Report - Turner Village Hospital, Colchester - 2005

[Speed]

wow this turned out to be alot bigger than i was expecting! Only relly managed to get exterior shots as most of the buildings were well secure and im pretty sure there was security about somewhere. (i saw vans,cars and portacabins but no guards!: )

Its right next to Colchester general and super overlooked by houses but no one semed to care.

entered near this tower, but i twigged the van parked near its base so didnt move closer

passed a couple of buildings like this but it looked like security were in that portacabin along side it so i kept my distance

these later style buildings were right at the southern tip of the site but were all secure

apart from this one which could be acessed by either the roof or by a broken window (strangly not borded up)

last off i went back to the car and drove into one of the old staff carparks (managed to go the wrong way around the one way system lol!) stopped to take this pic.

Theres much much more then what ive shown in these pics but most of it is tightly packed with buildings that are either brand new or still in use so its hard to get close without beeing seen. that said it would make a great visit if you can get inside as im told alot of its contents are still there. Theres building work going on close by too so it may not be ther for much longer

 

[Wastelandr]

Reviving this fairly unassuming post - 20 years on! Definitely one that might have gotten away, or maybe it was just a bit naff. The hall looked cool though, sadly that went. Took these drone photos at the weekend so thought I'd stick them here. The villas are NHS offices and the water tower still appears to be used for something.

 

[Speed]

This is my first report lol.. we did go on to access some of the place later in 2006. There was a hydrotherapy pool in one buildings I remeber but it was medioca even by todays standards so I never bothered with photos. After doing severalls I thought this could be more of the same and was obviously quite dissepointed

You're right the water tower (which is kind of what attracted me there in the first place) was always in use, I think by the general hospital next door. The hall had already been demo'd by 2005 and I think the admin was still in use or had been renovated.

First time I met a security guard here I think. Thought he was going to have a go at me for wandering round but he was a pretty decebt 'just don't go in the buildings' kind of guy. Suprised they kept any of it really!

 

[Wastelandr]

This is my first report lol.. we did go on to access some of the place later in 2006. There was a hydrotherapy pool in one buildings I remeber but it was medioca even by todays standards so I never bothered with photos. After doing severalls I thought this could be more of the same and was obviously quite dissepointed

You're right the water tower (which is kind of what attracted me there in the first place) was always in use, I think by the general hospital next door. The hall had already been demo'd by 2005 and I think the admin was still in use or had been renovated.

First time I met a security guard here I think. Thought he was going to have a go at me for wandering round but he was a pretty decebt 'just don't go in the buildings' kind of guy. Suprised they kept any of it really!

Pretty mad, I did think this was very early! Had you done many explores before this?

I see, I suppose like now some places are good some are crap! Did you take any more photos of the site in 2006 even if not of the hydrotherapy pool? Only asking because there's not much about online so the more the merrier.

I don't know if the water tower is used for anything major now but there was definitely lights on in there. Did look like a few windows which might open, but also a camera nearby.

Yeah it's a surprise of all places they kept this haha.

2004 shot of the hall by Dave Harrington, that would have been rather nice.

 

[Speed]

I dont think I have anymore sadly. I'd litrally been in Severalls a few times and maybe a few crappy local derps (mainly failed recce visits). Joined 28dl when it appeared and lurked for a few months meeting up with the odd stranger to go Severalls with. One of them mentioned this place also had a derp watertower (it wasnt) so I drove down and had a look. At the time i was keen to find some 'new' unreported stuff to catch people's attention as no one knew who I was and i didnt get invited to play with the cool kids. Went here and kind of failed and after that It was relegated to 'back up plan' if anyone in the area came and wanted additional mooching in Colchester. Never really took it seriously as an explore. Once we found better local stuff and started driving out to epic asylums elsewhere it got filed away with all the other medioca derps we went to and wernt up to the general standard at the time! Completely different world back then, there must have been 1000s of medioca derps across the country just the same. We filtered out the less interesing stuff and moved on rather than looking really hard to find more interesting bits so I'm sure alot was missed but if it was a choice between this or going Cane Hill for the day what would you do 🤷

 

[Wastelandr]

I dont think I have anymore sadly. I'd litrally been in Severalls a few times and maybe a few crappy local derps (mainly failed recce visits). Joined 28dl when it appeared and lurked for a few months meeting up with the odd stranger to go Severalls with. One of them mentioned this place also had a derp watertower (it wasnt) so I drove down and had a look. At the time i was keen to find some 'new' unreported stuff to catch people's attention as no one knew who I was and i didnt get invited to play with the cool kids. Went here and kind of failed and after that It was relegated to 'back up plan' if anyone in the area came and wanted additional mooching in Colchester. Never really took it seriously as an explore. Once we found better local stuff and started driving out to epic asylums elsewhere it got filed away with all the other medioca derps we went to and wernt up to the general standard at the time! Completely different world back then, there must have been 1000s of medioca derps across the country just the same. We filtered out the less interesing stuff and moved on rather than looking really hard to find more interesting bits so I'm sure alot was missed but if it was a choice between this or going Cane Hill for the day what would you do 🤷

Tbh I think most of us have gone that way with exploring. You start local, manage to find a few local gems which really aren't that significant but have more meaning to the area, then as you get a taste for it you move further afield and often the local derps go unnoticed. I do think staying local has its merits for that reason, but it's inevitable you're going to branch out. One downside of everything being so driven by the internet and social media is people stop looking locally and more towards what's already been noticed.