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Sneaking in to an abandoned brewery by fastchrisuk

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Sneaking in to an abandoned brewery
On the outskirts of Sheffield city centre is a large complex of buildings surrounded by metal pallisade fencing and unfortunately unless you are 6 inches wide or you can parachute in, there is now no way of getting in to Cannon's Brewery!

Cannon's was originally named the Stones Brewery and founded in 1868 by William Stones in Sheffield.  William Stones started brewing in 1847 and in 1868, he purchased the lease of the Neepsend Brewery and renamed it the Cannon Brewery.  Over the years, William Stones Ltd ended up being absorbed in to much larger international brewing companies eventually leading to it's closure in 1999 with 57 jobs lost.  I'm not quite sure why this place is still standing after 22 years but I understand the whole site is due for demolition sometime "soon" to make way for posh apartments.

I've not been able to gain access back in the site especially being considerably wider than 6 inches so you'll have to make do with the following:

**Thomas the Tank Engine?**

A very observant graffiti artist painted eyes on this old cylinder under the cellar so I lightpainted a tongue with the only torch I had in my bag at the time....

![Thomas.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fastchrisuk/23wWRbj5ecd2oXZs1nrEJq4gtAiSAo9yrZoWJDmQNoKqdty42n1RtQMQoJggicLHZzGU4.jpg)

**The Offices**

I used to be a big fan of HDR (high dynamic range) photography but these days all I have to do is pull out a phone and let Apple do it's magic....

![Corridor-HDR.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fastchrisuk/23tbRmarfYJcB5s3ogwnqxFPVjpvMyg7GQ133ackvmv95S293zZTpfULdYehtrRnundhr.jpg)

**Turn back**

Being invited to turn back is something I tend to ignore and press on anyways....

![Turn-back1.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fastchrisuk/23wzzvRoXvXgxR7YQzv6FKsnYy68S2EgfA9MM9aRwbZcy2HrZ9wneFR6tRztbzH6erZAH.jpg)

**Hard to believe**

According to the internet (which is never wrong?!) over a million barrels of beer were produced on this site:

![Cannons4.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fastchrisuk/23tvVyHkR38XJ5NDYMRJZ5TwHLsAHMexY89RDYBJi86NumbhGJj9dFN5BC2aAdHopnB1S.jpg)

**Under the cellars**

Sometime during the process of beer making, barrels were stored in cellars that traversed the whole site.  It's actually quite uncomfortable walking under here since the headroom is about 1.8 mtrs and I'm 1.82 mtrs high meaning I had to stoop slightly to avoid banging my head (which I failed to do more than once!)

Being in the dark in a cellar is also an excuse to paint with light....

![Cellar-LP.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fastchrisuk/23vrn5v9bR99Kqd9kXu5pBKrohVhte6M4U3mkaXLLwW3xxN7kzBXeAAwoAci3EbCHDwpu.jpg)

**Sketchy**

Some parts of the site were very sketchy and no go areas....

![Chair1-HDR.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fastchrisuk/23tGa9AS313Jr3eaHmCS2bsTgdqJ4DJRRtBGnCt3YSd3JinDRTcKk8q9tPeU1zFmZYSL8.jpg)

**A mecca to graffiti**

As always with these places, graffiti artists from miles around flock to paint the walls...

![Cannons-HDR2.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fastchrisuk/23u61B6i4q8RSxc5MCC8WNoJnfkNwAdQsWqeuQKog3MqvD7PkDKA4UPXyoyeb96Bkxhfn.jpg)

**She sells sea shells**

You gotta admire graff artists' ingenuity....

![Cannons2.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fastchrisuk/23xVFDg134vbbKq3gKk67hc4X7TUEaRYRfSp6EQbPViRsGi7ZBtusoxkx6Wz8n12bMWkq.jpg)

**MC Escher woz here...**

At the top of the stairs looking down...

![MC_Esher-woz-here.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fastchrisuk/23u65ByvuETpwFn7YLy93MGNaAyx5Yf378A7KoccCswC9zgbHJysFWZfY81J1v6XQauu9.jpg)

**The tanks are gone**

Probably the most valuable thing in the site were the tanks holding the beer.  Long gone now the sizes of these things must have been massive since they rose through two floors.

![Can-0_tonemapped.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fastchrisuk/23tm9LaPmi2EVUX4tZSW2MdVifSf9VbhhepE3VFR7wKFLm5aigdHv69xjEaTbc9xNkZzK.jpg)

**Very appeeling...**

The peeling paint and pigeon poo might not have been that good for my lungs so I didn't hang about in here for long...

![Brewery-HDR6.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fastchrisuk/23tSQTzHinDaNaXJje1GRzFSHdU1VMEqYPPTZaewBuFe4CaDnVSHibuqNAuf6T6kqDHmn.jpg)

**Under the cellars**

Directly under the loading bays were the remants of a barrel track system for moving barrels.  

![Cellar1-HDR.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fastchrisuk/23t7aPp5jVjL7RukL4iFrSuszxJ5jgRzjbWopMDRgyx6xf4hie4uaqgztjjEF6hUmSQmf.jpg)

![Under-the-brewery-HDR.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fastchrisuk/23tvaMrmYAef7UL2w7DbqaaZTqQFqWssz4FHcuVTeFWzHntsh3xfbg9RMvqNF922M5Ad7.jpg)

**Permit to work**

And finally, it looks like people actually climbed in the tanks.....scary...

![Work-permit.jpg](https://files.peakd.com/file/peakd-hive/fastchrisuk/23tmKii4SR3jwkETdZ9gdJpgF7Vyti5rgev2X35tM7GsTtzwSDym2wZw4qkEVPrLnDmsJ.jpg)

**About me:**
I usually specialise in shooting lightpainting images but occasionally dabble in urbex and artistic model photography. I'm always on the lookout for someone to collaborate with; please don't hesitate to get in touch if you'd like to create art.

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@darine.darine ·
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Wow this is a great brewery! And a little scary.
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@fastchrisuk ·
Thanks @darine.darine I was more scared of inhaling the dust in here and maybe falling down the many holes in the floors!
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@slobberchops ·
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Nice one getting in. @grindle tried recently and not much has changed in that respect. I tried last summer and failed. I hear most of Sheffield is being torn down. I got some of it during 2020.
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@fastchrisuk ·
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It's locked down tight these days.  I regularly drive past for a scout around to look for holes etc and I regret not getting back here in time to do a "proper" lightpainting session...  And yes, pretty much all of Sheff has been torn down to make way for the paying student.... I've only got one left up my sleeve and that's near Huddersfield. (Thanks for the upvote :-) )
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@slobberchops ·
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Huddersfield.. the town of rats! We did an excursion earlier this year.. very fruitful.
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@stdd ·
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A very atmospheric place and expanse for street artists!💪


I will be glad to see more similar posts!
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@fastchrisuk ·
Thanks @stdd I would have liked to visit in the dark more often but sadly this place has been locked down tight....
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