Exploring the abandoned Bonny Street Police Station in Blackpool, Aidan Turner takes a look around 3 floors of the 8 floor building that will soon be demolished to make way for Blackpool’s Town Centre redevelopment.
Content Filmed on - 20/01/24
Filmed in 4K 60fps on iPhone 15 Pro Max with a Zhiyun Crane M3 gimbal.
Copyright © 2024 AT Media, Copyright owned by Aidan Taylor for AT Media.
Content Filmed on - 20/01/24
Filmed in 4K 60fps on iPhone 15 Pro Max with a Zhiyun Crane M3 gimbal.
Copyright © 2024 AT Media, Copyright owned by Aidan Taylor for AT Media.
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00:00 [Music]
00:08 Hello everyone, welcome to AC Media.
00:12 So, a bit of a different one today. We're looking around Bonny Street Police Station, all abandoned.
00:18 Erm, still don't feel right so I've got a torch with me.
00:25 Kind of a little bit alright.
00:32 Yeah, we're going to take a look around Police Station today.
00:37 But, er, I'll go upstairs first.
01:06 [Clearing throat]
01:30 Yeah, it's bad in here, the floor.
01:37 The floor is soaking wet.
01:39 I think it's some kind of meeting room, maybe.
01:54 They're trying to stay away from the windows as much as they can but...
02:02 They've used that as a popcorn.
02:25 Let me see how, er, how we can get.
02:35 Yeah, I should say by the way I am on my own.
02:43 So I'm a bit nervous. I'm trying to take a bit of a breath. I'm getting old.
02:56 Wow.
03:02 Look, let's walk and see.
03:07 Oh my god, there are two dead pigeons.
03:13 I'm going to go up and see.
03:18 What views.
03:21 There's nothing here.
03:23 That's proper wood, it's not from a 4/7.
03:38 You can tell the roof hasn't been repaired.
03:41 It's just...
03:44 What the f***ing hell was that? Oh, it was a bulb.
03:53 Camera's straight there.
04:00 Yeah, as I say, don't want to get too close to the windows so...
04:05 I'll just do a bit of zooming for you.
04:14 See a pig in the distance there.
04:17 F*** it, I'm risking it.
04:43 Amazing.
05:11 I'll just get a view out here of the new car park they're building, the new Talbot Gateway.
05:21 Look at the mucky windows. I could have cleaned this before I came in. Terrible.
05:45 Eww.
05:55 And there's this room here. This is a one bed apartment. Oh, I wonder what was in there.
06:04 Persons are forbidden to enter the lift.
06:08 Car or enclosure.
06:10 Hmm, interesting.
06:13 Wonder where that goes.
06:15 That's it, me jumping in it.
06:26 Oh, Christ, there's stuff everywhere. Oh, that's a women's toilet.
06:29 Even in an abandoned building, I'm not going to go in a women's toilet.
06:32 I was about to go in there.
06:37 It's quite small, isn't it?
06:39 Another floor 7 that's coming up.
06:41 I'm going up, there's another dead pigeon here.
06:45 I don't know whether you tuned in for that or not, but you've got it.
07:00 I think we're on top now.
07:02 More stairs going up.
07:12 Okay, that door randomly closed behind me, that was freaky.
07:19 And now it's making a freaky noise.
07:24 Anyway, yeah, room here.
07:32 And plenty of glass, to be fair, I thought it would be more than all the buildings.
07:37 It's a modern obviously from the outside, it's a bit art deco, a bit brutal.
07:46 Some more views over Blackpool.
07:49 I'm going to keep some distance.
07:54 I can't focus, can't focus because the rain drops.
08:08 I'm going to keep track of where I've come from and everything.
08:21 Oh my fucking living Christ on a fucking bike.
08:26 Oh Jesus.
08:33 Right, right.
08:37 Fucking hell, okay, that's enough of this room.
08:39 It's all yours.
08:52 I'm going to go down the distance, as I said, I don't want it too close to the windows like.
09:09 Some kind of computer database place.
09:19 There was a wire in there, didn't there?
09:23 That's all worth a bit.
09:35 That's where the pigeons were.
09:50 Oh my God, this is scary as fuck.
10:13 Oh my God, this is fucking pigeon, I know it's pigeon weekend in Blackpool but.
10:25 Oh man.
10:28 Anyway, yeah, just to know.
10:31 This is probably one of the scariest things I've ever done in my life.
10:35 So, if you could please, oh my Lord, it's fucking hell.
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10:50 Oh my God, there's a pigeon right ahead.
10:53 Oh my God, oh shit.
10:56 Right, I'm out here in a fountain.
10:58 Wow, you can understand why the fucking building's flooding now, look at that.
11:04 I would walk around if I didn't need a boat.
11:11 But hell yeah, look at these fucking views, beautiful.
11:16 Sorry about the wind noise as well.
11:27 Beautiful views and a beautiful Blackpool Tower there.
11:32 Bit of a miserable day today.
11:36 When you explore in the, I don't know what you'd call those, the old train station, isn't it?
11:42 Yeah, it's a wee, look at that.
11:47 Because I'm kind of indoors, well I say kind of indoors, yeah, always.
11:52 But anyhow, I kind of keep it low at the moment for obvious reasons.
11:57 You can't see the top of here from the beach, obviously there are people on the beach down there.
12:07 So I'm going to quickly make it a getaway.
12:10 I don't want to ruin any of these stones.
12:13 I'm top for a long two-clock search.
12:22 I'm going to make it a getaway.
12:29 Fucking electricians and this shit.
12:39 Right, I was going to change my mind and go up on the roof there but no, I'm not going to bother.
12:46 This is actually quite dangerous up here to be quite fair.
12:49 There's like electrics and shit everywhere.
12:53 And it's dark and I can't, where's the fucking torch?
12:59 Yeah, there's electrics everywhere and there's water so obviously, there are the stairs.
13:06 Look how close I am to the stairs, Jesus, I could have gone bye-byes.
13:14 Yeah, obviously when there's water, electrics are maintained, low dangling wires, all that shit.
13:22 I'm obviously not going to risk my life for that.
13:25 So, yeah.
13:29 Plus the fact that you can see this building from absolutely miles, well not miles but quite far across Blackpool.
13:38 Especially in the town centre which, that is hanging, fucking hell.
13:45 Jesus, did I stand on you at some point? I really hope I didn't.
13:48 Anyway, let's casually make our way round that completely alive seagull.
13:58 And carry on.
14:01 Yeah, what was I saying?
14:02 Anyway, you can see, oh my God, the pigeons are in the lobby.
14:04 You can see this building from quite far around so obviously I don't want to be caught, what's this way?
14:19 Fucking hell.
14:22 Obviously I don't want to be spotted on the top of the building.
14:27 Oh my God, they've got a bar.
14:30 Fucking hell.
14:32 I think I could get a pint up here.
14:34 I think this is a canteen obviously.
14:36 Yeah, so this is the staff canteen.
14:39 I'm pretty sure I can make a brew of something somewhere around here.
14:50 Wow.
14:53 Views across Blackpool.
14:58 Quite a nice, I bet it was a nice building to work in though to be fair.
15:04 Only the windows are a bit wider.
15:12 Once again, I do apologise if I sound a bit distracted because I am trying to keep the bearings and trying to keep safe and trying to film nice and steady at the same time.
15:34 There's a kitchen there.
15:40 Water leaking down from the vents.
15:42 Obviously they go directly to the roof.
15:47 We'll go in there, I said we'll go in there.
15:49 As I say, I don't really want to go to many places where there's a lot of water and a lot of electrics.
15:56 For obvious reasons, like, not the best of ideas.
16:01 Probably bought a torch for me though.
16:04 Where's that dead seat where I don't want to stand on it?
16:09 Oh, it's this way, isn't it?
16:11 Oh my God, what was that? Oh, it's alright. Don't worry.
16:19 As I say, this is the first time I've actually done anything like this.
16:30 Bathroom in there.
16:40 What's through here?
16:42 Some noisy...
16:45 Ah, fuck you.
16:50 That's another staircase.
16:52 Have I been through here?
16:54 Yeah, I think I've been through here.
16:56 Have I?
16:57 No, see what I mean? It's starting to get like a maze already.
17:16 I don't think I've been through this...
17:19 Oh no, I think I have.
17:21 Yeah, I think I have.
17:24 I came here first, didn't I?
17:27 Yeah, I know I have because I remember the doggy's door.
17:30 With that weird creak and the fucking closing.
17:33 Right, I'm off.
17:35 I'm definitely not taking the elevator up for that.
17:38 Jeez.
17:40 It's got a cone in it, well actually it would anyway.
17:47 I'd rather take the stairs, thank you.
17:49 Absolutely amazing stairs.
17:53 Especially the wildlife.
18:06 I think there's a block down there, I wonder...
18:10 Yeah, I feel a hook down there.
18:15 I've got to say then, I want to show you guys as much as I can.
18:21 This is meant to be a quick in and out job.
18:25 Can anyone explain why they've got two doors?
18:27 I mean, what is the point in this?
18:29 What is the point?
18:34 Having two doors.
18:37 Fucking merry-go-round.
18:40 Anyway, the top two floors are explored.
18:45 I've showed you a bit of the outside.
18:49 As I was saying, I keep losing my train of thought.
18:51 As I was saying, I want to show you as much as I can, but I do want this to be a quick in and out video.
19:00 For obvious reasons.
19:12 I think down here is the stuff for interview rooms, etc.
19:30 This is for the small interview rooms.
19:45 What was a penis?
19:47 A traditional penis.
19:58 I'm trying to make this a quick in and out video.
20:05 Even though I know I'm in here, I'm just driving all of you around and showing you guys what it's like.
20:18 I don't want the place or anything getting on my hands.
20:20 Do you know what it's like?
20:28 A lot of empty rooms, really.
20:32 Not a dangley-wise, a lot of empty rooms.
20:35 A lot of lost of us feeling just without the plants.
20:43 A lot of hands on with these, or infected in the case of lost of us.
20:57 So, I'll just quickly stop filming then.
21:00 This is where Clear Advice is put up.
21:04 But they seem like decent lads.
21:14 Oh, crap.
21:16 The basement is full of water.
21:25 I'm going to check the basement out.
21:47 And it looks like there's power there and there's a camera, so that's not good.
21:55 Let's go in that jar.
22:07 Let's go in there.
22:25 So, yeah, as I say, there's a...
22:46 A few lads that have turned on.
22:55 They seem decent anyways, so I'll carry on filming.
23:04 That's completely locked.
23:18 And this is the guy in the toilet, I don't know.
23:21 Oh, cells.
23:26 That's it.
23:29 Cells, Harry Potter and the Street Police Station.
23:47 Oh, fuck, what was that? Oh, shower.
23:58 Can't fucking open it anyway.
24:01 Yeah, this bit of cell looks like.
24:07 There's a toilet in the bed. If I get caught doing this, I'll probably see another one today.
24:17 There's a magazine and a can of coke.
24:37 This is the rubble floors of Bonnie Street Police Station.
24:52 It's a simple cell there.
24:57 Just cell after cell after cell after cell. It is me, Sam here, to be fair.
25:02 Soaps.
25:05 Pumps eight and nine.
25:10 There's plenty of room there. Cold.
25:13 I could probably guess that. I am good at rock picking.
25:17 But I'm not going to waste my time with that right now.
25:22 Where are we going? Nope, not that way. This way. Yeah.
25:27 I'll probably look down here. Here's a fucking maze, guys.
25:36 Can't unlock it from here now.
25:41 Right, here are the stairs. There's actually stairs to get round.
25:51 And here's here.
26:01 This is a camera, I think, or a flashlight.
26:08 I don't really want to go over there, that's to be fair. I'd forget that there's cameras and alarms in the apartment.
26:17 As I say, I don't really want to find myself in one of the, uh, a version of one of the cells I've just been filming, Sam.
26:26 In case of.
26:30 I'll probably film what I need to film and go.
26:35 I mean, I think I've filmed most of the floors anyway. I've filmed that to the three floors.
26:44 I've filmed the top one. Yeah.
26:59 You see, I'm running out of light anyway, so I'm going to exit shortly.
27:14 That's why I'm kind of rushing to show you bits of time anyway.
27:21 Yeah, power. Power is still on. Parts of the building.
27:40 Yeah, it's definitely one place I wanted to explore.
27:57 Yeah, I've got a lot of film on now, but I think they're pretty much seen all there is to see really.
28:04 Bonny Street police station.
28:10 Yeah, I've seen all there is to see.
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