St Thomas's Hospital Medical School
February/March 2015
February/March 2015
Seeing as it's the 10th Anniversary of derelictplaces.co.uk, I decided I'd finally set aside some time to post something new 
Being a Londoner, I couldn't believe it when, back in January, a friend told me about a derelict part of a live hospital in London. Fast forward a couple of weeks and we went to take a look one evening, finding no obvious way in. Another week later, we returned and we were pleasantly surprised with what we found! I went back for another visit a couple of weeks later with another friend who doesn't normally explore.
Asbestos warnings are everywhere, and on our first visit we heard security come in to the building with an asbestos surveyor, we hid behind a door for 10 minutes for them to move to another part of the building and we quickly finished off the remainder of that area and left.
This building is part of the St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, the derelict part seems to be in 2 seperate states of decay, although I am not sure when each part closed, it is almost certain that this part was not needed after a merger of medical schools.
I have limited my post to 20 photos, there is an awful lot to see here, including animal testing cages, laboratories, lecture halls, human/rat and other animal organ samples, peely paint, staircases, rooftop views from the tower and general hospital derp porn.
The approach
Human? bone marrow
Human thymus
Inside the packets, they were small pieces encased in wax.
The thymus is a gland that makes up the immune system, it is only used up until puberty and it is then gradually replaced by fat. It plays a great role in protecting your body from autoimmunity.
Fun fact: Calf/Lamb thymus is eaten as a dish called Throat Sweetbread
More human thymus, and bladder wall
We made our way up ladders in the pitch black to get to the top of the tower
Being a Londoner, I couldn't believe it when, back in January, a friend told me about a derelict part of a live hospital in London. Fast forward a couple of weeks and we went to take a look one evening, finding no obvious way in. Another week later, we returned and we were pleasantly surprised with what we found! I went back for another visit a couple of weeks later with another friend who doesn't normally explore.
Asbestos warnings are everywhere, and on our first visit we heard security come in to the building with an asbestos surveyor, we hid behind a door for 10 minutes for them to move to another part of the building and we quickly finished off the remainder of that area and left.
This building is part of the St Thomas's Hospital Medical School, the derelict part seems to be in 2 seperate states of decay, although I am not sure when each part closed, it is almost certain that this part was not needed after a merger of medical schools.
I have limited my post to 20 photos, there is an awful lot to see here, including animal testing cages, laboratories, lecture halls, human/rat and other animal organ samples, peely paint, staircases, rooftop views from the tower and general hospital derp porn.
The approach
Human? bone marrow
Human thymus
Inside the packets, they were small pieces encased in wax.
The thymus is a gland that makes up the immune system, it is only used up until puberty and it is then gradually replaced by fat. It plays a great role in protecting your body from autoimmunity.
Fun fact: Calf/Lamb thymus is eaten as a dish called Throat Sweetbread
More human thymus, and bladder wall
We made our way up ladders in the pitch black to get to the top of the tower
