Worked here from 1990 to 2012 and recognize every inch of the place; where I used to sit, meeting rooms, little corridors where I'd have more secret meetings. So sad to see the place getting pulled down but I'm glad part of it will always be here on this video. Was a brilliant place to work. Full of ghosts now.
I always wondered what this site was like, thanks Alec. And i love the auld manor house, wis probably a grand mansion in its day. Hopefully it's listed and can be saved.
This is the ancient prudential site. Unfortunately a woman called Ish-bell Ciffeli worked there with a very controlling attitude towards my daughter. Other women who were rude Shayron Klacker and Keren Mitchell. Absolute narcissists. ❤
I worked there for nearly 30 years. 30 very happy years, it’s very sad to see such awesome buildings left to go to ruin. It could have been put to so much better use.
Ive actually driven by this place many times and never really realised that it was abandoned or noticed it was there at first. Most recent streetview has Central demolition ltd barriers on the access to the differen buildings
Wow, awesome explore. Can't believe it's now empty. I delivered demonstrator cars there a few times, for staff changing company cars, probably 8 years or so ago. The place seemed buzzing with activity then, sad how times have changed.
That used to be one of the largest employers in the area. 40ish years ago when I was still in high school, you were considered very lucky if you got a job there. They had lots of perks, preferential mortgage rates, great working conditions, and private buses to take staff to and from work. Those were the days. Because of technology, they won't need nearly as many people or space for documentation so I think they have now moved to a more cost-effective building. Have they not moved to the new building across the motorway by the river?
Awesome explore, Alec. Some size of a place and imagine the electrical bill? Loved the engine room, and the White House is beautiful. Great photos and drone footage. That was a strange tree Derrick was hiding behind. Well done you two.
My last day in that building was just after Covid hit. Now mostly WFH but sometimes go into the new offices across the road. Sad to see the state it is now. Cracking video.
Playing 'hookie' from work to go Explore, lol, good on ya Lads! Must be Stirling Scotland, that's where the Wallace Monument is, along with other significant locations in Scottish History, and it's stunningly beautiful all around, ta boot! Alec you do have a keen, sharp photo eye, I think, a wee bit of artistic talent. It's fun, these wee adventures, I just recently found this and a couple other channels, very cool,and I enjoy most of it. Voyeurism, lol, what fun! hahahaha 😃🙂😁
Excellent video diary. Covid and the internet have laid waste to enormous work sites like this. Thank you for sharing your day exploring. Respect from Somerset England.
@@johnjones8572 I didn’t state it was an ‘outsize workplace’ please re-read my comment and understand:- Many factors now result in these large offices being a thing of the past. Practices change and before you jump to conclusions I have visited Stirling many times. I understand that times move on. Not everyone can embrace the change otherwise nostalgia for empty spaces wouldn’t exist. Respect to you John.
@@stermindelves4251 Apologies, for enormous/outsize mix up. I'm not jumping to any conclusions. I embraced the change and retired when the site closed. Nostalgia, yes same as your first bicycle but then you realise it was rubbish and moved on to a better one. Stirling lost around 3000 well paid employees that spent well in the town on pay day. Look at the state of its finances now.
Some place that, never even knew it was empty now although the last time I passed, the exterior looked a bit ropey. These big offices always look a bit like Castle Grayskull from the outside 😅 Cracking explore.
Not exactly abandoned like you make out in the title The last lease ran out so the company in question moved out a few months ago as the landlord currently has redevelopment plans in place for the whole site It takes considerable time to decommission a building of this size Shame though that vandals have smashed their way in and left exit doors open for anyone to go in that wants to Meant to now have 24/7 security back on and exits boarded up but will wait and see Good video though 👍🏻
I was thinking of leaving Canada n headed back home to Scotland for a summer n see if I couldnt get some carpentry jobs to support ma'sel on a working holiday.
Just thinking about the massive amount of folks who used to work there. I knew a few of them What a waste. I hope it gets bought soon before it’s totally ruined.
That never ever works well in practice. Look at what happened to Wallace street flats in Glasgow, place just turned into a hellhole full of crime and prostitution. You need to integrate the homeless into communities not segregate them.
@Ewan Mcinally The whole campus is called Craigforth. I worked there when Prudential ran the site, after they bought Scottish Amicable in the late 90s.
It's huge. Wondering what the story is on this property. Really nice building. Not much decay. One open door, how about that? Easiest way in, no climbing huh Alec, haha! Crappy day for an explore. Cheers! Is that white building abandoned too? Be neat if it was. Great drone footage.
@@kylemuirden6918 I passed it yesterday so it's still there and empty. Not sure if there's security now though. I done a video by drone, inside & out just over a year ago and there was no security but the day after I published it on here there was security in place.
Strange and disturbing, like something out of Stanley Kubrick. And that big white mansion, the wooded hill and what looks like a massive flood plain behind (and a castle on a crag?). Seriously uncanny and creepy. You could re-shoot "The Prisoner" there tomorrow.
ah, this is so interesting! great video :) i was hoping you’s would take a gander round the capita building (the one you passed at 0:55)! i worked there a number of years ago and would be interested to see what its like now.
Pretty bland place, spiral concrete was good and a few other bits but I watched it all in 5 mins, never worth an hour of data. No offence at all meant pal.
For those who always ask - The 'White House' was built in 17th cent in a 600 acre estate, and was a family home until early 20th The interior was lost in a fire You may see a painting of the original in the local museum
Visited this site a couple of weeks ago with the drone and got some great footage inside & out. Thanks Alec for the heads up, I hadn't even realised it was abandonded until I watched your video. Anyway here's my effort ruclips.net/video/GXA7WagamU8/видео.html
What a waste of a good building.Whoever is responsible or owns it needs replacing because I bet there is a hundred or more economic viable uses it can be put to.First of all data management ideal for installing and running servers for mining crypto currencies...etc Ideal film location, housing for illegal Immigrants or homeless or even private hotels and leisure resort.
Your kids 100% say and hear worse in the playground. May as well get them ready for the world by letting them hear it but teaching it’s bad and not tolerated under your roof.
I'm not offended, I'm an adult. Just not going to be showing unsuitable content to an 8 year old. You know, like a normal parent would do... Its a shame, because the rest of the content is good.
Is this near Stirling? One up there is abandoned. So glad I’ve found a Scottish explorer channel😂 been dying to do this shit….we have hundreds empty. Any chance you will look at some of the abandoned government shit?😃
Worked here from 1990 to 2012 and recognize every inch of the place; where I used to sit, meeting rooms, little corridors where I'd have more secret meetings. So sad to see the place getting pulled down but I'm glad part of it will always be here on this video. Was a brilliant place to work. Full of ghosts now.
This in Stirling next to the motorway?
@@smoll.miniatures Yep.
I didn't know that place was abandoned . Such a big modern building,surely they could do something with it .
Renovated into affordable blocks of flats.
The whole area is being converted into retail park with casino etc@bennyhillschineseblokechar3689
Imagine the cash flow of an insurance firm . If they can dump this massive property. Prob because they never pay out on claims
I always wondered what this site was like, thanks Alec. And i love the auld manor house, wis probably a grand mansion in its day. Hopefully it's listed and can be saved.
This is the ancient prudential site. Unfortunately a woman called Ish-bell Ciffeli worked there with a very controlling attitude towards my daughter.
Other women who were rude Shayron Klacker and Keren Mitchell. Absolute narcissists. ❤
I worked there for nearly 30 years. 30 very happy years, it’s very sad to see such awesome buildings left to go to ruin. It could have been put to so much better use.
Why was it so massive for an “insurance agency “? It looks more like a capital building 😂 congrats on your dedication to your work though! 🎉
Well that was interesting! I enjoy all of your explores, Alec.
Ive actually driven by this place many times and never really realised that it was abandoned or noticed it was there at first. Most recent streetview has Central demolition ltd barriers on the access to the differen buildings
Wow, awesome explore. Can't believe it's now empty. I delivered demonstrator cars there a few times, for staff changing company cars, probably 8 years or so ago. The place seemed buzzing with activity then, sad how times have changed.
That used to be one of the largest employers in the area. 40ish years ago when I was still in high school, you were considered very lucky if you got a job there. They had lots of perks, preferential mortgage rates, great working conditions, and private buses to take staff to and from work. Those were the days.
Because of technology, they won't need nearly as many people or space for documentation so I think they have now moved to a more cost-effective building. Have they not moved to the new building across the motorway by the river?
Yes.
Yes that's better info 40 years old building??.
It's built around an old house but the new buildings were built in phases and completed in the seventies.
Pass this place loads as its where we come of to go buy garden stuff never knew it was abandoned Great video Alec Thankyou for sharing it
Awesome explore, Alec. Some size of a place and imagine the electrical bill? Loved the engine room, and the White House is beautiful. Great photos and drone footage. That was a strange tree Derrick was hiding behind. Well done you two.
My last day in that building was just after Covid hit. Now mostly WFH but sometimes go into the new offices across the road. Sad to see the state it is now. Cracking video.
Where is this?
@@rickydfc1977 Stirling
Playing 'hookie' from work to go Explore, lol, good on ya Lads! Must be Stirling Scotland, that's where the Wallace Monument is, along with other significant locations in Scottish History, and it's stunningly beautiful all around, ta boot! Alec you do have a keen, sharp photo eye, I think, a wee bit of artistic talent. It's fun, these wee adventures, I just recently found this and a couple other channels, very cool,and I enjoy most of it. Voyeurism, lol, what fun! hahahaha
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Homeless people could live there
Yes they could at least it would be somewhere dry, it's a such a waste of a building.
Zero need for anyone to be ‘homeless’ in the uk
A complex failure of the Scottish government to have not renovated the building into affordable blocks of flats for hundreds of struggling folks!
@lw1zfog even less so if buildings like this weren't just left empty!
Ideal for a zombie movie 😀
Excellent video diary. Covid and the internet have laid waste to enormous work sites like this. Thank you for sharing your day exploring. Respect from Somerset England.
It wasn't an outsize workplace, the site provided employment to the city of Stirling for thousands of staff in a fairly compact campus.
@@johnjones8572 I didn’t state it was an ‘outsize workplace’ please re-read my comment and understand:- Many factors now result in these large offices being a thing of the past. Practices change and before you jump to conclusions I have visited Stirling many times. I understand that times move on. Not everyone can embrace the change otherwise nostalgia for empty spaces wouldn’t exist. Respect to you John.
@@stermindelves4251 Apologies, for enormous/outsize mix up. I'm not jumping to any conclusions. I embraced the change and retired when the site closed. Nostalgia, yes same as your first bicycle but then you realise it was rubbish and moved on to a better one. Stirling lost around 3000 well paid employees that spent well in the town on pay day. Look at the state of its finances now.
No this is the work of globalists
Looks like got a bill for window replacing the heating plant maintenance thousands a week
Omg a developer could get 100s of big flats for rent out of that property. A sad waste with plenty looking for flats in Stirling
Some place that, never even knew it was empty now although the last time I passed, the exterior looked a bit ropey. These big offices always look a bit like Castle Grayskull from the outside 😅 Cracking explore.
Not exactly abandoned like you make out in the title
The last lease ran out so the company in question moved out a few months ago as the landlord currently has redevelopment plans in place for the whole site
It takes considerable time to decommission a building of this size
Shame though that vandals have smashed their way in and left exit doors open for anyone to go in that wants to
Meant to now have 24/7 security back on and exits boarded up but will wait and see
Good video though 👍🏻
No vandals gypsy's
I was thinking of leaving Canada n headed back home to Scotland for a summer n see if I couldnt get some carpentry jobs to support ma'sel on a working holiday.
Amazing place.. cheers for that. Cant believe no sleeping rough folks took it over...
Just thinking about the massive amount of folks who used to work there. I knew a few of them What a waste. I hope it gets bought soon before it’s totally ruined.
Think,how many homeless people a place that size could accommodate. The place must be worth tens of millions of pounds.
That never ever works well in practice. Look at what happened to Wallace street flats in Glasgow, place just turned into a hellhole full of crime and prostitution. You need to integrate the homeless into communities not segregate them.
The fruits of 'racketeering'............
I worked there for 12 years until 2019. It's pretty sad to see it like that now.
What’s it called?
Yes but you don't say what you did could be using the vacuum all day
@Ewan Mcinally The whole campus is called Craigforth. I worked there when Prudential ran the site, after they bought Scottish Amicable in the late 90s.
@@lesterjohnston8888Why should they have said what they did? What has that got to do with anything?
It's huge. Wondering what the story is on this property. Really nice building. Not much decay. One open door, how about that? Easiest way in, no climbing huh Alec, haha! Crappy day for an explore. Cheers! Is that white building abandoned too? Be neat if it was. Great drone footage.
It sure is and thanks
New building for the insurance firm has been built across the otherside of the motorway.
@@dct1 oh, thanks for the update.
It just closed about 6 months ago
This is the Craigforth site of Prudential (just outside Stirling). Obviously they have moved!
The old prudential building. Only 10 minutes from me.
Where about is it?
@@kylemuirden6918 Just outside Stirling if you were taking the road towards Doune & Callander.
@@coconutislanddrones thanks mate, I'll have to take a look and see if it's still abandoned
@@kylemuirden6918 I passed it yesterday so it's still there and empty. Not sure if there's security now though. I done a video by drone, inside & out just over a year ago and there was no security but the day after I published it on here there was security in place.
@coconutislanddrones darn, I'm down that neck of the woods in a few weeks. I'll go and I'll let you know if there is security if I remember
Sure a used to pass this going up the M9
Place is completely locked up boarded up and tight security it’s Impossible to get in now😂 nice to see someone get inside
Great explore. That place is massive.
Strange and disturbing, like something out of Stanley Kubrick. And that big white mansion, the wooded hill and what looks like a massive flood plain behind (and a castle on a crag?). Seriously uncanny and creepy. You could re-shoot "The Prisoner" there tomorrow.
I bet it was really nice looking when it first opened. And your page, swear all you want.
It’s literally getting knocked down
Insured my first car with GA, back in the day.
Another great explore Alec 👍🏻
That sounded like Lisa on the phone shame she didn't do the explore with you, Lisa seems like a lot of fun I like Lisa.
It’s original name was Scottish amibicle I’m sure
Thats it! Was doing my head in trying to remember
@@lynnettemcausland9532 we love Stirling
That’s the biggest piece of Trioka I’ve ever seen😂😂😂
I used to work here as of COVID. So strange to see it empty like this!
where is it?
Looks like they closed down yesterday?
Can a have a look aroon? “Fuck duck”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
omg those roof scenes especially the slippery bit aaargh weird but feels worse watching you guys doing it than it would if it was me 😆
They might look like ear plugs or possibly rats tampons great vid mate
ah, this is so interesting! great video :) i was hoping you’s would take a gander round the capita building (the one you passed at 0:55)! i worked there a number of years ago and would be interested to see what its like now.
สวัสดีค่ะ🙏Alecและทีมงาน สถานที่กว้างใหญ่มากสำรวจดีเยี่ยมชอบมากดูเพลินจากประเทศไทย🇹🇭👍🥰
A Vid on Silicon Glenn would make this pale in comparison
Magnificent work of art in the reception area. The sheer size of it! Hopefully it can be salvaged. 📎
Been bought over by a company and the news is that they are converting it into a retail type park for shopping, offices etc
No unfortunately. My mate works for Central demolition and they have moved in. It looks like it's too expensive to maintain.
Lovely stuff..a great explore 👍
Interesting architecture. Must have employed loads.
What a mahoosive place !
Did Santa bring somebody new trainers then ......and a sexy new woman with a husky voice 😜😊
Cya next time Alec xx 😉
Think that was Lisa on the phone one of his exploring buddies.
Pretty bland place, spiral concrete was good and a few other bits but I watched it all in 5 mins, never worth an hour of data. No offence at all meant pal.
why are they pulling it down...why don't they convert it
Great video 👍👍
Crackin dive intæ thys.. cheers!
For those who always ask -
The 'White House' was built in 17th cent in a 600 acre estate, and was a family home until early 20th
The interior was lost in a fire
You may see a painting of the original in the local museum
wow, crazy big place!!
The building is very big !
Hi Alec.This place in humongous You could fit London inside thus place.😂
I see the language police are in the room
My workplace for 30 years :-)
What’s the name off this place ?
Worked here for a couple of months cleared the full place out 💪💪😂
lol nice one,
Thats my office!
Where is this ?
Stirling to the west, off the M9
Must be Glaswegians due to incomprehensible accent
It could be an Asylum Hotel
A coat of paint and some sawdust on the floor, all fine, move in tomorrow...👍
Where is this
Stirling
Visited this site a couple of weeks ago with the drone and got some great footage inside & out. Thanks Alec for the heads up, I hadn't even realised it was abandonded until I watched your video. Anyway here's my effort ruclips.net/video/GXA7WagamU8/видео.html
Would be cool to explore
65.7k subs nice long urbex blog
Parabéns um belo vídeo um forte abraço a todos 🥰🇧🇷👍
any ghosts
Yon wifey from the Scottish Widows adverts. Skoots aroun' the place wi' a mysterious smile on her geggie and a muckle big cloak.
Que lugar incrível parabéns 🤩👍
Boa tarde meu querido amigo 🥰👍
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🇻🇳👍💯🤝💰🗽 mình cũng rất đi khám phá phượt kiểu này ở nước mình có khu gang thép Thái Nguyên rộng mênh mông bỏ hoang
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By the way you are hiding on the floor I presume what your doing is illegal
Blimey, you could house a lot of illegal immigrants in that building.
What a waste of a good building.Whoever is responsible or owns it needs replacing because I bet there is a hundred or more economic viable uses it can be put to.First of all data management ideal for installing and running servers for mining crypto currencies...etc Ideal film location, housing for illegal Immigrants or homeless or even private hotels and leisure resort.
If not put to use this could happen to similar buildings up and down the UK .Are we to simply just abandon them.
Get is out on an exploration
Goan stop pointlessly swearing all the time. I'd love to show my kid these great videos but the superfluous f-bombs don't add anything.
Quite agree with you the swearing is disgusting I like your videos but hate your expletives
Your kids 100% say and hear worse in the playground. May as well get them ready for the world by letting them hear it but teaching it’s bad and not tolerated under your roof.
Don't watch then guys if you are offended
I'm not offended, I'm an adult. Just not going to be showing unsuitable content to an 8 year old. You know, like a normal parent would do... Its a shame, because the rest of the content is good.
@@duncangwhyte This channel is not meant for kids
Is this near Stirling? One up there is abandoned. So glad I’ve found a Scottish explorer channel😂 been dying to do this shit….we have hundreds empty. Any chance you will look at some of the abandoned government shit?😃
Yes
no smoking😂