Whitchurch Hospital opened in 1908 as the Cardiff City Asylum. The main hospital building covered 5 acres and was designed to accommodate 750 patients across 10 wards, 5 each for men and women. During the First World War, the facility was called the Welsh Metropolitan War Hospital. During WW2 part of the hospital was turned over to the military, becoming the largest emergency service hospital in South Wales. On 5 July 1948 the hospital was taken over by the Ministry of Health as the National Health Service came into existence, becoming Whitchurch Hospital. During the 1980s care in the community began to greatly reduce the number of resident patients, with the hospital finally closing in 2016.
Had a few good visits here over the last few years, nice to have a decent sized asylum to run about in like the old days! I think pretty much every photo i've ever taken in Whitchurch has turned out like crap, but it always seemed to be more about the experience being there than faffing around getting decent pics. It's been interesting to see the place gradually get cleared out, and the mix of modern pristine wards & very old fashioned decayed ones. On my last visit the place was suffering badly at the hands of the locals, who were in there running riot and smashing the place to bits. Hopefully the recently increased security presence will put paid to that!
Had a few good visits here over the last few years, nice to have a decent sized asylum to run about in like the old days! I think pretty much every photo i've ever taken in Whitchurch has turned out like crap, but it always seemed to be more about the experience being there than faffing around getting decent pics. It's been interesting to see the place gradually get cleared out, and the mix of modern pristine wards & very old fashioned decayed ones. On my last visit the place was suffering badly at the hands of the locals, who were in there running riot and smashing the place to bits. Hopefully the recently increased security presence will put paid to that!
I really love this place with its unusual stripy brickwork, it def takes more than one visit to get to see around, faffing about or not 
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