County Constabulary, Oakmere, January 2011

[Only2Eyes]

With the yoghurt place boxed off TCCI hailed a taxi (woke georgie up) and we headed up the road to the County Constabulary.

Access was comedy. Well comedy for the cat and georgie, less so for me and Zero Big thanks to both of them because without their assistance I wouldn't have got in here

History nicked from georgie:

'Built in 1892 (prior to this time magistrates sat in a room at the nearby Abbey Arms Hotel), originally comprising a courthouse, police station and cells. Disused since 1987, currently boarded up and derelict.

The site was the headquarters for the Eddisbury division which was absorbed into runcorn in 1939.'

On the way out I was collared by a chap who lived in the house at the back. He told us that the place is owned by a Chinese group based in Manchester who had planned to open a Chinese restaurant there but because the building is so close to the main road and the access (if only he knew) was so poor they can't do owt with it.

He also said 'smoke a bit of weed, as you do'. Repeatedly.

(1)


(2) Probably the old court room


(3) The main entrance


(4) Some joker, obviously aware of me stopping smoking, has drawn a massive cig on the wall


(5) & (6) Outside the cells


(7) & (8) The cells


(9)


(10) There is some horrific wallpaper in this place


(11)


(12) And some old school Pepsi to finish


A few more to be found here - Don't be shy...

Thanks for looking

[georgie]

top pics m8 glad the 2 of you got to see inside this place,the cells are worth seeing alone

comedy access indeed m8 f@@k knows where that ladder went that was there last time but it deffo gave me a chuckle seeing yous trying to free climb the brickwork ,but yous did well m8 as its not an easy place to get into

ill check my head cam im sure i caught it all on there

cheers for the chuckles m8 and again was a pleasure meeting you and zer081

heres a few of mine from the hs10,s first urbex