My first explore, Severalls Asylum Jan 14 (Pic Heavy)

Hello all,

This is my first explore as im new to all this, and i must say it was a successful one at that

Sweet Pea has introduced me to Urban Exploration, and im very glad he has.
So, plan was to meet up at silly o clock in the morning and head to Colchester to the famous Severalls Asylum.

Brief bit of history for you all, although, you more than likely know it already

Severalls Hospital in Colchester, Essex, United Kingdom was a psychiatric hospital built in 1910 to the design of architect Frank Whitmore. It opened in May 1913.
The 300-acre (1.2 km2) site housed some 2000 patients and was based on the "Echelon plan" - a specific arrangement of wards, offices and services within easy reach of each other by a network of interconnecting corridors. This meant that staff were able to operate around the site without the need to go outside in bad weather. Unlike modern British hospitals, patients in Severalls were separated according to their gender. Villas were constructed around the main hospital building as accommodation blocks between 1910 and 1935. Most of the buildings are in the Queen Anne style, with few architectural embellishments, typical of the Edwardian period. The most ornate buildings are the Administration Building, Larch House and Severalls House (originally the Medical Superintendent's residence).

So, sitting in the car, waiting for Sweet Pea, 1 text msg to say im there, and another 10 minutes laters to say are you sleeping? No answer, so i go home and get a call about an hour later, IT WAS STILL ON!

So, we get there and are greeted with a very muddy field, very muddy indeed, see below.


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Anyways, we find our way in and we set up our cameras.

I'll let the photos do the talking for now.


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As you can see i got a bit snap happy

No sign of the infamour Michael, so after getting these shots, it was time to leave of our own accord.

All photos are unedited, litrally straight off of my SD card.
I hope you like my pics.

Thanks again to Sweet Pea! Top bloke!!

More explores to come soon!

StewEP3

The photos spoke well! A very successful visit and report.

Thank you very much Krela

Cracking first report! Fantastic photos!
Looking forward to many more!

Thanks UrbanX, its nice to get good feedback from people who have been doing this a lot longer than me.

This is a great first report nothing wrong here.

Means alot flyboys90. Thanks for all the nice comments everyone

What a great place to start!
Great set of pics,
Thanks..

Nice one matey, looking forward to meeting up with you again.
Lots for you to see.

Cheers Stealthstar79

MrDan, Cheers man! Sweet Pea said youd like to go back, im more than up for coming along, still so much to see.

good stuff mate we had to chuck you in at the deep end and by the way im always late!

Great stuff there and well done

Brilliant stuff! What a great place for your first explore great report and photos, too.

Fantastic pix & report!

She's a great ol' girl to lose your cherry in, so to speak Top stuff that.

Thanks everyone cant wait to get out there and explore more!!

Great first report. A bit swampy up there, I see

Thanks LittleOz. More than a little swampy, i nearly lost a shoe!! haha

Great first location and good shots! This place is a good trek for me, but I'll have to make the journey down soon! Thanks for sharing