Colchester Hospitals
Photos - 14.
Where - Colchester, Essex.
Visited - 2 September 2006.
Posted - 3 September 2006.
Categories -
hospital.
- Contents
- Turners
- St Albright's
Colchester is quite a hotspot for closed hospitals. Apart from Severalls, there are at least two more...
Turners
Turners is the main hospital in Colchester. Some of the older parts have closed down, but are very well boarded up so can't get into them.
There is also an underground network of tunnels. Had a quick explore of one of them but didn't get very far. My first tunnels though, so mustn't grumble.
St Albright's
In Victorian times, this was called Lexden & Winstree Workhouse - basically a place where poor people were given a home in exchange for doing (often hard) work. It later became St Albright's Hospital and closed in 2006. Because of it's recent closure, it is a bit secure. It was raining so I didn't get any outside shots, but here are a few inside the chapel. There was also a little security car driving around.
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Posted 21 May 2007, 14:30 From joely
i was down here the other day we drove around, and around the back of some of the buildings was a gate that was open and a door with the window broken im sure this could be accessed, im gonna try it and see
Posted 19 November 2007, 19:20 From Angela
Great photos, but sad to see St. Albright's (Lexden & Winstree Workhouse) in such decline. It's shameful that it's being left to rot and go to rack & ruin. It's an important part of our social history that should have been preserved!
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