Sandwell College - Birmingham - 2012

[Derelict-UK]

I had the fortunate experience of studying here in 2010, Adult Education FTW!!

The main building is such a nice construction, gloss tiled walls, an excellent reception area and beautiful stairwells.

The building was exited around March this year and has been stripped of virtually anything in value.

A few months ago I was talking to a teacher of the college and he said that it was used from June to August by the police for dog training which would explain the various dog sized holes around the complex (some are too small to get through due to my love of bread products!!).

According to the teacher, the majority will be demolished for housing, I am not sure what will happen to the older building, but the rest originate from the 70's.


Explored on my tod, 3 trips over 2 days (I was scared off in the morning of the 2nd day as I noticed what looked like a police dog handler doing checks of the courtyard, not wanting a bitten arm, I decided to get a pain au chocolat & a coffee and come back later).

Pics (there are a few)...

Exterior Shots...

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Shall we go inside??

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15. Double Dome?
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Continued in the next post...

[Derelict-UK]

26. Construction area (aka how to build a wall)
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27. Nice drawing, shame you can't use it!
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30. The film production building...
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31. Leaflets Circa 1999...
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32. The building was very dangerous, seeping floors all over. It seemed it had not been used in a long time,
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33.
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34. Boomin' Marvelous!!
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35. Letter Land!!!!!
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38. Back to the main building...
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48. Note the Projector room, I couldn't get in here due to Security sunbathing (Must try harder Sir!)
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50. Props
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53. Brand New MS-DOS 5!!
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And a sign from the force, doesn't he look fuffy!!

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This is what they have moved into...

Copyright Sandwell Council...
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D-UK

[nelly]

Noice :)

[Clough]

That's cool boss, like the dome is a lovely blue. Just bring some Bacon next time you run it to a police dog. We once ran into a po po dog with handler was a nice dog but wouldn't want to fuck with it

[jST]

With good reason, this place is in non public on other websites.

Nice flicks

[birdinanaviary]

Amazing set of photos
Looks sweeet

[Derelict-UK]

With good reason, this place is in non public on other websites.

Nice flicks

Can't see why, it's not got anything of great value left in it, the place has more holes than swiss cheese, it's not live. It's just a derelict building that is going to soon be demolished. If it is anything to do with the cop shop then they don't batter an eyelid lol, streams of police cars go past. But when has exploring ever been a crime anyway?

Thanks for the feedback though (and everyone else).