On the site of the former iron works at Dunaskin, you can see various abandoned trains and rolling stock.
The area is now the Scottish industrial railway centre. and is operated by the Ayrshire Railway Preservation Group.
There are many trains that are certainly in very poor condition, but some have been restored and are secured
at the site. The railway operates on a seasonal basis. Please visit their website for further details.
A small island within the Firth of Forth that was used during both world wars as part of the east coast’s Forth coastal defence in Scotland
The island contains the remains of buildings from WWI and WWII. There is also evidence to suggest the island may have also been occupied by the Romans.
Because the Forth is tidal, there are only certain times of day when it is possible and safe to make the crossing by foot from the mainland. If you do decide to visit Cramond Island, please make sure you check the tide times carefully and leave yourself plenty of time to return from the island.
Wemyss Bay Hotel. A once very popular hotel on the West coast of Scotland is now abandoned, derelict and a ruin.
The building is awaiting demolition to make way for future retail development. Within the hotel, you can still see the bars, seating areas and dining rooms.
There is very little in the way of graffiti or vandalism, although the building is in very poor condition.
Update: The entire building has now been demolished following a serious fire. The site is now been redeveloped and is home to Coop food shop.
The Spango Valley IBM factory was opened in Greenock in the 1950s
During IBM’s time in Greenock, the site was used for the production of office equipment such as typewriters and photocopiers. It was during the 90s when the Greenock IBM plant was in full swing, building thousands of PCs every day. At one point, the Greenock IBM facility employed up to 5000 people. IBM also outsourced to other factories in the locality. Mimtec (Laterally Fullerton Computer Industries) where a large-scale non-IBM assembler of IBM pc’s. Since IBM stopped their PC activity, this site has been taken over by Amazon and is one of its UK fulfilment centres.
The IBM facility in this video is currently being demolished to make way for future development.
Balrossie School was first opened in 1899 as an orphanage for the children of sailors. The building was later adapted to become an approved school for boys. The building was last used in the mid-nineties and is now sadly a ruin.
There has been a lot of vandalism at Balrossie, and sections of the building have fallen into a state of disrepair. There are areas of the building that can only be described as dangerous. The future for this once-great building does not look good.