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Report - Nocton Hospital

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Stephen sampson

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28DL Full Member
18th Feb 2018

Hard to get in to as someone keeps wiring up any openings in the fence so had a walk of about 3/4 of a mile to find an opening to enter


RAF Hospital Nocton Hall was a 740-bed RAF hospital serving the predominantly RAF personnel based at the large number of RAF Stations in the area. Officially designated as No. 1 RAF Hospital Nocton Hall[1] it opened in June 1947.[2] It was used by forces personnel, their families and local civilians until it closed on 31 March 1983.[3]
The hospital was situated near the small village of Nocton in rural Lincolnshire and partly in the grounds of Nocton Hall. The hall was used as the officers' mess. The main part of the hospital consisted of long corridors with wooden hut wards and departments branching off them. The hospital was on a slight slope so the corridors were not level.
In 1984 it was leased to the United States Air Force (USAF) for use as a wartime contingency hospital. During the Gulf War, over 1,300 US medical staff were sent to the hall and many were billeted at RAF Scampton, although ultimately only 35 casualties had to be treated. In its later days 13 American personnel remained to keep the hospital serviceable. RAF Nocton Hall was handed back to Her Majesty's Government by the USAF on 30 September 1995 but has never been brought back into use as a hospital.
The only accessible part (as of October 2013) of the hospital is the site of the former married quarters, which still carry the original RAF street names. They are of former RAF hospitals overseas; Changi Close, Habbanya Rise (RAF Habbaniya misspelt), Rostrop Road (RAF Rostrup misspelt), Steamer Point Road, Fayid Lane (now Woodland Drive), Hinidi Lane (RAF Hinaidi misspelt, now extended and renamed Nocton Park Road), Khormaksar Drive, Wegberg Road and Akrotiri Square.

Sign on new entry road to former Married Quarters.
The rest of the hospital site is fenced off and inaccessible with only glimpses of the derelict hall visible through the trees. There is no 'memorial' to the former RAF hospital despite the large numbers of personnel and patients involved there.

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Thanks for looking
Sam
 

Giymo85

Amateur and proud
28DL Full Member
Liking this a lot, definitely on my list and easily worth the walk I am sure.
 

man_gone_wrong

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
I went here a few weeks back for a return visit, shame it took me so long to get back as the decay here is brilliant

As we were about to leave we stumbled across the people that fix the fence (annoyingly he walked into my shot as I was taking it lol) and escorted us off the property. Turns out he is a local from down the road and fixes the fence just to stop people getting in and hurting themselves

As we was leaving he was nice enough to tell us when he does his round so to keep out of his way nice bloke
 

Avert

28DL Member
28DL Member
I was intending to head here in a couple of weeks so if you feel like sharing the knowledge I'd be very appreciative.

Yes, I’m hoping to revisit this place soon too, if you’d be so kind as to pass on the intelligence, please
 

Darentoot

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Hi , I'm due to visit here in the next week or so , any info much appreciated thx.
PM always welcome thx.
 

FaZy_UK

28DL Regular User
Regular User
I was here about 5 or 6 years ago with Arcade Al, and there was a transit pickup on the grounds, blasting techno music from the stereo, with a bunch of travellers ripping out the vent systems from the roofs :p

Can't believe any of it is still standing....
 

bomber29

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28DL Full Member
I was here about 5 or 6 years ago with Arcade Al, and there was a transit pickup on the grounds, blasting techno music from the stereo, with a bunch of travellers ripping out the vent systems from the roofs :p

Can't believe any of it is still standing....
This is how your civil servants waste what was a very good hospital site. It will cost millions to do up, this old hospital could have been used for the hundreds of service personnel from Iraq and Afghanistan, even today treat the guys with mental health issues, but sadly that will never happen. Anybody visiting this site, you can gain better access from where the old married quarters are.
 

bomber29

28DL Full Member
28DL Full Member
Nice report...gets better with age that place :thumb
Anybody that has been in the services will know what a really good place this was to serve. Nocton Hall was a very big teaching hospital, Many students who finished their military service went on to work in the NHS.
 
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