A lot of us have taken up new hobbies during the lockdown, but I doubt if any of them have been as interesting as 29 year old Dom Jennings who decided to really get into urban exploring.

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Let’s disregard the fact that he probably shouldn’t have been doing that during a lockdown, but instead look at and hear about his latest adventure into an abandoned sex club called ‘Utopia’ in Stoke-On-Trent. Here’s what Dom had to say about his experience, as well as a few photographs that he took:

I started exploring in my spare time as something to pass the time during lockdown.

I’ve always had an interest in it and when I learnt about this building, I quickly made my way to it to see what I could find.

It was really creepy to walk around, the whole place was falling down and I could see all these different X-rated rooms, god knows what went on here.

I stumbled across wigs, and what I think were sex dungeons, they were little rooms with caged entrances and they looked like jails.

I did some research and found the name out, it closed a while ago and at one point caught fire and has been left alone since.

I came across a BDSM table which I opted not to touch because of had probably touched it in the past, the whole place was like a museum to its former self.

The most interesting thing I found was the membership forms. The rules stated that all recording equipment was banned and you had to confirm you were not working for the media.

I’m guessing the last thing these members wanted was anyone reporting on what was happening inside, which does make me wonder what they were getting up to, and who came here.

A man messaged me on Facebook and asked me to take it down immediately because it showed his name.

It had a really eerie feel, but everything looks expensive and the pool was huge, although I’m not sure I would want to swim in it myself.

Yeah, that does look eerie and sounds like it would be a fun day out exploring it and checking it out, but I don’t think his pictures here really convey just how weird and spooky it would have been walking around there. I guess if you’re really that interested then you gotta head up there and check it out yourself.

For more of the same, check out this article about ten times that urban explorers almost shit themselves. It’s not all fun and games out there.