The Royal London Hospital was founded in September 1740 and was originally named The London Infirmary. The name changed to The London Hospital in 1748 and then to The Royal London Hospital in 1980 when the Queen came to visit and gave it the added 'Royal'. The first patients were treated at a house in Featherstone Street, Moorfields in November 1740. In May 1741, the hospital moved to Prescot Street, and remained there until 1757 when it moved to its current location on the south side of Whitechapel Road, Whitechapel, in the London Borough of Tower Hamlets. Joseph Merrick, known as the "Elephant Man", spent the last few years of life at The Royal London Hospital and his mounted skeleton is currently housed at the Medical School, but is not on public display.
In March 2005 planning permission was granted for a £1 billion redevelopment and expansion of The Royal London Hospital. The redevelopment has replaced the hospital's old facilities, some of which date back to when the hospital moved to its existing site in 1757. On completion of the project, the hospital will have London’s leading trauma and emergency care centre, one of Europe’s largest renal services and the capital’s second biggest paediatric service. It is also the base for London's Air Ambulance, operating out of a rooftop helipad. The new building opened in February 2012.
I've been wanting to get in here for bloody ages but it was always well sealed every time I tried, or so I thought. Reccie trips had involved sitting in waiting rooms with sick patients with a pair of binoculars trying to see if workers left any of the doors open when they finished, you know, the usual stuff. Anyway, as luck would have it a couple of friends randomly found themselves a way in the other day and tipped me off, nice one Andy K and Spidermonkey. For the most part it is very empty but there are some nice bits dotted around, especially the operating theatres with all the lights still intact. Onto the pics.
In March 2005 planning permission was granted for a £1 billion redevelopment and expansion of The Royal London Hospital. The redevelopment has replaced the hospital's old facilities, some of which date back to when the hospital moved to its existing site in 1757. On completion of the project, the hospital will have London’s leading trauma and emergency care centre, one of Europe’s largest renal services and the capital’s second biggest paediatric service. It is also the base for London's Air Ambulance, operating out of a rooftop helipad. The new building opened in February 2012.
I've been wanting to get in here for bloody ages but it was always well sealed every time I tried, or so I thought. Reccie trips had involved sitting in waiting rooms with sick patients with a pair of binoculars trying to see if workers left any of the doors open when they finished, you know, the usual stuff. Anyway, as luck would have it a couple of friends randomly found themselves a way in the other day and tipped me off, nice one Andy K and Spidermonkey. For the most part it is very empty but there are some nice bits dotted around, especially the operating theatres with all the lights still intact. Onto the pics.
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