Exploring the abandoned Oakhurst House in Derbyshire

[@spinynorman8217]

What a crying shame to see a building of such magnificence reduced to this. Lovely video, thanks.

[@janewatkins9801]

I used to live there. My sister and I had the turret bedroom on the first floor. It's the first thing you see, as you walk up the driveway. My heart aches to see it in such disrepair. The graffiti feels like to me like desecration. Oakhurst was grand in it's day. It was magical. My sister and I recall sculpted ceilings, huge carved fireplaces, window seats and a sense of splendour. Even in its terrible, dilapidated state, I adore the place. We were so lucky to live there. Thankyou for this video. Don't make any more like this again though, you took alot of risks. The chimneys you admired could have fallen on you. Take care and Happy Christmas.

[@suzyqualcast6269]

We're you amongst the War displaced families placed there..... ?

[@angelsone-five7912]

It never fails to amaze me how quickly a building gets into this state just a few years after being abandoned, what a mess.

[@TrekkingExploration]

It's a real sad mess all the more when you see images of how it once was

[@martinmarsola6477]

A beautiful property, and in a strange way, still is. It’s a shame the graffitied condition of the estate is now in. Thanks for the tour, Ant. It’s a great video. Cheers Ant. 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🙂👍🇺🇸

[@thomasakers6195]

Me and my friends explored this about 18 years ago. There is tunnels underneath. Maybe a wine cellar that lead into other little rooms. I remember the massive spiders. There was a olden day wash basin with the wrack they used to wash clothes on. We went also when it was dark. Scary place but beautiful in it's day.

[@MartinZero]

Wow !! What a place

[@TrekkingExploration]

Such a sad mess 😞

[@johnrogers2826]

Nice! And it's Sunday too. Countdown to ZERO hour is on!

[@Rollingforwards]

i have been to shining cliff woods with my mate ian, but we did not go near the house. and i have never seen any videos before of the inside.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Even the name Shining Cliff has sn earie feel to it 🤣

[@frankfitzgerald5832]

Great explore Ant...very atmospheric mate....lovely tall chimney stacks...... thanks for sharing ..Frank & Lee

[@bobingram6912]

You youngsters!!!! Thats a diff unit from a car, a bit random, and the other item is a twin tub washing machine!!! Gets a bit disorientating when all the upstairs is downstairs and the walls are missing. Take care in these places Ant we need you to carry on the good work👍❤

[@TrekkingExploration]

These places are few and far between, it's mostly railway's and water from now on. I'm definitely not going back 😂

[@philipbroomhead9406]

I also immediately recognised the twin tub washing machine. Using my parents' one was how I earned some pocket money in the 1960s.

[@bobingram6912]

@@philipbroomhead9406 Hard life back then trying to earn a crust wasn't it!!!!! Couldnt make out if it was a Servis or one of those Hoover wishy washy paddle action jobs!!!!! 🤔

[@philipbroomhead9406]

Bob, ours was a Burco and you had to operate the washer paddle manually.

[@bobingram6912]

@@philipbroomhead9406 We was lucky Phil, the luxury of 'leccie!!! Just had to haul heavy sheets out of the water into the spinner then watch the whole thing dance across the floor as it was loaded unevenly!!!! Oh yes, there was the Rolls as well then the Keymatic came out - wow!!!!

[@philtowle4683]

Been up a couple of times here and to the Betty Kenny tree up behind it, once on Halloween. I have also seen pictures of the wine cellar taken relatively recently.

[@devonianlad9413]

Hiya again Mate, Thanks for the reply back and directions on how to get to the place, I'll try and get myself there hopefully once the weather improves??? Just wondering if you could do another video up there, but this time, around the old Wire Works buildings if your able to get in, as that'll be another interesting one too. Oh and by the way, that place is haunted too. Can I just say that your videos are really good and very interesting and I really loved the music to this one too, it suited the place down to a tee, very atmospheric. 🙂 Near where I live if your interested, there's a place called Seldom Seem Engine House in Eckington North Derbyshire, it used to be an old pumping station for the Plumpley Colliery and powered the narrow gauge Railway too. And that's been put on KZbin too. Anyway keep up the good work, looking forward to seeing you in the next videos. Once again from. Mike.

[@TrekkingExploration]

I sort of had a look at the wireworks, but couldn't really see any safe way in although u didn't look thoroughly. If you go and you see anything let me know. I loved the haunting music too, i find it really important. I'll have a look at the end that engine house online, thanks for the idea 😀

[@seamusmcevoy2011]

Oh yes, the old twin tub washing machine, a staple diet of homes in the 60's and 70's, I recognised it straight away. It's been a bonus weekend with you producing two videos for us - a great effort Ant!! Looking at the pictures of the building in it's prime, it seems such a shame that it has been allowed to fall into the state that it is, but we don't know the whole back story - but it's still a real travesty.

[@TrekkingExploration]

The gardens also looked beautiful too. It was probably a happy place once

[@seamusmcevoy2011]

@@TrekkingExploration I am in no doubt of that.

[@Urbexy]

Impressive ruins. It's always fun getting the chance to explore locations like this. It's always strange when floors are missing and you can look up and see windows and fireplaces with no floor dividing it up. Filming these places is like documenting history. Nicely done. The thing you weren't sure what it was... Looks like the rear differential from a car or small van. Strange find indeed!

[@TrekkingExploration]

It was weird looking up at those fireplaces and windows, knowing people once walked and slept up there 😢

[@persephoneolympia3078]

Definitely a "if I won big on the lottery" house. if it was entirely renovated and put back to original condition it would be like living in a fairytale home with so much potential such a shame!

[@johnrogers2826]

Very cool! There is a certain beauty to that type of decay. Thanks for letting us in this little gem!

[@TrekkingExploration]

It did start to get a little eerie in there, noises etc. That's why it goes quiet at the end i was trying to not draw attention 😂

[@johnrogers2826]

@@TrekkingExploration I can only imagine how the atmosphere could cause the mind to start playing tricks on you, not to mention the possibility of undesirable elements lurking about. Safety first!

[@andrewmarriott4033]

Thanks for sharing that despite walking through the works and woods many many times I’ve never been up to the house you’ve inspired me to go up

[@TrekkingExploration]

It's a spooky little place. I kept hearing noises that started to freak me out a little 😂 Worth a visit definitely

[@andrewmarriott4033]

We had friends who lived in a cottage above that house years ago not for me I’m afraid like you say a little scary and ambergate woods are haunted

[@TrekkingExploration]

Honestly, the reason the last few minutes are silent and with music, i kept hearing things and just wanted to get out and stopped talking 😂😂😏

[@JETJOOBOY]

Why have 3 people thumbed this down?!? Great video by the way, answered a lot of questions I had after stumbling across this tragic wonder.. Really nice to see the Drone footage..

[@TrekkingExploration]

Cheers buddy. Thanks for watching 🙂

[@damoharlow9524]

you missed the main basement.also can get up dodgy stair frames to top room

[@magsu]

Wow, just watchedthis now in December 2023...and I'm wondering how much of it is left today. What a dreadful shame, such a beautiful property left to decay ☹️

[@TrekkingExploration]

Funnily enough I went past a few weeks ago on the road I could just see it through the tree's

[@AFExploration]

Great upload 🥰

[@Troopercd]

I spent 25 years working at the wire works from 1970 to 1995. this house was turned into flats and I know some families who lived in them, my sister and brother in law being one of them. it is such a shame to see it in this condition now.

[@lindamccaughey8800]

Would have been so beautiful what a shame it wasn’t done up. You took quite a risk going in there tho. Thanks for taking me along

[@TrekkingExploration]

I definitely won't be going back. When I saw the pictures from the past it was so lovely

[@laweffect]

Great explore.

[@stephengiles2873]

Fascinating as ever nice to hear some history of the house. If it's listed whoever owns it will be waiting for it to fall down so they can build something else which is a shame. Anyway keep the videos coming and stay safe

[@TrekkingExploration]

I was surprised to find old pictures, always nice to see

[@suzyqualcast6269]

From't main road twixt Mat/Cromford and Ambergate /Belper looking down across the wire factory site/River the house looks singularly flat, it's clever hotograohy that makes it appear as up uon a hill with grandish approach up to it, notwithstanding it's singular grandeur as a ruin with a chequered family history.

[@thomasmann9216]

Great looking old house. Wish it could be restored.

[@TrekkingExploration]

I bet up until a certain point it could have been, but passed that tipping point. Extremely sad really

[@jasinere35]

it can be restored if you have the money to do it all with cos its deffo not going to be a cheap fix & to get it back to how it was you will need the blueprints too as a lot of the top floor was 3/4 timber framed

[@walks-explores]

Was up for sale for £1.00 not long ago but you had to be able to prove you had cash to refurbish it back to its normal state

[@paulraynor9990]

The metal thing at 8.17 is a differential out of the axle of a car , great videos just started following you atb paul

[@TrekkingExploration]

Hi Paul, great to have you here and thanks for watching 😀😀 Glad you enjoyed it

[@JoshuaMarshall]

was you aware of the cellars that is here? its great to go down and see

[@TrekkingExploration]

Are they not blocked now or did i just miss it lol

[@darrenbush4491]

What a shame it’s fell into that state,I have been past that area more times I did not even know it was there thank for the video.

[@TrekkingExploration]

There is so much abandoned stuff over there it's unreal. Saw a couple of farm buildings, the wireworks, this house. Glad you enjoyed it 😀👍

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Easy to see with the leaves down from the main road going past, once you know exactly where it is.

[@devonianlad9413]

Hiya again Mate, thanks for posting another great video, keep up the good work. It's a wonderful old building and looked impressive in the old days from the photos you put on, plenty of money in those days!!!! It's a shame the place has been left in such a state. 😢 Would make a nice home for someone and with lovely views too. I've always wanted to try and find the place, I've seen it up in the woods a few times when passing on the bus, so I was wondering if possible you could give me directions from the Hurt Arms pub please? I've been told there's a footpath from there which leads up to the house? Anyway if you can let me know I'll be really grateful. Ps. Oakhurst House is haunted and like someone posted on here, the shining cliff woods are too. Apparently it is a very eerie place. Ps. again, while in the same area, have you managed to visit the old Railway station at South Wingfield at all yet? It's about ten minutes ride away from Alfreton and is a beautiful place, even with the old station house, now lived in, and station building too, but, sadly you can't get onto the old platforms because it's fenced off, and it's right next to the Midland Mainline too, be very careful as it's only a small flimsy fence. But parked in the station yard are three old motor vehicles, an electric hospital van, an electric car and another old van. Anyway it's a lovely place and has been put on KZbin a few times by other people. Anyway once again thanks for another great video. All the best from. Mike.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Hello 😀 OK from the hurt arms, head around a minutes walk in the Derby direction and turn right, this is Holly Lane. It crosses the derwent almost immediately. Once over the river, turn right again up a narrow road. You'll then come to a fork, take the right down a hill. Stay on this past all the wireworks warehouses ( mostly abandoned) until you come to another fork. Take the left one, you'll see an old open gate. Up the track, it does a hairpin turn halfway up and there you go 😀 I was reading about Wingfield yesterday and thought about going later this week

[@adebat13]

I went through that little doorway into the dark space back in 95 and believe me the floor that's not there now had the structural strength of a Cadbury ' Flake then,the bath you mentioned was still in place with a pair of big brass taps still on it.Most of the house was still standing and all the lower windows were blocked,one of the few ways in was over the red brick wall round back that has a slab leaning on it.So sad to see it really going down now,even 3 years back it wasn't as bad and had nearly no graffiti on it

[@TrekkingExploration]

It was once such a stunning place when looking at the images from its early life. It was so sad walking around it imagining the families or individuals that once slept above me or ate together downstairs

[@adebat13]

@@TrekkingExploration When I lived a couple of mile away a bloke that lived there used to drink in the boozer down our road,also met a very upset tearfull old chap that had been evacuated during the war to the nearby row of cottages.I also knew the chap that bricked up all the windows.One of the ornate downpipe brackets I found in the garden is now our door stop,and the window with the missing central ston,up till a few years back still it's wood panelling around it

[@stuartcommon4651]

Much wow, such spooky! You missed the best bit about this place... leaving

[@amberdy12]

Fascinating

[@morrislouiseeagle7161]

So sad it left to rot like that BTW the washing machine was a twin tub - one side for washing and the other side was for spinning and rinsing 😂

[@TrekkingExploration]

Yes i remembered as i walked away. It was one of those, i know what it is but can't think what it is moments 👀👀👀😂😂😂

[@ethanreid3124]

If I knew who owns this place I would try to purchase it and try to return it to its former glory, I would love to be able to walk through the halls as if a building trapped in time

[@suzyqualcast6269]

How many millions do you have spare ¿?

[@craiglogistics2092]

So sad to see a lovely house fall into disrepair like this has

[@TrekkingExploration]

The old images show how stunning it once was

[@michaelsilcock7933]

That item at 8.17 is a rear differential off a car

[@alwaysoutnumbered]

There’s a new gate and security camera now.

[@katelensummerfield2158]

Hey just wondering where do you park your car and the way to walk to it as I want to do a KZbin video x

[@TrekkingExploration]

You might have success at Ambergate train station at this current time with not much running. Or maybe the pub car park with it being closed, is it the Hurt Arms? The day I went I walked it from Cromford along the canal. I'd go back again for sure. I'll look forward to you're video 👍

[@grumpybore863]

yes, so sad when you think how this once must have looked!

[@TrekkingExploration]

The gardens also looked tremendous

[@anndroid7413]

So sad to see a beautiful house in ruin. A fate often seen once being turned into flats. Better to have sold cheap for renovation.

[@jasinere35]

the angled wall isn't the stairs that's where someones pushed it over

[@Mariazellerbahn]

That's what happens when ivy takes hold.

[@christinecrockford1654]

Was a twin tub washing machine my nan had one when I was a kid in 1960s

[@TrekkingExploration]

It was one of those i knew what it was in my mind moments but the words wouldn't come out 😂 Thanks for watching 👍😀

[@christinecrockford1654]

@@TrekkingExploration I only found your channel today so I've subscribed and really love your videos so big thankyou to you xx

[@TrekkingExploration]

Huge thank you for following lovely to have you along 😊👍❤️

[@lorrainemerry8661]

What a waste of such a beautiful house.

[@TrekkingExploration]

Especially when you see how glorious it once was :)

[@RolandMillward]

A great shame it was allowed to go to ruin.

[@TrekkingExploration]

I completely agree. Thank you for watching 😊

[@FERDIEBRUNO]

GUDONYA MATEY. HOW DO YOU FIND PLACES? JUST WEAR YOUR YELLOW HARD HAT IN FUTURE!

[@TrekkingExploration]

I agree, i never expected to be going in so took the chance :)

[@janepatricia8779]

Well Ant you are to old for me to tell you,you needed to wear a hard hat walking around this building,😂, its such shame for it to be left to rot and decay like this. A very interesting video though thank you,i wonder if there are any photos of it back in the day ,when it was occupied, 🤔 be nice to see it in all its glory.

[@TrekkingExploration]

😂😂 I wasn't in there long Also there are images 3 minutes i of what it looked like

[@janepatricia8779]

@@TrekkingExploration you did good job, x

[@suzyqualcast6269]

Once the roofs gone, eh ? Looks impressive, on its own but in fact, from't main road tis just the house across the river, tother side of t, Lane, behind t'owd wire works. Looks impressive on its own however, tis spooked, and has an original family history, way before the WW2 refugees moved in. Nature is devastating when allowed to run riot.

[@robinkey4499]

the old washing machine is what you call a twin-tub piece of a machine from a Dumb waiter