Report - The Tindal Centre, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire - April 2016

[Landie_Man]

The Tindal Centre, Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire - April 2016

Another one from my big backlog! This site is in my hometown and only a stones throw away from where I live. I remember a friend of mine who was working for St Johns Ambulance at the time, took me round the back of this place and showed me round the Ambulance Station behind it!

I was only about ten or eleven but it was great fun, and I was even taken out in 1982 Range Rover V8 Ambulance which then (2001) was pretty old!

One April morning I saw hoarding going up and seized my chance to have a look round before it was totally demolished. I solo'd this place.


This asylum was very modern inside and not very inspiring sadly!

The Tindal Centre (formerly Tindal Hospital); and locally known as "Tindal", was a centre for the treatment of mental disorders in Aylesbury, Buckinghamshire, England run by Oxford Health NHS Foundation Trust.

It included a residential hospital for paitents with profound mental health conditions and also counselling/therapy outpatient services.

It is located to the north east of Aylesbury in an area locally known as
"Bierton Hill" and sits opposite Aylesbury Prison.

People that could not afford the fees of the local hospital; Royal Buckinghamshire Hospital, funnily enough where I was born, were sent to this workhouse.

The building in which "Tindal" was located was originally the town's workhouse, built in 1844.

Tindal was closed in 2014 when the Whiteleaf Centre in Aylesbury was opened.

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[1nk4]

nice one! has this been demo'd yet, anyone know?

 

[Downsy]

Drove past there the other day and was going to ask you if you knew anything about it. Good to see the inside.

 

[Landie_Man]

I would get there quick! Work is well underway

 

[dragginmenut]

dose anyone know if this is still here

 

[Landie_Man]

dose anyone know if this is still here

The front USB

 

[Landie_Man]

Is

 

[dragginmenut]

Nothing other then the front of the building. Was wk derjng weather it's worth going to have a look at

 

[toastlord]

This is really interesting to me as someone who was born in Aylesbury as this site had been partially abandoned once before and then eventually re-used again - it was the older building on the right as you looked at it that was I'm guessing it would have been late 80s/early 90s but my memory is sketchy as best so I am hoping that someone else can fill in the gaps. Did that part get knocked down and replaced with the newer looking buildings shown in these photos?

I remember finding it really creepy at the time we visited as there was still plenty of patient's notes and belongings etc lying around the place (I'm sure the local press would have had a field day with the lack of patient confidentiality!).

 

[Landie_Man]

This is really interesting to me as someone who was born in Aylesbury as this site had been partially abandoned once before and then eventually re-used again - it was the older building on the right as you looked at it that was I'm guessing it would have been late 80s/early 90s but my memory is sketchy as best so I am hoping that someone else can fill in the gaps. Did that part get knocked down and replaced with the newer looking buildings shown in these photos?

I remember finding it really creepy at the time we visited as there was still plenty of patient's notes and belongings etc lying around the place (I'm sure the local press would have had a field day with the lack of patient confidentiality!).

The building here I believe is original; at least the frontage is.

 

[Bando Exploration]

Wow that building looks pretty neat making up for good photos

 

[TheRealDJ]

It appears as though this site isn't here anymore, we went to the old location for the Tindal Center and found its now a youth mental health centre, still ran by oxford NHS. A shame as would have loved to have seen the old medical records and building stood as it was.

 

[Landie_Man]

It appears as though this site isn't here anymore, we went to the old location for the Tindal Center and found its now a youth mental health centre, still ran by oxford NHS. A shame as would have loved to have seen the old medical records and building stood as it was.

I believe it’s flats now.