Hospitals and Asylums
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AsylumsSeveralls Hospital (Second Essex County Asylum), ColchesterVisited a few times between January, June and July 2012. All parts now covered, execpt admin.
See also from the same site: Severalls Water Tower - July 2012 Stone House Hospital (City of London Asylum), DartfordVisited in April 2012, after arriving at 3am and having a brief nap in one of the more 'comfortable' rooms.
Stone House hospital has now been redeveloped into housing. Mid Wales Hospital (Brecon and Radnor Joint Asylum), TalgarthVisited in December 2011 and December 2012.
This is a particular favourite of mine, often thought of as the forgotten asylum, it lies deep in mid Wales and still boasts a hall, even if the ceiling is on the verge of collapsing. Whittingham Hospital (Lancashire County Asylum), PrestonVisited in May and June 2012. Despite this being hundreds and hundreds of mile away from me, I still managed to see the place twice, and cover it well. It contains what could possibly be one of the best, untouched, asylum halls in the UK.
Rauceby Hospital (Kesteven County Asylum), RaucebyVisited June 2012. I was surprised as to how much of this place was actually still left to see. This was originally a back up plan, but a good one at that. A classic Hine design too, parts of it resembled West Park hospital.
Cane Hill Hospital (Surrey County Asylum), Coulsdon (What's left in July 2012)Visited July 2012, after finding that the nearby Coulsdon Deep Shelter had been sealed up again. Although what is left is either charred or boarded up mostly, it still felt good to have actually been to the infamous Cane Hill.
North Wales Hospital (Denbighshire County Asylum), DenbighVisited in December 2012, after saying I'd do this for a long time. Depspite a lot of the orginal interest of the place being long gone, I still enjoyed this a lot. Afer all, it is Denbigh! Was it worth the long drive from Bristol? Yes.
St Lawrences Hospital (Cornwall County Asylum), Bodmin, CornwallVisited in August 2013. To finally see this asylum in the flesh was really quite special. It's one that has been locked up very tightly for a good few years, meaning it wasn't even worth trying it before now. The main hall is still there and in very good condition too.
St. Johns Hospital, Bracebridge Heath (COMING SOON)
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HospitalsBarrow Hospital, Barrow Gurney, BristolMy 'local' site, my first proper explore and a personal favourite.
Visited many, many times between 2010 and 2013. Hospital for Sick Children, BristolVisited on various visits prior to the demolition of the majority of the site.
See also from the same site: - Views of Bristol from the scaffolding - Bristol University Physics Building Sandhill Park Hospital, Bishop's Lydeard, TauntonVisited in September 2012, on a little Southern road trip and a good catch up with a 'long time no see' explorer.
Bristol General Hospital, BristolFinally explored in October 2012, after a long wait and a lot of attempts, and being told to 'man up' and just do it.
Frenchay Hospital, Frenchay, BristolThis has been under our watchful eye for some time now, and as the summer started, the time had come. Over many pleasant visits, we covered this site from top to bottom, finding some real little gems along the way!
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