ABANDONED Bradford's Richard Dunns Sports Centre And WATER PARK : Abandoned Places

[@looneytune6955]

An iconic building to many Bradfordians. Most of Bradford will have spent hours in this place over the years. Brings back so many memories, training the gym where the climbing walls were, in the swimming pools and on the slides, playing 5 a side and squash. Even remember seeing Zlatan Ibrahimovic there to see his son take part in a martial art competition while he was at Manchester United. Cheers for the footage lads.

[@BeardedReality]

Glad you enjoyed the video dude and glad the building has been listed

[@TheRealMrSir]

I spent a good amount of time in that building back in my childhood days, for swimming and indoor football/5 a side and its crazy to see hows its turned into now. Would of loved to see it during the day just to get a feel of how big the place is and for long shots of old hallways etc would of been cool

[@BeardedReality]

Ahh yeah tbh think we were lucky to get this done as the place got shortly sealed again after glad you enjoyed tho

[@isobelward4226]

Walking up the steps to the slides with the rubber ring was the most intense workout as a kid 😂

[@BeardedReality]

Aha can imagine so there was a lot of steps 😂😂

[@Itsalynx5727]

Tell me about it! 😂

[@Itsalynx5727]

Seeing this makes me sad:( I use to go here all the time as a kid,

[@BeardedReality]

Its a real shame they used it as a film site recently but its just wasted

[@pjf2193]

I grew up up literally almost a stones throw away from there, learnt how to swim there in 1978 before the water slides were installed. Last time I was there was 90/91 ish.

[@BeardedReality]

Ohh awesome thanks for sharing with us

[@pjf2193]

@@BeardedRealityyou’re welcome. Good times. Danny Boyle is filming the movie 28 years later there right now. Can’t wait for that. June 20, 2025.

[@paulknightsmokey73]

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[@BeardedReality]

Aha maybe not haunted haunting bit we did hear some strange things when we were up I the rafters

[@dubsnbuds6668]

What a shame my childhood playground, i lived very close so many great memories of this place, i remember it been built, stunning looking building glad it made the grade to be saved

[@BeardedReality]

Agreed totally deserved to be grade listed just hope they do something with it instead of letting it rot

[@dubsnbuds6668]

@@BeardedReality at the moment it seems to be the plan just let it be striped for scrap by thieves and vandalised by youths,breaks my heart,yeh concrete structures ain't the best looking but this building is so unusual and a fabulous design.

[@Kirstsue92]

I work at Sedbergh now as a cleaner! I know from speaking to staff who worked there they have said that the buildings stripped bare of its Wiring/pipes etc theres no water or electric running anymore as people broke in and kept stealing the copper pipes and wiring. Its a shame its gone to ruin like it has but it needs pulling down. And yes there was a climbing wall!

[@BeardedReality]

Aha yes thought it was a climbing wall the place has such history surprisingly I expected it to be a bigger ruin so was glad to do this when like this :)

[@Kirstsue92]

@@BeardedReality i think a lot more of its been pulled out of there now, sad really as the whole place could have been utilised so much better!

[@zeeali2722]

Surprised you guys had the balls to go inside the empty slides, think it would've been a different story had you gone into the cobra one. Pretty grim and depressing looking at it's current state, it was so vibrant when it was open and functional. Great video.

[@BeardedReality]

Glad you enjoyed the video and aha the cobra one looked like the best one lol

[@jamie.w5726]

The very pool I nearly drowned in as a kid! By going down the cobra for the very first time! Will never forget it! Especially with them having to sound the pool alarm! After I shouted for help as I was strugglimg then a few years later I found out it was a 7" deep landing pool! The lifegayrd even said to me if I could swim , me stupidly said yes not knowing why he said it! I knew then by the time i got thrown into the landing pool and was sinking, and me having to bob myself up with my tip toes! But it diddn't stop me going down it a few years later! As I went a few times as a kid! Best childhood memories! But I went just before they closed down! Never got chance to go down the cobra for the very last time which was a shame!

[@BeardedReality]

Aha quite a story me and my brother nearly drowned once was interesting was super tempted to slide down that cobra lol - shame what has happened to the place

[@f.b250]

Remember Richard Dunn as a kid Sad to see it no longer in use

[@BeardedReality]

Yeah believe the guy it's named after was the dude who beat Muhammad Ali crazy place

[@dxjjw]

This makes me sad, I loved this place

[@BeardedReality]

Yeah its a real shame such a place with epic history is in this current state - at least saved from demolition by being listed for now

[@STARSARMYONLy]

It was brilliant when I was a kid going swimming and sometimes to gym was a massive place 👌

[@BeardedReality]

Yeah this place is massive super enjoyed this explore

[@ExploringWithBonnie13]

Nice explore. Really cool it was use for a stand by morgue. You are right it will be destroyed by vandalism eventually.

[@BeardedReality]

Yeah the place had been vandalised abit which is a shame and it was going to be a stand by Morgue but never used for that purpose

[@Kitcatsnz]

Me and friends used to go swimming here, we would go on the zambeeze and block it and get chucked out 🤣 sadly there is no replacement.

[@BeardedReality]

It's a massive shame what's happened to it and it's a listed building now thank God but now used as a film set for them to trash madness

[@fadevenomouz1035]

Me and my mates got up to the top part where yous got to at the end n we nearly shit our selves 😂😂

[@BeardedReality]

Aha mate we were hearing what sounded like a woman or girl crying down below and we was like nope nope we don't wanna go back down lol

[@fadevenomouz1035]

@@BeardedReality I wouldn’t of gone down either 😂

[@мувн-ш4ы]

last time I came here was in January 2017 for swimming with my friends. don't know when it shut down maybe shortly after that.

[@BeardedReality]

Yeah been closed quite few years think since 2019 I think

[@johnhaggas3244]

the biggest crime i see here is the one the council committed by closing it and also the amount of equipment left that could have been given to schools and youth projects

[@BeardedReality]

Agreed such a shame it's left like this

[@mrunixman1579]

Massive machinery at 2:55 looks like the wave machine blower.

[@BeardedReality]

Yeah was super cool to see and go behind the scenes at this place

[@danh3017]

I swam there from approx 1995-2016 and never knew it to have waves ?

[@macalagreen3213]

Love your and mickys vids u two are fab bounce of each other make the videos ! Xx

[@BeardedReality]

Unfortunately mine and Mickys videos together have come to an end but we have done some amazing places together over the past year however still loads of amazing places to come

[@macalagreen3213]

@@BeardedReality im new to this but totally addicted to watching not quiet brave enough to try it xx

[@BeardedReality]

@Macala Green aha I get that it is quite addictive 😂

[@macalagreen3213]

@@BeardedReality theres a few in matlock ive seen i may have to give a go ! Not managed to find any local to me as yet x

[@BeardedReality]

Matlock has quite a few places as well as Derbyshire - check my vids of the area lots to do

[@GRONK_DEN]

Dude when I was like 11 I was stuck at the top of the orange slide because some kid broke his neck the workers told my dad there was no one up there yet there I was with some other randoms and what did the sports centre decide to do? Shut down

[@BeardedReality]

ahh thats mad man poor kid

[@holliebroadbent]

I live near it and always see ppl trying to get in

[@BeardedReality]

Aha it is an epic explore :)

[@probablynotmyname8521]

Holy hell they abandoned it… i spent a lot of time there as a kid.

[@BeardedReality]

Yeah been leftvfor awhile and they were gonna demo it but thankfully saved

[@michaelkhan3628]

I use to go they alot crazy to see it in this state!

[@BeardedReality]

Yeah this place has seen better days still an amazing place

[@slendermanRblx]

I came recently and couldn’t find any entry points. Doors/holes have been blocked off with metal sheets or even bricked up. I checked today. Also there are cameras up.

[@BeardedReality]

Ahh you probs missed the boat on this now dude will just have to wait till it opens up again

[@slendermanRblx]

@@BeardedReality I still had a nice time exploring the grounds though.

[@onewaqar]

is it worth me going tomorrow and checking it out?

[@slendermanRblx]

@@onewaqar If you want to. Just be mindful of the cameras.

[@Ev_box]

yeh don’t go in, fully boarded up and cameras with motion sensors so coppers will come for u if they’re activated

[@grahammeeson3692]

Brilliant explore. Was there often as a kid for the slides and swimming pool

[@BeardedReality]

Glad you enjoyed the video and an awesome place

[@Tpopebosh]

Tragic so many memories

[@BeardedReality]

Definitely a crazy place at least it is now a listed building

[@ibrahimrazaq7133]

There is some stuff missing, Where did the Snake go? And the Monkeys and the Birds? There is only Hippo. Where did everything else go?

[@BeardedReality]

Maybe was removed by workers at somepoint most of it has been left tho

[@WideWorldOfUrbex]

About time 😂😂😂

[@BeardedReality]

Did awhile just long edit

[@89tony89]

Place is huge!

[@BeardedReality]

Massive place

[@ahmadaljaf0]

I still have the swimming skills tho

[@BeardedReality]

aha least you got something from the place lol

[@samanthaineson85]

Such ashame its not been used surprised its mot damaged more

[@BeardedReality]

I know crazy how it's just sat there

[@geordieurbex2200]

When did u do this? Heard it had been sealed up awhile ago

[@BeardedReality]

Believe it was a few months ago

[@george-sn8yt]

Can you still get in?

[@BeardedReality]

Don't think so but always worth a try

[@slaiger]

Good vid

[@BeardedReality]

Glad you enjoyed the video

[@1fairhurst]

shame cant go back in daylight and do a full walk round for the day.as its that big.. id love to look round there myself

[@BeardedReality]

This one could be better in the day just depends when we go to places, crazy places tho

[@yxng-levi9415]

I been there but there’s no way in

[@BeardedReality]

Yeah place was watched for ages sealed and unsealed imagine it's sealed again now

[@yxng-levi9415]

@@BeardedReality yh been there 2 days ago might find a way in

[@yxng-levi9415]

@@BeardedReality probably break into it wanna see inside it and I only live 5 minutes away

[@BeardedReality]

@@yxng-levi9415 never break into anywhere dude it's not worth it

[@dazmc7744]

Wat a fantastic place👍. Shame 2 c it like that tho😔

[@BeardedReality]

Was definitely a fun explore

[@Hasan-ey6dw]

I miss it

[@BeardedReality]

Seems like an awesome place back in the day with lots of history

[@OliviaRodrigo_Edits-]

Naw. I looked at the tile “Stand by morge” [ Spelling. ] made me wet myself.

[@BeardedReality]

Aha the place had loads of things here lol that were pretty funny

[@kieransteel8168]

I live 30 seconds over the road from this I used a 10 Mm socket to take off the metal sheets on the side I made a few entrances 😂 played massive game of hide and seek police came I was only one who got out 😂 there was like 27 of us bare police I have the memories I ended up climbing through the roof took of running police got stuck in a gap in this fence cause of the big belly just laughed at him and then started walking

[@BeardedReality]

Aha that's funny personally we don't break in anywhere always looking for that open access if not we will just wait great place to explore