Wrexham Cemetery Mortuary
Tucked away in a quiet corner of Wrexham Cemetery lies this abandoned 1930s’ mortuary. In 1916 it was decided that Wrexham needed a new hospital …
Wales’ Remaining Asylums
In 2023 we set off on a road trip through Wales, with the aim of documenting the country’s former lunatic asylums. These institutions were commonly …
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 …
Hellingly Hospital
Hellingly Hospital began construction in 1898 and first opened in 1903 as East Sussex County Lunatic Asylum. Originally, East and West Sussex shared a joint …
Gartloch Asylum
Play from 10:06 to watch our footage of Gartloch Asylum If you’ve ever watched a horror film or read a scary book about a psychiatric …
Murray Royal Hospital
The Murray Royal Hospital in Perth is Scotland’s oldest surviving asylum and was one of the grandest built. The now derelict asylum was named after …
High Royds Hospital
High Royds in Menston is one of the most well-documented and now infamous of the county asylums to be built, instantly recognizable by its looming …
South Ockendon Hospital
In February 2024, we visited what remains of South Ockendon Hospital, and were shown around the beautiful recreation hall and other surviving rooms with kind …
Roundway Hospital
Roundway Hospital dates back to the 1840’s when a committee of Justices approved plans for an asylum in Wiltshire. Forty-eight acres of land was purchased …
Severalls Mental 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 …
Bristol County Asylum
Today this former asylum is owned by the University of West England (UWE) and is home to hundreds of students who studying medical courses. With …
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 …
Rauceby Asylum
In 1889 Kesteven became its own authority and was required by law to have any asylum so the search began to find a suitable site …
Cefn Coed Hospital
Cfen Coed Hospital, in Swansea, is one of few original asylum buildings to still be in use today. It was also one of the last …
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 …
Heatherwood Hospital
Heatherwood Hospital, in Ascot, has been in use for over a century. Construction started in early 1920’s for a hospital to care for the children …
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 …
Lennox Castle Hospital
Lennox Castle Hospital lies in ruins in Lennoxtown, north of Glasgow. The large three-story building was designed by architect David Hamilton in 1837, not as …
Royal Alexandra Hospital
The Royal Alexandra Hospital in Paisley, south Glasgow, is one of the cities main hospitals and has existed since 1786 when it opened as a …
Lancaster Moor/Ridge Lea Asylum
Lancaster was the fourth county to establish an asylum following the 1808 County Asylums Act and a site to the west of the town at …
Sutton Hospital
Sutton Hospital opened as a cottage hospital in 1899, split across two semi-detached houses with just 6 beds between them. Just 3 years later it …
St Martin’s Hospital
St Martin’s Hospital in Kent has been described as being “truly remnant of the asylums of the early nineteen hundreds” and walking around this 129 …
Runwell Mental Hospital
Today, the site of Runwell Hospital is nothing more than rubble, with over 500 homes now on the site, although turn back the clock a …