ARCHIVE - Burtonwood, Warrington - October 08
 

After hearing that the Burtonwood Aerodrome was being demolished - I quickly got a team together for what could be our last chance to view the old hangars!
Yes! They have been photographed before so I decided to post pics not included in previous threads.
I have driven along the M62 so many times and wanted to view this site for a good decade now, well done the person who said they were being torn down for otherwise I would never have had this chance.
They survived the Luftwaffe, they survived the M62 and even the bad British weather for 50 years - but like most places designed to safeguard our future - the developers arrive with loaded bulldozers and big profit margins!
These breadheads have no sense of history!
But enough of my philosophical outbursts...

Me, Darkscore and Light_arted had initially checked the site at 6.30am, it was very foggy but by the time we returned with our cameras, it had mostly lifted and turned out to be a lovely morning.
We had started by the first two and then made our way to the three main prominent hangars.
Hanger 1A
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...b/DSC05555.jpg

I found a sneaky way in while the others kept guard anxiously and kept hurrying me up. There was a security cabin nearby so nerves were fraying.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...b/DSC05559.jpg

The door mechanism.
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Artistic shot!
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Base of old water tower by Hangar 8E
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Office roof of 6E
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Inside the office!
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I wasn't sure what this was, some kind of pressure gauge left on the floor.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...b/DSC05586.jpg

Year 2000 wall calender
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...b/DSC05588.jpg

Were they disturbed during chow?
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...b/DSC05590.jpg

We couldn't get into any of the others but I managed to slide my camera through a gap. Compacts do pay off sometimes, Darkscore's nice SLR wouldn't fit through and he nearly threw his toys out his pram as I snapped away. Thankfully he finally managed to slide through a larger space in the huge doors!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...b/DSC05618.jpg

Meeee! I'm finally not an Urbex virgin!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16.../DSC05613b.jpg

Being a bit of a nutter (According to Darkscore) I could not help but to climb up hanger 6E, it's not as easy as it looks! The sides are too steep, slippy and could be unstable so I edged up the front supporting wall.

Getting there!
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An old light fitting right at the very centre top! It was safe but I was nervous of being spotted - well? Where could I have run to? ha ha.
This is my favourite shot of the explore.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...b/DSC05601.jpg

Looking along the length of the hangar, the roof was concrete and ashphalt. And crumbly!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...b/DSC05602.jpg

Looking down! It felt a lot higher!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...b/DSC05603.jpg

The power station at Runcorn! Something you can see for many miles!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...b/DSC05604.jpg

Hangar 1E from 6E.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...b/DSC05605.jpg

Climbing down! Lots of sliding on my arse!
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...b/DSC05606.jpg

A view across the old runway, showing where it vanished beneath the M62. Lines can still be seen in the field across the carriageway where it originally continued.
http://i5.photobucket.com/albums/y16...b/DSC05648.jpg

Well done. It's lots of fun both on top and inside!

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