Severalls Mental Asylum, Colchester - October 2012

Theres plenty of history done on this place so on with our visit

Visited with reliable Ryan Intrepidus

This was my first visit to Severalls Mental Asylum and having seen countless reports on the place I knew it was big and sometimes confusing and disorientating but I was still taken aback by the size and layout of the place. Thankfully I had been supplied with a map from a fellow explorer which highlighted the 2 main tourist spots the morgue and the squirrels boutique which we headed to straight away grabbing the odd shot as we went along. The map worked a treat an we managed to catch them both as well snapping a few photographs of the iconic corridors and some cells we found.

We had about 2-3 hours of uninterrupted exploring before having the pleasure of meeting Michael who was a thoroughly nice chap and gave us some details about the hospital and our past while he walked us off the site. The site is so vast that I bet I could spend a week there and still not manage to photograph everything I wanted to capture but still glad I got at least one visit in before it goes On with the photos:

















































Thanks for looking

Theres a load more photos and larger copies of these on my blog (Link in sigi) if you want to see more

Good so see a Sevs report again, this is probably one of my favourite sites

well done mate loving the 3 corridors

That sounded like a nice relaxed trip? great photos.

Nice varied shots, cheers for sharing!

Great report mate

peterc4 said:

well done mate loving the 3 corridors

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Cheers mate I couldn't recall seeing anyone else doing one of those with a fisheye but I'm sure there are probably other angles kicking around Just managed to squeeze all 3 in on 2 spots within the grounds

flyboys90 said:

That sounded like a nice relaxed trip? great photos.

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It really was, I could spend days roaming round this place and not get bored. Michael is keen though and they are stepping up foot patrols apparently.

UE-OMJ said:

Good so see a Sevs report again, this is probably one of my favourite sites

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I wont argue with that mate its a cracking site, I hope I get down again before they do anything to it

WOW! Fantastic stuff

This is next on my list. Can't beat an asylum explore!
Great pics there ..

Stellar set of images you have up there, great job, fab fisheye corridor shots too, i have one now wish i had it when we were there in the summer, When we saw how big it was from a higher elevation we felt daunted and overwhelmed by the size of it all, one of the uk's better splores

AltDayOut said:

Stellar set of images you have up there, great job, fab fisheye corridor shots too, i have one now wish i had it when we were there in the summer, When we saw how big it was from a higher elevation we felt daunted and overwhelmed by the size of it all, one of the uk's better splores

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Cheers mate, what fisheye you got? I have a sigma 8mm for my canon I love it tempting to over use it alot though I try and mix it up a bit but seem to neglect my more cropped prime lenses just got the new 40mm f2.8 pancake lens though and I'm liking that

PROJ3CTM4YH3M said:

Cheers mate, what fisheye you got? I have a sigma 8mm for my canon I love it tempting to over use it alot though I try and mix it up a bit but seem to neglect my more cropped prime lenses just got the new 40mm f2.8 pancake lens though and I'm liking that

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I just got an 8mm Samyang for my Canon from Ssshhh... for me birthday its pretty ace and if you do this

http://www.derelictplaces.co.uk/main/showthread.php?t=24055#.UI2H64at9Bk

you can make it unfishy too, did sheff courthouse with it other week.

Whats the f/2.8 Pancake like , i mean what is the pancake part, this is a pretty straight lens isn't it ?

Yeah those samyangs are nice, I really wanna do the courthouse but havent as yet figured that one out . Never tried defishing them, might give it a go sometime but tbh I like the balled effect most of the time. The 40mm is a great lens a few of the single corridor shots and the one with the yellow doors above are taken with it and its a fix focal length so thats the angle you get but im preferring it to my 50mm f1.4 at the moment. The pancake bit just means its tiny its basically the width of the autofocus button plu a little bit of a focus ring its really light and f2.8 so good in low light should check it out

Went 2 days ago and failed to find a way in even after 3 hours of looking ... can any one help ? or is anyone up for a revisit ? PM ME!

fantastic photos!!!

i went recently but couldnt get in either so only have external shots ~ which are actually not that common as most urbexers are usually hiding from security inside i guess????

next time i wanna venture inside...thinks i need a torch and a map really...

was here last weekend after a 7 hour cat and mouse chase with mike 'the legend' we eventually decided to let him have his moment as he slowly walked towards us from a lil distanace. and since we were nearly done we thought it would be easier walking out the main gate ha,,, hes a top bloke..

awesome pictures aswel, unusual to see the 3 corridors in one shot but love it.

thanks for sharing

MPurbex said:

fantastic photos!!!

i went recently but couldnt get in either so only have external shots ~ which are actually not that common as most urbexers are usually hiding from security inside i guess????

next time i wanna venture inside...thinks i need a torch and a map really...

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Deffo need to get yourself inside its a great explore

chapmand said:

was here last weekend after a 7 hour cat and mouse chase with mike 'the legend' we eventually decided to let him have his moment as he slowly walked towards us from a lil distanace. and since we were nearly done we thought it would be easier walking out the main gate ha,,, hes a top bloke..

awesome pictures aswel, unusual to see the 3 corridors in one shot but love it.

thanks for sharing

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Wow 7 hours! you did really well we only managed about 2 before he caught us! lovely bloke like you said, we were hiding in a cell and I called out his name cos our bags were outside in his clear view so kinda had no choice. Needless to say he shat himself a little in shock haha

Very nice set of photo's that.