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The History of Broadmoor: High Security and Psychiatric Care Nestled in the Crowthorne woods of Berkshire, Broadmoor Hospital is perhaps the most famous—and widely misunderstood—high-security psychiatric institution in the United Kingdom. Opening its doors in the mid-19th century, its history...

While looking for some older family pictures I came across these and noticed they had not been posted on here by me. This was a site I visited lots of times as it was on the doorstep, then it started to get developed and it is now some sort of retirement area and also accommodation for others...

Braintree College of Further Education (Braintree Campus) Have struggled to find particularly much about this place online. It was originally an independently controlled institution, but became part of the Colchester Institute after merging in February 2010. Part of the site is still live as...

1. The History Located just north of the old city in the centre of Chiang Mai, there’s not a lot of information on the web (in English) about the former prison. It dates back to the early 1900s (although some other sources refer to the 1920s) when it was originally used to incarcerate men. It...

"The Workhouse" There's not much I can say about Lluesty hospital that hasn't been said already, it's a very well known location that I'm sure most of you have heard of, if not explored it yourselves. Despite the countless pictures and videos of the Victorian building I wanted to write my own...

This was a spur of the moment visit with Kubix_UK. We'd heard that pikeys have been living at the front of the site for quite some time now, so we made sure that we kept a low profile. This place is 99% trashed now, so apologies in advance for the somewhat limited photographic offerings in...

Whilst studying photography in Norwich for three years I visited Hales Asylum about 6 times. Each time finding something new to document. The latest of these visits was in January 2013. I first visited this location in September 2012 with NorfolkExplorer and a few other people I have yet to...

In 1927, the workhouse was closed and the building converted into an institution for “mental defectivesâ€￾. After 1930, control passed to Norfolk County Council and the establishment was renamed Heckingham Institution. In 1948, it became part of the National Health Service as Hales Hospital...

After a bad start to the morning due to the m62 being closed myself and hidden shadow arrived in Preston early doors.. walking down towards St. Josephs, i heard "alright" .....out pops mnb1981.This site is in quite good condition even the lead is still on the roofs and is quite eerie in...

Heres a few shots of my local visited with Princess D! I have not included pictures of the demo that they've done already or where the Main Hall use to be because its just depressing. So here it goes! Enjoy x