The Explores
Eplore 01
The Tram Sheds
Location Sheffield
Date of Explore 14/04/17
The old tram system shut down in October 1960, then reopened again in 1994, replaced by the supertram but it's rumoured this maintenance depot was never used again and all new tram sheds were built to house and maintain the supertram.
Not much remains of the old sheds, just the shell of the main sheds, an old platform and the steel frame of another large old shed, but there is a lot of truly epic graffiti.
Explore 02
Ski Village
Location Sheffield
Date of Explore 24/04/17
Opened in 1988, the Ski Village was believed to be the largest artificial ski resort in Europe, hosting 8 slopes, sports shop, bar, restaurant, half pipe, hip jump, kicker, quarter pipe, various grind rails, and toboggan run. In 2012 it was closed due to accidental fire, then after closure the site was victim to over 50 arson fires.
Now only the destroyed remnants of the slopes, debris from the buildings and rubbish from fly tippers remains.
Explore 03
Strange Remains
Location Whiteley Woods, Sheffield
Date of Explore 29/04/17
On this explore we visited Whiteley Woods in Sheffield and we stumbled upon a load of strange ruined structures taken back by nature. We think they could have been old farm storage buildings but we're not 100% so if anyone else knows please get in touch and let us know
Explore 04
Robert Neill & Co
Location Sheffield
Date of Explore 29/04/14
Not much is really Known about this building, other than it was home to Robert Neill & Co Electrical Wholesalers and was closed in 1994 and has been abandoned ever since as the company moved premises to attercliffe in sheffield.
Explore 05
The Queens Hotel
Location Sheffield
Date of Explore 29/04/17
The Queens hotel was built in 1929 closed in 1997 no other information is known but this pub has fallen into serious decay. At one point I almost fell through the floor!!!
Explore 06
G.H. White & Co/Eon Works
Location Sheffield
Date Of Explore 25/05/17
G. H. White & Co. Ltd. is a heat treatment works based in the city of Sheffield. The business now trades under the name of Special Steel Co. following a merger between two companies and currently operate out of their new premises on Bacon Lane. The company’s original site opened on Earl Street in 1939 due to growing tensions between the Allies and the Nazis. After war was declared in 1939, Sheffield quickly became one of the main cities centred on producing steel and armaments. Like most factories at the time, EON Works contributed to the war effort. However, it only operated successfully for about a year before it was damaged by bombs sometime in December 1940 during the Sheffield Blitz. After the war ended, the building was repaired and continued to operate as a heat treatment works, specialising in heat treating metals primarily for cutlery production.
Explore 07
Hallam Tower Hotel
Location Sheffield
Date of Explore 28/07/17
Construction was started in 1963 at a cost of £1 million and opened for business on 24th March 1965. It was 11 stories high and boasted 136 bedrooms, employing almost 150 staff. The hotel covered a 3 and a half acre site and included the Vulcan Room restaurant, the Sheffield Plate Grill, and the Downstairs Bar. It was one of the first luxury hotels in the region since the end of ww2 and appeared on tv in an advert for the Ford Galaxie 500 and a promotional film titled Sheffield... City On The Move. The hotel eventually closed on 18th April 2004 and has remained empty ever since.
