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Recently I've been doing more going out and seeing places, doing things that I like etc. About a week ago I came across a post on 28DL about Manchester's 'Toast Rack' and it looked good so I went for a nosey there. I think they call it the toast rack because of the building's shape.
Upon arrival I did a walk around the site as I always do before I go in places like this. I found the main gate wide open with a car and a van parked there. I didn't see anyone so I just walked in and went to the first smaller building which from the content inside seemed to be some kind of fashion building with a big hall (see pictures) and a 2nd floor. Once i'd seen all of that I moved over to the main building.
The first and 2nd floors looked like cooking floors. Whisks and bowls pretty much covered the floor. This was the point where I could hear builders somewhere in the building but I never saw them until the very end of my explore (I'll get to that soon). As I kept going up each floor, the rooms got smaller obviously due to the building's shape. I finally managed to get to the roof and could see for literally miles but typical me got too excited and didn't get a photo.
The last place to go was the circular building (see photos) so I made me descent and headed towards it. Unfortunatley, the building was completely hollow, nothing but a structure remained so I decided to finally leave the place.
Since I had already seen everything I decided to leave through the main gate again where a builder was stood so I approached him. He told me the usual that I wasn't supposed to be there and asked how I got in. I pointed to the main gate and he escorted me out telling me that he doesn't mind people who are just there to have a look but his boss doesn't see it that way. While out of the site we had a chat about the place and he told me that they were having problems with kids coming in and smashing everything up which I had noticed while walking through the buildings, they were a mess. He also told me that they're making the main building into apartments and the circular building will be a gym. He seemed to be a decent bloke and we ended up having a good 30 minute chat.
After that I left... That's about it really. Overall a very good place to urbex. Since the campus was only abandoned in 2013, the structure was still very well intact and was a very interesting place to visit.
Pictures:
P.S - I know the image quality sucks. They were taken on mobile. I'm not a photographer.
Upon arrival I did a walk around the site as I always do before I go in places like this. I found the main gate wide open with a car and a van parked there. I didn't see anyone so I just walked in and went to the first smaller building which from the content inside seemed to be some kind of fashion building with a big hall (see pictures) and a 2nd floor. Once i'd seen all of that I moved over to the main building.
The first and 2nd floors looked like cooking floors. Whisks and bowls pretty much covered the floor. This was the point where I could hear builders somewhere in the building but I never saw them until the very end of my explore (I'll get to that soon). As I kept going up each floor, the rooms got smaller obviously due to the building's shape. I finally managed to get to the roof and could see for literally miles but typical me got too excited and didn't get a photo.
The last place to go was the circular building (see photos) so I made me descent and headed towards it. Unfortunatley, the building was completely hollow, nothing but a structure remained so I decided to finally leave the place.
Since I had already seen everything I decided to leave through the main gate again where a builder was stood so I approached him. He told me the usual that I wasn't supposed to be there and asked how I got in. I pointed to the main gate and he escorted me out telling me that he doesn't mind people who are just there to have a look but his boss doesn't see it that way. While out of the site we had a chat about the place and he told me that they were having problems with kids coming in and smashing everything up which I had noticed while walking through the buildings, they were a mess. He also told me that they're making the main building into apartments and the circular building will be a gym. He seemed to be a decent bloke and we ended up having a good 30 minute chat.
After that I left... That's about it really. Overall a very good place to urbex. Since the campus was only abandoned in 2013, the structure was still very well intact and was a very interesting place to visit.
Pictures:
P.S - I know the image quality sucks. They were taken on mobile. I'm not a photographer.
