1,611 Comments for Whittingham Hospital

You are so right Johnr. Glass is a no-no in some mental hospitals. I was commited into a state hospital in 2006, in the female observation unit, and the nurses' station was protected by plexiglass, and one of the heavier females became psychotic and took her fist and rammed that glass so hard it shattered the plexiglass. Wnen they repaired it, they placed wire meshing somehow between the panes of the plexiglass (error in spelling?)

well it could be a free standing soap dispenser!

If it is junkies, they be at the right place to trip. Probably they be tripping and maybe they even can feel at home here. Who in their right mind want to take drugs in an old abandoned psych hospital ? Gee!

Time proves to be vicious and volatile once again, very cool picture.

thats beautiful
i love it.

i just went 2dat at half 2 am pitch black and i swear i heard screams my friend went in to shock and is said if u smell lavender around there are evil spirits or ghosts as 1ne myt say..it was realy scary ive jus gt bk frm there now and looking it up we heard alot of noices people may think im mad but we even so a pair of eye and something walkn a tall dark figure thats when we decided 2 leave!!

I worked at whittingham between 1986 and 1988 on nights. I am a RMN (registered mental nurse) what we all should remember is that this place holds many memories and it was the home to many people. We must respect that at all times. I appreciate all the time and effort that has gone into putting all these great photos on the website. It is very nostalgic for me to see the old place again before its demise. For anyone who is inclined to stigmatise the mentally ill, and relate to them as if they are a social underclass, it is worth knowing that 1 in 4 of the population will suffer from a mental illness at some time in their lives. None of us are immune. Please remember this fact. thank you.

Ah ha ha ha ha ha Tommeh....<slip><thump, thump, thump, thump><wack> "hu? what was that?" <creeek><thump, thump> "F-me"

Definitely a watchamacallit.

im doing an english project on this place and you've helped loads with these amazing pictures thanks! it really helped me to understand the building.

this was on ward 10, as has been said, it was the blind unit, so was there to prevent patients walking into the pillar

Maybe used to tie up horses, then after cars took the place of horses...the fixture was just left there? Just a guess. Although I am rarely wrong about anything.

this room really was nice... the staircase was so pretty..

the needles are still there... and the floors fucked so we cudnt walk in and see how many more there were :(

ive just realised where this is, this is taken on ward 3, and the entrance is to the langdale unit, the lancashire interim secure unit, where dangerous mentally ill patients were sectioned to for their own and the publics protection. hence the removal of the glass and any way of seeing in. in all my time there, i never once saw these doors open.