Aston hall hospital Jan 08

First post so be gentle lol. I Thought I would pop my pics of Aston hall hospital near Derby.I visited with a friend of another forum it was originally meant to be a recce bit we just couldnt resist. The photos are in no particular order and i apolagise for the quality as i took them on a cheap compact.We didnt even cover half of the site and are planning a return visit soon.Thanks for looking.

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Good pics, not seen this hospital before (i don't think lol). Roughly (don't be exactly ) roughly whereabouts in Derby is it situated?

Looks nice, and a largish site.

Cheers,

Sal

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Its in the chellastonish area I can let you know when we are next going if you want to tag along,

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looks good, I like the bluey bricks in pic 3, 4, 5 Not seen that inside a building before

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King Al said:

looks good, I like the bluey bricks in pic 3, 4, 5 Not seen that inside a building before

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I'm guessing it has them as blue bricks are stronger and its the basement so its near the foundations

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fezzyben said:

I'm guessing it has them as blue bricks are stronger and its the basement so its near the foundations

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You learn something new every day

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Nice report & set of pics Looks like an interesting place.
Liking the roof lantern and columns. That loo looks like it could do with a real clean too! Also like the old football pitch -real evocative. Thanks for sharing. Good effort for a first report in me own opinion

Lb

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Yeh, they're called staffordshire blue brick and they're denser, stronger and resist dampness better than standard bricks.

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krela said:

Yeh, they're called staffordshire blue brick and they're denser, stronger and resist dampness better than standard bricks.

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Yup, aka "engineering" blues

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Sure that JD and other "drainers" have come across a fair few whilst underground too!

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fezzyben said:

Its in the chellastonish area I can let you know when we are next going if you want to tag along,

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It's actually just south of Aston on Trent, south east of Derby. It looks to have gone downhill substantially since i went a year and a half ago, and there was no visible access at that point either. The stores block looks interesting inside, did you access the leisure centre and hall? The hospital used to include the mansion further towards the village, now converted to flats, and the new build indicates where otehr hospital buildings once stood.

Pete

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Loving the pics, liking that truck engine as well, wonder if it could be started?

nice explore

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Pete C said:

It's actually just south of Aston on Trent, south east of Derby. It looks to have gone downhill substantially since i went a year and a half ago, and there was no visible access at that point either. The stores block looks interesting inside, did you access the leisure centre and hall? The hospital used to include the mansion further towards the village, now converted to flats, and the new build indicates where otehr hospital buildings once stood.

Pete

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Yeah the chavs have unfortunatly trashed the place. When you say the leisure centre is that the infamous 5 million quid one that shut down a year later? If so I'm afraid it was all boarded up and we really wanted to see it

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Some very interesting pics there, FB. Nice to see a decent tour of a site. Like the pics of the glass roof and the lift, and those murals are cute, especially the moons and stars and the little ship.

Cheers

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Thanks for the replies everyone. I'm hopefully going to get a half decent bridge camera next week so I will be going for more pics

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yes I've been there to not for a long time though it was will it was still a hospital boy it does look a mess i was under the impression that it had all been knocked down though. it used to be quit a nice place the old hall part specially. i was involved with a am dram group that used to do their shows there.