How to Browse Urban Exploration Reports on Whatevers Left

Whatevers Left (whateversleft.co.uk) is a long-running archive of urban exploration reports covering abandoned asylums, hospitals, industrial sites, underground shelters, leisure buildings, and military structures, mainly across the UK. You can browse it in four practical ways: by category from the main navigation, through the Recent Explores feed, via Random Explores, or by working through the Most Viewed list. Each entry is a short record rather than a full article page, typically giving a site name, its location, and the date of the explore.

Browse by category

The site's navigation lists its content by type of site, which is the most direct route if you already know what kind of place interests you. The categories visible on the homepage include:

• Asylums — the largest group, with individual entries for Cane Hill, Cherry Knowle, Denbigh, Deva, Fairmile, Gartloch, Glenside, Graylingwell, Hartwood, Hellingly, High Royds, Lancaster Moor, Mid Wales, Pen-y-Fal, Rauceby, Runwell, Severalls, Springfield, St Cadocs, St Edwards, St Lawrences, St Marys, Stanley Royd, Stratheden, Sunnyside Royal, Tone Vale, West Park, Whitchurch, and Whittingham.
• Hospitals — separate from the asylum listings, e.g. Bristol Royal Infirmary (Old Building).
• Industrial — e.g. Robert Fletcher & Son Ltd (Greenfield, Oldham), Imperial Dock Grain Warehouse (Leith), Shedload (Bristol).
• Underground — e.g. Brislington War Room, Bomb Proof Records Room (Bristol), London Road Deep Shelter (Portsmouth).
• Leisure — e.g. Plaza Cinema, Port Talbot.
• Military — e.g. Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery Bristol B2, Portbury.
• Other — e.g. Bank of England House, Bristol.

Clicking a category name takes you to that group of reports, so this is the fastest method when you want a specific site type rather than a chronological feed.

Use the Recent Explores feed

The Recent Explores section on the homepage lists the newest additions in reverse date order, with a ">> More Explores" link to continue further back. Each line follows the same pattern:

Site name, location . Date

Examples from the feed include "Springfield Hospital, Tooting . February 12, 2021", "Brislington War Room, Region 7, Bristol . October 5, 2020", and "Whitchurch Hospital, Cardiff . March 16, 2019". Use this view if you want to see what has been added most recently, or to track a site over time.

Try Random Explores

Random Explores surfaces a mixed selection rather than a date-ordered list. Entries shown there include St Mary's Asylum (Stannington, June 1, 2009), Heavy Anti Aircraft Battery Bristol B2 (Portbury, March 14, 2010), Pool Parc Hospital (Ruthin, April 30, 2011), Haslar Hospital (Gosport, August 16, 2015), and Clifton Rocks Railway (Bristol, June 1, 2009). This is useful when you have no particular site in mind and want to sample the archive.

Check the Most Viewed list

The Most Viewed section ranks reports by view count, which is a quick way to find the site's best-known content. The top entries listed are:

Note that popularity here reflects long-term visitor interest, not recency — the Cane Hill entry dates from June 29, 2008.

Use Site Map and Links for wider navigation

Beyond the homepage sections, the site provides a Site Map and a Links page. The Site Map is the better option if you want a complete structural overview of what is published; the Links page points to related external resources. Both are reachable from the main navigation alongside About and Contact.

What each report contains

Entries are consistent in format: a site name, a location, and a date, as in "Cane Hill Asylum, 3rd Surrey County Lunatic Asylum, Coulsdon . June 29, 2008". Treat these as index records — the browsing value comes from the combination of category, date, and view count rather than long-form text on the listing pages themselves.

Practical notes

• The archive is UK-focused and in English (en-GB).
• Content dates range from at least 2008 to 2022, so older reports are still accessible alongside newer ones.
• The site states it is copyrighted (2006–2026) and was archived by the British Library in 2010, which is a useful signal of its longevity if you are citing it.
• No pricing or login information appears in the site's own material, so nothing here should be read as confirming free access or an account requirement — check the site directly if that matters to you.