Comments on: Hales Hospital / Heckingham Institution – Norfolk

By: Urbexdoll

Urbexdoll — Mon, 09 Jan 2012 21:36:10 +0000

Loving the pics. Anyone been recently? Cheers.

By: JakeHolmessss

JakeHolmessss — Thu, 08 Sep 2011 00:04:11 +0000

heyy, pretty neat place , my dad worked there until it shut down in the 80′s/90′s? its a brilliant place i took a look around about 5 years ago with him and my mum (she worked at the hospital opposite until is closed recently) and it was brilliant , they still had the straight suites and other interesting items laying about i revisited it recently with some mates but unfortunately the people that live near by hurled abuse at us until we left , but i would love to get some pictures in there when i get my camera

By: liam f spring

liam f spring — Mon, 11 Jul 2011 01:36:39 +0000

I go in this place very often I am a model and a photographer but I also love urban exploring I have taken some mint pictures in their and I don’t know their Is just some thing I love about the place as creepy as it Is in their it is a great place it is just a pity the kids have got in and trashed it apart from that I go in their nearly every weekend either during the day or if I don’t have time during the day I go at night and it is really interesting at night

By: micheal ellis

micheal ellis — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 19:38:25 +0000

I work as a security guard and I am 62. My mum often used to tell me the story of when her dad fell out of work and her mum, two brothers and her sister were put in the workhouse at hales, probably about 1918, where they spent about 6 months. Her Dad was not allowed to stay there and he had to sleep rough until he found a new job. The boys were separated from the girls and their mum, was also in a different place and only saw them once a week. It must have been a terrible time for them. Eventually their dad found work with tied accommodation and they were all reunited. How lovely it must have been, a great time for them to be reunited and my mum said she remembers how great it was for them all to be together again. Mum used to be scared of the dark in her later years with me and I think this was all to do with her experience in the workhouse. Sadly, Mum passed away before, amazingly I was sent to work in the very place where she was put at such a young age. I am sure if I had been able to take her back there in her later years it would have brought back lots of other experiences which she could have shared with me and I could have share with you

Mitch Ellis

By: Linda Egan

Linda Egan — Sun, 20 Jun 2010 18:41:06 +0000

My 4 x Great uncle lived here when it was a workhouse.He died in 1905 at the age of 84. I have found these pictures amazing It would be nice if they did something with it rather than destroying it.

By: gavin

gavin — Mon, 22 Mar 2010 17:15:33 +0000

i’ve heard rumours of guard dogs on a night time

is this true?

By: jo middleton

jo middleton — Fri, 12 Mar 2010 15:43:20 +0000

Hi,

Does anyone have any tips for this kinda thing as me and my friend are really into photography and find these places facinating.

Thanks

By: Ryansmithers

Ryansmithers — Fri, 25 Dec 2009 15:07:34 +0000

Tried exploring thease grounds but some nasty looking gypsy’s with dog’s told us to leave or else :s,,
the other one close to norwich is better

By: OA

OA — Wed, 07 Oct 2009 21:16:14 +0000

Hey, took a trip up there this weekend. Got into a bit of trouble as i assume the houses nearby saw us walking there, they must have called the coppers in. Got to the boiler room at the back and the escorted us off the premises. akward.

By: Tom

Tom — Thu, 27 Aug 2009 09:56:38 +0000

Great pics there mate! Ready for redevelopment… Not sure I’d fancy living in a converted mental hospital!! As far as urban exploration goes, there’s something particularly spooky about asylums… Thanks for posting!