Welcome to the UK Urban Exploration Forum.

Looking at my access logs, it seems that a lot of you arrive at this website via a web search for urban exploration in the UK.

When you arrived here, all that you could find was the urban image gallery.

I’m keen to expand this area of my website. I’ll start with these forums…

good idea. people should be able to find out all they need to know about the subject without having to join various web rings, etc. that just makes life difficult and is v. annoying. ue is about much more than just breaking in to a building for thrills. don’t get me wrong, i’m not saying it shouldn’t be fun, it should, but there are limits. safety, for example, is something everyone should consider. even those with a lot of common sense. it’s no good going in to an abandoned building wearing sandals, afterall, is it? if anyone would like to contact me for any reason here is my e-mail: purplewaxman@hotmail.com

Do have anything you’d like to contribute Shadow Walker? I ask because I would love to build up the urbex section of this website but I find I barely have the time to maintain the website, let alone go exploring these days.

loads. i’d probably need a whole site to share all my experiances, ideas and wisdom, but i’ll post a few of basics here: first of all you need to know at least a little about the site you’re planning to visit,(this doesn’t really apply if you find the building on the one-off). if there are people working nearby it helps to know when they are not working. i found this out the hard way when i went to whitecroft as i got caught and asked to leave the site as i didn’t know just how close the used area of the asylum was. second; be careful. learn to disinguish between safe and unsafe structures just by looking at them. i say this about floors in particular. there’s nought worse than stepping on a floor that you think is safe and falling or sinking through it. always beware falling debris. i got attacked by a falling window shutter once and it was quite painful. bear in mind that things can fall for no apparent reason. i may have said this before, but i can’t stress enough that you should wear the right footwear for the job. builders don’t wear sandals now, do they? and trainers are just as bad. good solid boots are the best for any expedition. also don’t wear anything silly like shorts. third: stealth can be the deciding factor between getting caught and getting out. study and practice tecniques. that’s about all i’ll say for now, but ishall post more of my experiences, etc in the very near future. e-mail me if you want the in-depth breifing.