple of years ago. That the city council seems determined to let a large part of it's historic industrial heritage be destroyed through demolition or sheer neglect is depressing to see.

I really, really enjoyed my time here, its the kind of location and level of dereliction I love to shoot.

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Thanks for looking as always

Shit man, what an unassuming yet incredible spot. Great set.

Cheers man. Yeah it doesn't look like much from the outside, and with the whole top floor section of one part open to the elements after it collapsed and with the majority of the roof tiles on the other buildings missing you'd think it'd be an absolute shell of a place but it's hanging on in there. It helps that it gets sealed up pretty quickly so never stays wide open for very long which keeps the morons out.

What a beautiful location. Great captures!

Great job on these, the place looks great.

wow very nice .

Whoa, thats a lot of pottery. Great location and pictures.

What a flat-out stunning visual in #8. I'm always a big fan of plant succession inside of abandonments, but to have all the shelves and ceramics there too is great! #18 is a close second fav.

I absolutely LOVE that elevator! & I'm sorry but, i would had to have one of those sugar bowls Great pics and explore.