‘I’ve explored 600 abandoned buildings – these are the weirdest things I’ve found’

Urban explorer Archie Williams documents the buildings time forgot (Picture: Cover Images)

After a day working hard in a Hampshire laboratory, slouching on the sofa and binge-watching Netflix is insufficient entertainment for chemist Archie Williams.

Instead, he laces up his heavy duty boots, packs his rucksack with a torch, updates his phone with a map of abandoned buildings, and heads off into the night.

Urban explorer Archie, 22, has visited more than 600 abandoned sites since he started scouting schoo...