Daniel Sims – known as BeardedReality on YouTube – is an urban explorer who ventures to abandoned buildings across Derbyshire and beyond.
The 33-year-old recently visited the site of the old Permanite Asphalt Works, just outside Matlock, which has remained empty since around 2009.
The site has been daubed with graffiti in recent years, but there are many reminders of its industrial past – and these are 16 photos that show what the factory looks like now. The full video of Daniel’s visit can be found here.
![Much of the site has also been daubed with graffiti.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjU1YmZjNDc5LWQ5MDgtNDc5My1hY2JlLWQ4NzNmNjU3YWQ0MzplYjI4N2VkMy1hMWQ3LTQ0ZWQtYThmYy0zNWU2NmExMzM2ODk=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
![The dark, empty rooms of the factory certainly make for some eerie photographs.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjJjYWNhOWIyLWJmYTEtNDViYi04ZTNjLWU4ZmM5ODIwYTcxMDo5YzYyY2YwYi0xMjExLTRkMzYtYmI2My0zYjFhMTk4NTY0NzU=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
6. Eerie atmosphere
The dark, empty rooms of the factory certainly make for some eerie photographs. Photo: BeardedReality
![Much of the interior of the factory has remained intact.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjcxZTlmOGQ3LTRmYTAtNDFhMy1hYjkzLTA3MDdkNDdjYWRjZjo2Y2E5MTIxOC1iMGE1LTQzYTUtOTZmNy02NDExY2U4NzE4NjA=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
7. Interior shots
Much of the interior of the factory has remained intact. Photo: BeardedReality
![Some of the graffiti sprayed the old machinery is on the more creative side.](https://www.derbyshiretimes.co.uk/webimg/b25lY21zOjZiNjdkZDcwLTVmYTgtNGM4ZS1iMGQzLTliMTFhZTVlYWU5ZDphYzhlYjlmMC1lZWU2LTQ0YjYtYmJmYS1mYWU2MWY4OWY3MDg=.jpg?crop=3:2&width=640)
8. Imaginative graffiti
Some of the graffiti sprayed the old machinery is on the more creative side. Photo: BeardedReality