Denbigh asylum was built in mid-1840s. Over the years it expanded to house more and more patients, reaching a maximum capacity of 1500 in the 1950s.
This asylum lasted roughtly 150 years when it closed in 1995. It is situated on over 100 acres of beautiful Welsh land (sheep, cows, hills, trees etc).
And by cows, I do actually mean cows.
Chapel
The first building we came accross was the Chapel. It looks delightful from the outside but everything, including the floors have been removed from the inside.
Main buildings
We finished in the chapel and moved onto the main complex.
It looks just like something you’d see in a scary asylum-based film. Pointy rooves. Tall imposing buildings. Tall imposing towers. Etc. I’m informed that it’s of a “Tudorbethan” design, rather than the more de-facto “Gothic” designs of the period. To be honest, I can’t really tell the difference. I think Gothic is more pointy and elaborate.
Corridors & Rooms
Inside is dark. Very dark. Out come the torches.
Sadly the last 12 years have not been kind to the asylum. Machinery has been stripped. Rooms smashed up by kids. Trees and nettles growing in the damp patches on the fourth floor. That sort of thing. It’s quite hard to think that people once resided here.
Main Hall
There was a nice glitter ball on the ceiling, but the rest of the hall was rather un-inspiring.
A real gem was the projection booth. This would’ve been used to show films to the patients. Sadly some prick had graffiti’d it 
The Tower
Nearly everywhere we look, we can see the main imposing tower. It would be rude not to get into/onto it.
We made our way through the maze of corridors to roughly where it was. There was no obvious entrance. Lots of cupboards though. One of these cupboards wasn’t a cupboard though – it was a tiny secret staircase! Ascending it, we nearly got to the top. The wood was totally rotten so we ventured no further. Instead, we popped out of the window to sit on the roof for a bit of lunch.
More mooching around the corridors ensued.
Slabbed
On the way out we passed a small building. Inside we could see something. Something rather chilling…
Sadly it is smashed
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As far as I am aware the main listed buildings will not be knocked down but will be restored and the new housing will be built in the grounds around the hospital. The only buildings that will be knocked down are the nasty more modern structures that will not be missed.
Pisze po polsku,bo nie znam walijskiego ,ale wrocilam po mdwumiesiecznym pobycie w waszym miescie , jest przepiekne zakochalam sie na zaboj i juz tesknie .Pogodni zyczliwi ufni ludzie bede tesknic
Is it just me, or are these places beautiful ?
Utilitarian or industrial, faded, historic and creepy.. what a mix
For anyone who has not visited the asylum , it is a strange yet beautiful place , i have many pictures of it myself an also of the shallow tunnels underneath,which go smaller and smaller as you walk down them , i have been told that there is electric shock therphy rooms at the bottom if you have the bottle to carry on to the end!
i love all the creepy feelings you can get from this type of building you get a sence of serenity it must of been hard for the patients when they had shock treament not knowing if the wardens were going to shock you to death with their paddles on your temples in the morgue the marble operating table looked quite cool to bad it has been smashed the wells in the table as i believe were to let the blood drain away to the floor would of loved to go there sadly it’s being knocked down
GREAT PHOTOS, THE MAIN BUILDINGS ARE TO BE CONVERTED, HAD IT NOT BEEN LISTED THIS HOSPITAL WOULD BE LONG GONE, LIKE MANY FANTASTIC BUILDINGS HERE, ITS NOW FULL OF NASTY CHEAP OAP FLATS SO THE ENGLISH CAN COME AND DIE BY THE SEA, THERE IS VERY LITTLE LEFT NOW, SHAME
in reply to kim its a smashed autopsy table
this is where most haunted live is being held and its showing on living tv until 31st october
Realy want to see and stay at the asylam before they knock it down im so intreagd by its presans
in response to martin austin i hope the building is kept and reopened for various things and lets no be so idiotic by slagging the ENGLISH off as we are all in the uk get a life you racist git
i think it’s such a shame that this place has been allowed to be ruined like that. the story behind some of the things connected to the asylum are really interesting. i hope whoever restores it does a good job.
what a fantastic building with lots of history, can anybody tell me where I can find it as I would love to see it for myself.
This is such a stunning building that has a multitude of stories, it is criminal to consign it to the history books.
In a country where plasterboard tiny houses are spreading like a plague, this is one of many buildings around which show TRUE workmanship and devotion to detail and should be kept as an example if nothing else.
dose n e one no when demolition starts as i got this week off work and fancy visiting the estate also is there any seurity and is it safe to park there?
For Andy, 3 Nov @ 19.40. Tried to get in, big gates with guard dog warnings. It is quite easy to get to from the town centre, but I have rang the company today and am waiting (not too long I hope, I’m in my 40′s!!!) for the project officer to come back. APPARENTLY there are good security men about, but I walked down the road and around the fields for 40 mins, but saw no-one (they must be good? ;-P). Was told that demolition has started, but still didn’t get an answer. I don’t know how the inside photo’s were taken…but at least it has shown the failure by the company to maintain the site.