Be prepared for a bit of Scotland spam as I have just returned from a four day explorathon north of the wall. An awesome experience, with fantastically sunny weather and lots of successful explores as well.
First up is a real dinosaur of urbex past - East Fortune Hospital. It's been around seemingly forever, and was a location I had always wanted to visit for myself. So to be told it was still around was a wonderful thing to hear as I can't remember the last time I saw photos of the place online.
Sadly only a few buildings are accessible, but the ward buildings are very repetitive so we probably didn't miss too much that was different in each. The boiler house is awesome however, all decayed and overgrown with minimal damage.
Thanks for looking, more here https://www.flickr.com/photos/mookie427/albums/72157687322394452
First up is a real dinosaur of urbex past - East Fortune Hospital. It's been around seemingly forever, and was a location I had always wanted to visit for myself. So to be told it was still around was a wonderful thing to hear as I can't remember the last time I saw photos of the place online.
[East Fortune Hospital was a] Tuberculosis sanatorium for the south east of Scotland founded in 1922 when a World War I naval airship station at Drem East Lothian was converted into a hospital. For the duration of World War II the patients were accommodated in a hutted annexe at Bangour Hospital. East Fortune Hospital became part of the Board of Management of East Lothian Hospitals in 1948. In 1956 as tuberculosis patients began to decrease in number, mentally handicapped children were admitted, followed by adults three years later. The hospital became part of the North Lothian District of Lothian Health Board in 1974 and was closed in 1997 following the transfer of patients to Roodlands Hospital in Haddington.
Sadly only a few buildings are accessible, but the ward buildings are very repetitive so we probably didn't miss too much that was different in each. The boiler house is awesome however, all decayed and overgrown with minimal damage.
Thanks for looking, more here https://www.flickr.com/photos/mookie427/albums/72157687322394452