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Northern Ireland is rich with urbex possibilities. From boarded-up manor houses and deserted mills to former prisons, hospitals, dance halls and shipwrecks along the coast, this region’s abandoned places tell stories of conflict, industry and community. We explore and document forgotten corners across Ulster, revealing their history and atmosphere.
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Herdman’s Flax Mill – Sion Mills
This Flax Mill was located within a tree-lined industrial village and designated conservation area. The village had been laid out as a model linen village by three brothers from Belfast and in 1835, this flax spinning mill was established. Beforehand, it had been used as an old flour mill.
The Abandoned Wildlife Rescue Centre
Hidden behind a 200-year wall and nestled among one and a half acre of woodland sat this abandoned wildlife rescue centre. For over 30 years, the owner was dedicated to the rehabilitation of sick, injured and orphaned wild animals.
Cairndhu House
Cairndhu House, an abandoned Victorian mansion near Larne, Northern Ireland, is steeped in history. Discover its architecture, wartime hospital era and eerie ghostly legends.
St Colman’s Primary School
St Colman’s Primary School in Kilwarlin, near Moira, opened as a national school in 1862 and closed in 2009 after 147 years, with only two pupils left on the roll.
The School House
A local village school which educated children from the Tandagree area for over 100 years before closing its doors in 1996
The Wayside Inn
The Wayside Inn was a former roadside pub, restaurant and fuel stop on Frosses Road near Cloughmills. It was later demolished and redeveloped as Centra Frosses Road with a Solo fuel forecourt.
Royal Navy Signal Station Killylane
An abandoned World War 2 Signal Station used to communicate with ships and aircraft approaching over the Atlantic.