What is the point of this.....

estebanrey · 29 Jul 2013 at 18:18

A wheelchair ramp that leads to a set of stairs (or a set of stairs that leads to a wheelchair ramp depending on which was you look at it).

Apparently it's in Burnley.

Suarez7 · 29 Jul 2013 at 18:20

Might have been some form of other structure there in the past and they've just fenced/bricked it off when it was knocked down.

MooMoo444 · 29 Jul 2013 at 18:21

Theres a cloaking field around the building. It's a division of Torchwood.

PapaLazaru · 29 Jul 2013 at 18:21

It is a very poorly designed slide.

dfarrall · 29 Jul 2013 at 18:21

Presumably it was put there for a reason at one point in time.

Diagro · 29 Jul 2013 at 18:21

Its a wheelchair entrance to a magic harrypotter building that you are I can't enter

Efour · 29 Jul 2013 at 18:23

Clue is in the wall change

Kenai · 29 Jul 2013 at 18:24

The handrailing on the steps is clearly an afterthought, so the most obvious answer is that it's a redundant ramp for something that has since been removed.

Some council pen pusher more than likely decided it was 32p cheaper to add steps to the end to make it 'safe' than to demolish it properly.

estebanrey · 29 Jul 2013 at 18:24

Suarez7 said:
Might have been some form of other structure there in the past and they've just fenced/bricked it off when it was knocked down.

But surely if you're going to the effort of knocking a whole building down you'd do that as well.

It seems more effort to convert it than just remove it with everything else.

Suarez7 · 29 Jul 2013 at 18:25

estebanrey said:
But surely if you're going to the effort of knocking a whole building down you'd do that as well.

It seems more effort to convert it than just remove it with everything else.

You would think so yes, but some local councils just can't be bothered.

ince · 29 Jul 2013 at 18:28

Is it like a bridge for wheelchairs

bitslice · 29 Jul 2013 at 18:38

It's the new Burnley outdoor Step Aerobics Gym,
just because it hasn't got all the features of those posh Southern Gyms (like a roof), doesn't mean the local residents can't get fit.

Skidder · 29 Jul 2013 at 18:40

It's an anti-cottaging public urinal. Do a George Michael in there and you will have egg on your face rather than...you know.

doofer · 29 Jul 2013 at 18:41

It's Burnley Water-Park.

Kutter · 29 Jul 2013 at 19:35

Its a training zone for skateboarders before they move into the town center.

Burned_Alive · 29 Jul 2013 at 19:45

Quite clearly a wheelchair stunt ramp.

Devrij · 29 Jul 2013 at 20:12

Burned_Alive said:
Quite clearly a wheelchair stunt ramp.

Burnley is pretty progressive like that to be fair.

On Fishponds road in Bristol there are steps and a wheelchair ramp that lead up to a brick wall. In that case it's quite clear that they simply bricked odff that entrance when the building was repurposed though.

olivier renault · 29 Jul 2013 at 20:15

Hey, even the MI5 secret lair entrance has to comply to BS.8300 standards.

Kishywish · 29 Jul 2013 at 20:41

dfarrall said:
Presumably it was put there for a reason at one point in time.

Obviously.

V F · 29 Jul 2013 at 20:43

Have to admit. This thread did give me a chuckle. Especially the space bridge. It's obviously a puzzle from Portal 2.