British Sugar, Kidderminster 2008

[Hellboy]

Visited here twice. Sadly most of the site has now gone. But I was able to get some photos of most of the site before it went

History
This was a sugar beet factory that was part of the British Sugar Corporation.
The British Sugar Corporation was created by the Sugar Industry (Reorganisation) Act to manage the entire UK sugar beet crop in 1936. In 1981, the government sold their 36% share in the corporation and the following year The British Sugar Corporation became a public limited company, trading as British Sugar plc. Nine years later is was sold to Associated British Foods, who still own it today.

Under strain from competition with imported sugar, it was forced to close some of its sites. One of which was in Kidderminster, closing in Febuary 2002

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Thanks to Meth for history

[boxfrenzy]

Nice one mate. Love the first picture. Has this place all gone now?

[Hellboy]

I think the 2 silo's are standing and a few empty warehouses. But thats it

[bungle666]

i visited last year and did the silos in the dark!!























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[KingElvis]

That first picture is great, reminds me of the film Event Horizon

The silos look great, like the night shots.

[boxfrenzy]

Good pictures there. Often used to go past this place when it was still working.