Inside abandoned cannabis farm hidden in derelict 19th century building

04 February 2023 , 13:45

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Inside abandoned cannabis farm hidden in derelict 19th century building

Fascinating photographs capture the remnants of a marijuana farm left to rot in an industrial building.

The property, built in the mid 1850s, was a woollen mill in its heyday and was once bustling with employees.

But when the company closed in around 2012, the building became derelict and it was since used as a cannabis farm. A photograph shows 25 pots of dried-out soil which were once used to grow marijuana in the den in Bradford, West Yorkshire.

Images were captured by urban explorer Kyle Urbex, from nearby Leeds, who also snapped hundreds of bespoke suits lay tattered and dusty in an old storage room.

Plans were submitted and approved to turn the old mill into apartments, but no development work has started on the building and it has now fallen into disrepair.

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A picture shows 25 pots of dried-out soil that were once used to grow marijuana (mediadrumimages/@kyle_urbex)

The abandoned building would have been bustling with employees in the 1970s (mediadrumimages/@kyle_urbex)

Kyle said: "After going through huge research to find this place I was stunned once inside to see a lot of content from old computers and old suit jackets but even more to my surprise was the remnants of an old weed farm that had been left to rot.

"I think the weed farm was set up by a gang once the company closed. I don't think they were ever caught.

"It's always eerie finding a weed farm because you never know If you're going to bump into somebody or if it's still active but luckily that wasn't the case."

Charles Bambage owned the bespoke textile firm Ibatex Ltd, which dissolved in around 2012.

The manager's desk has been left to ruin in the old mill (mediadrumimages/@kyle_urbex)

The building in Bradford, West Yorkshire, is crumbling (mediadrumimages/@kyle_urbex)

"I was also shocked to find the old offices with Mr Bambage's name on the desk with mountains of paperwork," urban explorer Kyle continued.

"All these memories and paperwork were just left to rot when at one time they would've been full of life and energy.

"I got an eerie feeling as if someone was going to walk through the door to come to work but it never happened

"I did manage to uncover some old spinning and other machinery, but the upper floors were the most surprising.

"They were starting to collapse with only pigeons occupying the upper levels.

"This is one I'm glad to have explored as I've heard it's now fully sealed and the owner won't be too happy about visitors."

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