Urbex London utility tunnels and holloway abandoned prison

It was a great discovery to learn that dozens of miles of utility tunnels stretch beneath London. They seem to have belonged to a gas company, but now they carry all kinds of cables and communication lines. In some spots you can even see “you are here” maps. The photo below shows a cabin for the guard who may have sat here back in the 19th century.

The condition of these communications looks perfect, completely different from what we have in Kyiv.

This looks more like an art installation made of cables.

The next site of historical heritage was even more brilliant.

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HMP Holloway was the largest women’s-only prison in Europe until its closure in 2016. Rebuilt between 1971 and 1985, the prison was designed to create an atmosphere more like a hospital than a prison. This design was recognised as a failure in the 1980s, as its lack of traditional wings or landings, along with a maze of corridors, meant warders had difficulty monitoring inmates.

The history of Holloway dates back to 1852, when the original prison opened as a mixed-sex establishment, but due to the increasing demand for space for female prisoners, it became female-only in 1903. Inmates of the original prison included Oscar Wilde and, more recently, Moors murderess Myra Hindley, from 1966.

Holding female adults and young offenders either sentenced by the courts or held on remand, the prison consisted mostly of single cells, but there was also some dormitory accommodation. In January 2016, an inquest into the death of Sarah Reed, a paranoid schizophrenic held on remand, identified failings in the care system. The prison was closed in July 2016, with plans for it to be sold for housing.

We walked through empty floors lined with cells. The smell of despair still hasn’t left this place. I was especially amazed by a story from my friend. He explored this place last year and met a woman who had once been a prisoner here. She came back for a few weeks as an urban explorer, to see what had happened to the place where she had spent part of her life many years ago.