Bangour Village Hospital
Our 2026 video on the former Edinburgh District Asylum Bangour Village Hospital is a unique remaining example of a psychiatric hospital built in the village …
The Epsom Asylum Cluster
Ordnance Survey 1945-1965 mapping showing the five Epsom Cluster asylums In Epsom, Surrey, the former London County Council decided to create five London County Asylums …
Severalls Hospital
In 2015, Beyond the Point was given exclusive access to film and photograph inside the derelict site, with filming requests from the likes of the …
Whitchurch Hospital
Whitchurch Hospital opened as the Cardiff City Mental Hospital with the medical superintendent, Dr Edwin Goodall, reluctant to refer to it as an asylum. Due …
St Cadoc’s Hospital
Officially opened in January 1906, St Cadoc’s Hospital is one of few original asylum buildings which is still used today. Although the majority of the …
Photographing Scotland’s Disused Hospitals with 35mm Film
We recently embarked on a roadtrip across Scotland, focused on abandoned asylums and other hospitals. We photographed a total of eight, six of those being …
Headley Court DMRC
Headley Court Defence Medical Rehabilitation Centre (DMRC) was once one of the leading rehab centres in the UK. The 58-bed facility helped injured servicemen and …
Rainham Marsh Firing Ranges
The Rainham/Purfleet area has been in use by man since the days of the so –called ‘Cavemen’. You can see some of the petrified tree …
Cliffe Explosives Factory
Also known as ‘Curtis & Harvey’s Explosive Factory’ this massive site feels somewhat like the Wild West and is accompanied by loads of sheep. It …
Mid Wales Hospital, Talgarth
Talgarth is a small, quaint market town in mid-Wales and as of 2011 was home to less than 2,000 people. Driving through the narrow country …
Corringham Light Railway & Coryton Station
The Corringham Light Railway was a line built in 1899, opened in 1901, as part of access to the Kynochs munitions factory on the site …
Medway UB-122 Submarine Wreck
SM UB-122 was a World War One German submarine, or U-Boat, in the German Imperial Navy which was first commissioned in March 1918 after a …
Wickford WW1 Plane Crash Memorials
Tucked away in an isolated field bordered by the A130 and a railway in Shotgate, near Wickford, Essex, lies two memorials constructed in 1920 to …
Stow Maries Aerodrome
Stow Maries is a village and civil parish in west Essex. In September 1916, during the first World War, an airfield was established at Stow …
Shoebury Old Ranges – Gunners Park
The ranges at Shoeburyness have a long ever-changing history, from the 1840s until present day. The ‘old ranges’, now Gunners’ Park near the Garrison, were …
Kynoch Explosives Factory, Coryton
We visited these structural remains in 2018 and 2020 . The first visit consisted of an initial exploration with photography to identify if these remains …
Hester’s Tourist Resort on Canvey
Two busts that stood in ‘Poets Corner’ of the Winter Gardens, today in the Canvey Heritage Centre. Photographs of Frederick Hester, and his monrail before …
Hadleigh Salvation Army Colony
In 1891, the Salvation Army established a Home Farm Colony in Hadleigh where the Hadleigh Downs Country Park lies today. The Salvation Army Jetty was …
Southend in WW1 & The Palace Hotel
Shortly before BTP Liam wrote this article, he began reading the book ‘Southend at War’ by the excellent local author Dee Gordon. Beyond the Point’s …
Shoebury Garrison
The history of the garrison dates back to 1849 when the land was first purchased by the Board of Ordanance. Woolwich Common was usually used …
Shoeburyness Jetty Poppy Wave
It’s the final two weeks of the Poppy Wave sculpture in Shoeburyness and we decided to take a look before the wave of poppies move …
Grain Tower
Known as 1, The Thames – this 19th century fort is situated 500 meters out into the mouth of the River Medway and was built …
Grain Dummy Battery
Grain Dummy Battery, originally known as Grain Battery, was built shortly before Grain Fort, completed in 1865 to support two nearby forts; Grain Fort and …
Wing QF Battery, East Tilbury
The Quick-Firing ‘Wing Battery’ just south-west of Coalhouse Fort inland of Coalhouse Point was constructed in 1893 to counter enemy torpedo boat technology which presented …