Urban Exploring

Points of reference ...

28dayslater: Once the biggest forum for Urban Explorers in the UK, now an archive to what its members achieved.
Subterranea Britannica: Definitive site for things Cold War and mostly underground including ROC posts.
The Palmerston Forts Society: Definitive site for all things to do with defensive forts that ring Portsmouth. and other key UK military ports
urbex ¦ uk: Simon Cornwell's site is recognized as a key reference on UK asylum history.
English Heritage Buildings at Risk Register 2006: The buildings at risk register is an interesting read and can also be a source for leads.

Other Explorers ...

Urban Desertion: Lillimouse's site - lots of hospitals and plenty more.
o2t: Oxygen Thief's site - one of the people behind 28dayslater.
Forgotten UK: Turkey's site - superb photographs of various sites.
Abandoned Past: MarkR's site - hospitals and military sites.
Lighting the Darkness: dweeb's site - mostly industrial sites.
Level 2: snappel's site - stunning looking with a diverse set of sites.
Pretty Vacant: rookinella's site - loads of great pictures from all over ... does she ever stop to catch a breath?
Opacity: Mr. Mott's site - the daddy of North American UE sites.
urbanfootprints: The urbanfootprint crew's site.
matthew-field.co.uk: Fieldy's site - a large range of different sites.
ROC Remembered: MarkR's site - Mark's one man mission to document as many ROC posts as possible.
Urban Adventure: Angel's site - written in a blog style which means it's got a great narrative, plus add in the fact that she's one of the best urban climbers around and you've got loads of great content.

Tools of the trade ...

FlashEarth: FlashEarth consolidates satellite images from all key sources including Microsoft Live and Google Earth into a single, Flash based, linkable resource for recce'ing sites from above.
Ordnance Survey: The OS's site and in particular the Get-a-map™ service, whilst only giving a limited view of any particular area, can be useful for find public rights of way near to sites.

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