Recently went on a road trip with jfrsteve and partly with a non-member around Scotland, doing almost 700 miles in 3 days visiting some of the must see places in the area before they disappear!
My second visit to Gartloch this year was solely to visit to one room I missed previously, the recreation hall, which was easy to find, quite a different story getting too it however! (please note some pics are from April on my first visit)
A short note to other explorers who have ventured around this room to take different shots, you have much bigger balls than i do! There must be at least a 20ft drop from the first floor and there are no floorboards left, just some old doors laying across the floor joists (not very big either) and sound deadening to move along, I think I got about 10feet from the access hole which was an adventure in itself.
If your planning on going, go soon, in my opinion this room might not be there for much longer!
Gartloch closed in 1996 paving the way for remaining building to be converted into apartments, however the conversion seems to have halted, but the sales people werent too happy with ourselves having a look around the outside, so maybe signs movement again!
I won't go into the of the history as there are many better reports than this one! Have a wee search.
The Main Frontage Building, very imposing, but sadly just a shell!
The Hospital Wing
The Administration Building
The Recreation Building
Thanks for looking, any comments / criticism apprecaitde
My second visit to Gartloch this year was solely to visit to one room I missed previously, the recreation hall, which was easy to find, quite a different story getting too it however! (please note some pics are from April on my first visit)
A short note to other explorers who have ventured around this room to take different shots, you have much bigger balls than i do! There must be at least a 20ft drop from the first floor and there are no floorboards left, just some old doors laying across the floor joists (not very big either) and sound deadening to move along, I think I got about 10feet from the access hole which was an adventure in itself.
If your planning on going, go soon, in my opinion this room might not be there for much longer!
Gartloch closed in 1996 paving the way for remaining building to be converted into apartments, however the conversion seems to have halted, but the sales people werent too happy with ourselves having a look around the outside, so maybe signs movement again!
I won't go into the of the history as there are many better reports than this one! Have a wee search.
The Main Frontage Building, very imposing, but sadly just a shell!
The Hospital Wing
The Administration Building
The Recreation Building
Thanks for looking, any comments / criticism apprecaitde
. There has been no work here for quite some time, really is a shame as it was a beautiful hospital from the picture i seen years back before the connecting corridors and stuff where Knocked down. something else that people might finding interesting is that the stage with the Glasgow coat of arms is one of the few that is at the side mounted in relation to the hall layout 
