gartloch

My favourite shot of the trip - as asylum as it gets Hello folks, thought I'd share with you all an urbex adventure from last year. Myself and @KismetJ had a renewed in interest in asylums after the gem that is St. Martins emerged on the scene. Whilst we managed to explore a handful of local...

Shortly after our trip to Ardeer, my friend and I took a visit to Gartloch Ayslum on a Sunday morning. Gartloch was opened in 1896 as an asylum for the poor of Glasgow. During WW2 it was used as a tuberculosis hospital before being brought under NHS management in 1948. After it's closure in...

Opened 1889, Closed 1996 Gartloch Hospital is located on the Gartloch Road near the village of Gartcosh. It was closed in 1996 after serving patients for 100 years as a hospital. It is now in the process of being redeveloped into a "luxury village". Gartloch Timeline: 1889: Gartloch Estate was...

Three Explores in One Following on from last weekend’s thoroughly enjoyable explore of Birkwood Hospital a follow up trip to Glasgow was hastily arranged and three more former institutions were visited. The three in question share a degree of commonality - not least because of their ruinous...

Since my last report was pretty sh*t, thought I'd post this one instead, the last one was just something local and interesting to some... I have made two visits to Gartloch, once near the start of the year but couldn't find the main attraction for myself, a second visit took place and after...

In July of 2012 Peter and I have visited this asylum Gartloch Hospital was commissioned in 1889 by the City of Glasgow District Lunacy Board Scotland as an asylum for pauper lunatics after the city bought the original estate for approximately £8,600. Building commenced in 1892 and in 1896...

If buses come in threes, then at the moment for me it seems like derelict asylums do as well. 29 and counting, so close to the previous mentioned target. I found myself north of the border this past week with work, nothing uncommon with that, but this was the first time I'd driven all the way...

Gartloch was a beautiful Victorian general hospital, built in 1889 - it closed in 1996, and parts have now been redeveloped into the usual soulless executive village. Some bits are still untouched - the development has stalled. There are a couple of ward buildings - all pretty decayed...