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Southwark Tower
Explored with Itinerant Child.
After a day of failed explores in the
City we made our way over London
Bridge to Southwark Tower. Built
in 1976 this 328ft tall office block in
1976 this 328ft tall office block
once housed Price Cooper
Waterhouse, but they had recently
moved out and demolition was
now on the cards for this urban
monolith.
We precariously made our way
onto the site and pretty soon had
found a way into one of the
building stairwells. Using the lifts
was not an option here so we
slowly made our way up the stairs
pausing slightly at the 8th floor in
order to avoid security who were
doing their rounds. Another 10
floors or so later and we found
ourselves on the lower terrace.
Views from here were good but we
knew that better views awaited us
on the roof. After a few minutes of
photgraphing the skyline we
walked back to the stairwell and
continued the arduous walk
upwards. Pretty soon we had
reached the summit and we walked
out onto the roof to be faced with
a bitter cold wind.
Our aching legs and bursting
lungs soon gave way to a feeling
of euphoria and we both took a
while to take in the incredible
views. Its really is hard to describe
the feeling when you are faced
with such a magnificent vista as
this. Soon we were back to taking
pics knowing that time was short
and that a long walk down still
awaited us. The eerie creaking of
the adjoining crane swaying in the
wind together with a door
slamming added some sound
effects to this explore.
We were desperate for a pint by
this time so after about 30 mins of
photographing we headed back
down the stairwell to where we
originally came in.
A excellent night with excellent
company...who could ask for
anything more!!!!!
Explored with Itinerant Child.
After a day of failed explores in the
City we made our way over London
Bridge to Southwark Tower. Built
in 1976 this 328ft tall office block in
1976 this 328ft tall office block
once housed Price Cooper
Waterhouse, but they had recently
moved out and demolition was
now on the cards for this urban
monolith.
We precariously made our way
onto the site and pretty soon had
found a way into one of the
building stairwells. Using the lifts
was not an option here so we
slowly made our way up the stairs
pausing slightly at the 8th floor in
order to avoid security who were
doing their rounds. Another 10
floors or so later and we found
ourselves on the lower terrace.
Views from here were good but we
knew that better views awaited us
on the roof. After a few minutes of
photgraphing the skyline we
walked back to the stairwell and
continued the arduous walk
upwards. Pretty soon we had
reached the summit and we walked
out onto the roof to be faced with
a bitter cold wind.
Our aching legs and bursting
lungs soon gave way to a feeling
of euphoria and we both took a
while to take in the incredible
views. Its really is hard to describe
the feeling when you are faced
with such a magnificent vista as
this. Soon we were back to taking
pics knowing that time was short
and that a long walk down still
awaited us. The eerie creaking of
the adjoining crane swaying in the
wind together with a door
slamming added some sound
effects to this explore.
We were desperate for a pint by
this time so after about 30 mins of
photographing we headed back
down the stairwell to where we
originally came in.
A excellent night with excellent
company...who could ask for
anything more!!!!!