West Park Asylum 09-10

Hello,
So this report is a bit of a merge of several visits to West Park over the past year, last summer it was somewhere I spent far too much time and I returned the other day for another visit and a trip down memory lane! I'm not going to overload this report with too many photos just a few of my favourites that I hope you'll enjoy seeing!
The history of West Park is well known so I won't go into repeating it all but I will just say the man we all know as MC Hammer is doing a really good job at the moment and led to us being trapped for almost two hours with no way out .. Visited with Allstar and a non-forum-friend

On with the photos:

West Park Admin Building.


And again ..



Admin Stairs ..


West Park Main Hall.


And again ..


The corridor shot.


West Park Bed.


Hairdressers.


Suitcases.


Chairs.


Another chair ..


The piano.


Kitchens.


Pre-owned.


First Aid.


And the hoovers ..






And that's all folks .. My second ever derelictplaces report done!

Thanks for viewing

as far as aware he isnt mc hammer. some new bloke called wasim or wanker as i prefer to call him.

great pics you got further than us the oter week.

Great to see a new report on WP..I fear the fate of this place will follow Hellingly in the not too distant future..I never saw the piano either.Keep us posted of developements if you can.

klempner69 said:

Great to see a new report on WP..I fear the fate of this place will follow Hellingly in the not too distant future..I never saw the piano either.Keep us posted of developements if you can.

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Thanks for the comment, I think you are right and West Park is definately about to follow Hellingly rather soon, thankfully I've seen West Park many times but not seen Hellingly as much as I would have liked!
West Park seems to be having carpets removed from ground floors and skips appearing and that familiar feeling of demolition prep creeping in .. sad really as so many sites from this area are going so quickly

Nice work Amaris, thats great.

Black Shuck said:

Nice work Amaris, thats great.

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aww shucks, thanks!

Your welcome Sweetie!!!

RE the demolition of West Park, heard on the grapevine electrical people were moving in to strip out stuff in the not too distant future, and that demo teams are likely to start work about 4-5 weeks after that.....luckily I saw the entire site last year.

mookster said:

RE the demolition of West Park, heard on the grapevine electrical people were moving in to strip out stuff in the not too distant future, and that demo teams are likely to start work about 4-5 weeks after that.....luckily I saw the entire site last year.

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I heard that rumour too, I guess before any demolition takes place, they will have to remove the asbestos out of the miles of tunnels first?

The Hammer is still there and keeping the wood and nail manufacturers in business.

professor frink said:

I heard that rumour too, I guess before any demolition takes place, they will have to remove the asbestos out of the miles of tunnels first?

The Hammer is still there and keeping the wood and nail manufacturers in business.

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i used him as the basis for the security guard in my dissertation on urbex and did a small story to set the scene about west park so hammer had to be in it

anyone who knows the interior and can do a guided tour soon would be appreciated.

prob shouldnt ask but im desperate lol

Anthillmob74 said:

anyone who knows the interior and can do a guided tour soon would be appreciated.

prob shouldnt ask but im desperate lol

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Lol! You really wanna go don't you I'm up for going back although not sure when or if I'm the best tour guide! Private message me if you want ..

Anthillmob74 said:

anyone who knows the interior and can do a guided tour soon would be appreciated.

prob shouldnt ask but im desperate lol

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I would offer my skills, I have spent far too many hours there. But I have no clue of the current condition of the site, what is boarded and what isn't

Some really nice pics, getting trapped certainly wasnt the most convinient but hey ho we got out

Anthillmob74 said:

anyone who knows the interior and can do a guided tour soon would be appreciated.

prob shouldnt ask but im desperate lol

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PM sent.

Allstar#500 said:

Some really nice pics, getting trapped certainly wasnt the most convinient but hey ho we got out



PM sent.

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Hey Allstar if you go back take me again! lol oh and getting trapped wasn't that convinient really but it was funny looking back!

mookster said:

luckily I saw the entire site last year.

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Cool, do you have pics of the Chapel, Emerson Nursing, Virology and the Pathology Labs? I covered most of the site, but couldn't get into those. Well, i only got into a stairwell in the Path Labs, the doors were very stubborn

I hope they preserve Hereford & Honiton wards, they're dereliction dreamy!

Almost forgot, love the floor cleaner wedding scene, awesome!

bukowski_jr said:

Cool, do you have pics of the Chapel, Emerson Nursing, Virology and the Pathology Labs? I covered most of the site, but couldn't get into those. Well, i only got into a stairwell in the Path Labs, the doors were very stubborn

I hope they preserve Hereford & Honiton wards, they're dereliction dreamy!

Almost forgot, love the floor cleaner wedding scene, awesome!

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I totally agree, Honiton/Hereford were my fave places..lush colours.

Was there yesterday, had the place to ourselves.........no signs of any works or clearing going on at all, very quite really........as has been said MC Hammer is doing a good job boarding everything up, but there are always ways around and if not hit the tunnels. The water tower is open again and our visit was cut briefly short when my colleagaue was spotted on the top by a group of old ladies who immediately got on there mobiles and by the time we got to the bottom of the tower th all two familar footsteps were heard along the corridor, a quick hide and all was fine..........lol

hi there amarisfionn, im finessing it real hard to find how to pm on here, sorry im a newbie.
Im doing my dissertation on The Poor Laws of LUnacy and would love to get to West Parks, I was wondering if anyone knows whether the demolition has started yet as all i can find on the net is that it is planned.
Also wondering if anyone is going and when.
Sorry if i've broken an rules, i don't think i have i would have done this pm, but as i said im finessing it a little hard to find out how
x

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