I guess im almost old enough to remember this place open and even came across an escaped patient once walking in the road (long before mobiles) eventually a car stopped with an inboard phone to call for help, post closure i think i first checked the area out in 2007/8 just wandering the exterior we got lucky once or twice on the scaffolding for a closer look at the conversion, i missed out on another chance visit to the hall and a few corridors but finally got to see whats left earlier in the year, although i must stress its totally sealed and best avoided now!
visited with MD, Goldie87 and others over the years
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The Towers Hospital, a distinctive red brick Victorian building, first opened in September 1869 as the Leicester Borough Lunatic Asylum. Its name was changed to mental hospital in 1912 and became the Towers Hospital early in 1947.
It was originally an asylum and housed 1,000 mental health patients and, during the 1960s, about 6,000 outpatients.
visited with MD, Goldie87 and others over the years
https://www.flickr.com/photos/mr_sam/sets/72157627066493163
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