Canvey Island Urban District Council Office
This building along Long Road was most recently a health centre, but closed in 2018 and has been sitting disused since. It was once perhaps …
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 …
Sadlers Farm A13 Defensive Roadblock
At the junction of the Sadlers Farm roundabout and Tarpots on the A13 road lies a suspected wartime remnant passed by hundreds of people everyday …
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 …
Lisnevin Training School
The first iteration of Lisnevin school opened in October 1973, at a premises known as Kiltonga House near Newtownards. It could accommodate up to 40 …
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 …