Cane Hill Hospital , a final farewell ? November 2009

Hi all,
Its been nearly a year since my last visit here, and i did think at the time if i ever would see what would happen here again.
Well, purely by chance, i was down in Kent the other week with Noisemetalrich, we were looking at a vintage van which i ended up buying.
On the way back i knew we would pass the Cane Hill junction off the M25, and as it was a long way home i thought it would be a good idea to stretch our legs and have a quick look at the old gal one final time.
We just got on site as the sun was setting, so sorry for the poor quality of the pics, they were just quick snaps really just to document the occasion.
The whole lot really had gone, they seemed to be about a quarter of one of the three story ward blocks left, i think it was "W" block (Wesly/Wren ward) the one near the boiler house.
Large piles of earth and concrete littered the place, it looked like a luna landscape !
The chapel stands proud now, completely isolated in the open, with the admin out front.
The only other remains are the water tower and the old brick boilerhouse chiminey .
It was strange to see it like this, if i do see it again many years from now,i should think admin will have become fancy apartments , maybe one day another service will be held in the church.
somehow, i think both of those will be far in the future.
Hope you enjoy.

THE ODEON





























Knew i'd get there in the end !

wow! nice pics
i thought this place was completely gone,but was there just the one building left??
would love to go there

Bet it wasnt too good seeing the place in that state. I dont think I could bring myself to go back now, would rather remember it as it was!

cagedangel said:

wow! nice pics
i thought this place was completely gone,but was there just the one building left??
would love to go there

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It cant all be gone if a few bits are being kept

cheers for the update mate

sad to see the end of it. last time i went there was nowt but the outer wall close to admin. now all gone.

i note theyve put barbwire atop the fences now. people must have still been trying to get in.

great pics.

The fences have always had Barbed Wire on them...

shows how much notice i took of the fences lol

Never mind pictures of Cane Hill, lets see a picture of the vintage van you bought

Woah -that's surreal seeing The Hill like this. Even more surreal is seeing the photos of the Administration Building. If I'd seen that first, would be easy to imagine the rest of the buildings still standing!

Thanks for sharing your photos and for the update