Sick Britain » deva http://www.sickbritain.co.uk Thu, 01 Jul 2010 07:43:48 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=abc Top 10 Abandoned Asylums http://www.sickbritain.co.uk/2009/08/top-10-abandoned-asylums-in-the-uk/ http://www.sickbritain.co.uk/2009/08/top-10-abandoned-asylums-in-the-uk/#comments Wed, 19 Aug 2009 20:17:16 +0000 sickbritain http://www.sickbritain.co.uk/?p=924 All over the UK dotted throughout countryside and city alike lie abandoned asylums, relics of a bygone era of mental health where the aim was to isolate patients in a secure facility rather than integrating them with the community. Here I have selected a top ten list based on the number of Flickr photos I found for each asylum in a single search, doubtlessly I will have missed important sites and got the ranking wrong but please feel free to point them out by leaving a comment. All of the photos used below were taken by other photographers and are used under a Creative Commons license (click through to Flickr for attribution), if you think you’ve got a better photo and it’s not CC – get your licensing sorted!


1. Hellingly
hellingly01

hellingly02

2. Cane Hill

canehill01

canehill02

3. West Park

westpark01

westpark02

4. Whittingham

whittingham01

whittingham02

5. Severalls

severalls01

severalls02

6. Denbigh

denbigh01

denbigh02

7. Deva

deva01

deva02

8. St Mary’s

stmarys01

stmarys02

9. Talgarth

talgarth01

talgarth02

10. St John’s

stjjohns01

stjohns02

 

 

Share and Enjoy:
  • Twitter
  • Facebook
  • Digg
  • del.icio.us
  • MySpace
  • StumbleUpon
  • Technorati
  • Tumblr
  • TwitThis
  • Google Bookmarks
  • Live
]]> http://www.sickbritain.co.uk/2009/08/top-10-abandoned-asylums-in-the-uk/feed/ 5