east lothian

Opened in 1922 on the grounds of an old WW I airfield the hospiutal was used as a Tuberculosis sanatorium untill the outbreak of world war II. The patients then got relocated untill the end of the war when the hospital then reopened untill its close in 1977, The site Is largely open and super...

Fantastic wee hospital! The place was built in 1922 and at the outbreak of WW2 assisted the RAF base nearby. After the war it converted to a tuberculosis sanitorium but as cases of TB in Scotland started to drop it was decided to be used as a clinic to help the mentally handicapped from the mid...

Hi, new here but had a love for exploring for a good few years now. Hope this first report is ok. Have tried to include everything I can think of and not too pic heavy I hope. Thanks A little about the hospital In 1922 several buildings and an area of land were used to create East Fortune...

Thought I would post up a recent update from here. Another solo mooch after a long night of fails, I was in the area so thought I would swing by. I have been coming here for years, place is largely a shit hole and has been trashed, torched and tagged up way more since my last visit in 2017, but...

1991 closure in a nice scenic location. Appears that the local kids have found it in recent years and made it a bit of a den, all be it a damp one! I didn't venture too far in as didn't want soggy feet.. The hatch was open on arrival which certainly won't have helped water ingress but closed...

Not a proper report, just a few photos for someone who wanted to see. We visited East Fortune on our way up to Edinburgh in the summer. We had some time to kill and the name of the place rang a bell as one of the 'hospitals of old' even if i couldn't put a face to the name. To be honest i was...

History Gin Head Rader Research Facility was made ready for action in 1943, during the Second World War. It was used as an early warning station to alert the RAF to incoming enemy aircraft; it allowed the RAF to scramble fighters specifically to the areas under attack and was part of the reason...

Gin Head Rader Research Facility was made ready for action in 1943, during the Second World War. It was used as an early warning station to alert the RAF to incoming enemy aircraft; it allowed the RAF to scramble fighters specifically to the areas under attack and was part of the reason why the...

Bass Rock, sometimes referred to as The Bass or ‘the Ailsa Craig of the East’, is a small island located approximately 2.5 kilometres from the coast of Scotland. It stands over 100 metres high and is a Special Protection Area, and a Site of Special Scientific Interest, owing to the gannet colony...

So this is my first report... here goes! East Fortune originally opened as a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1922 with 210 beds for men and women and special wards for children. The site had first been developed as a naval air station during WW1 , and during peace time it was adopted for...

This weekend myself, Bigjobs and FB decided to take a trip north of the border and visit Scotland. Whilst we were there we paid a visit to Cockenzie power station. Although I have visited Battersea on a couple of occasions I have only really seen Control Room A, the White Room and had a mooch...

First report, so hoping this is all OK! Visited back in August last year with Fake Snowman and two others. East Fortune hospital originally opened in 1922 as a tuberculosis sanatorium, next to the well known East Fortune air field. However the number of patients fell after the second world...

Visited with 3 non-members. First explore in a while for me, so armed with my new 50D, I headed down to East Fortune Hospital for my 3rd visit. Surprisingly I got to see areas of the Hospital I hadn't seen on my 2 previous visits, so it was a new experience of this site. East Fortune...

Finally got a chance to visit the place after discovering its location through another forum. It seems that it's flooded with about one or two inches of water recently but that didn't stop us.

Visited with fake snowman This was the unintended find of the day. Bit warehousey but turned out to be a great wander. Shame about the fires.. There's been a fair few quite recently according to this article. Bit of quick history pulled from HERE. Worth a read if you're interested - it's from...