That's insane man. Great that the powers still on. Cinematics are really good and the edits really make it nice

@Urbandoned

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate appreciate it:)

Let me give you a wee bit of inside info. Back in the 1970s, those were geriatric wards numbered E5, E6, E7, E8, G9 and G10. As well as the glass corridors, you could get from one to the other through doors with two knobs of the round screw type that turned in opposite directions - one of which was near the top of the door, so that patients couldn't get out. The E-prefixed wards were for elderly patients; I think the G stood for general - which would have been mainly long term middle-aged patients who were often free to leave their wards during the day. Some of the male patients had little jobs - maybe helping the gardeners tend the grounds, or in the joiners workshop. (In earlier days there had also been a farm - it was down at the bottom of the hill, on the far side of the road). Female patients may have worked in the laundry or sewing room; or even in those geriatric wards - basically cleaning up shit... The curving corridors went up to the admin building, behind which was the main hall, which was used for films, dances, church services and the like. Other wards also connected to these - those numbered 1 and 2 occupied the two floors to the left of the slope you came down on your way out - they were for more challenging psychogeriatric patients. Opposite that was the intensive care unit - in the detached block and numbered 4 - presumably 3 must have been the lower floor at one time, but by then there was no ward 3. This was usually locked and its patients would be moved around from room to room on mass, because while some of them also went out to work, others had to be constantly monitored by staff. There were iron shutter gates at the foot of the boxed-in stairs, so that nobody could get onto the other floor. It also had "time-out" rooms, which were secure empty rooms that difficult patients could be locked in for a few hours. The windows were covered in these - elsewhere they raise only three or four inches, so that nobody could climb out. Ward 4 remained in use until the end of 2017 - it is now housed in one of the new buildings at the other side of the hospital. It continues to take patients from all over Fife and occasionally Edinburgh or Dundee, if all of the intensive care beds there are occupied and nobody can be moved elsewhere - it also takes patients from the courts and occasionally from other wards. In the new unit they have far more freedom and comfort that the old ward 4 - there are even enclosed gardens where they can get fresh air and possibly smoke. Back inside, the pharmacy was accessed through ward 10. On the other side of the long corridor was the Occupational Therapy (OT) Department. Here, patients allowed off their wards could do things like art and crafts. The sewing room was above it I think; and there was a library somewhere near there too. The Central Kitchens were to the other side of that curving corridor - above which was another psychogeriatric ward, 16. I think there was also a link to ward 14, which was for rehabilitation. That's all the Victorian buildings. The things you said were really old fashioned hoovers are actually floor polishers by the way - each ward had a domestic, and there were others too, to do the communal areas. Hard though it might be to imagine now, everything was kept absolutely spotless - the lino on those corridor floors absolutely shone, from decades of sweeping, scrubbing, mopping and polishing. I guess it was probably done by hand in earlier days - and maybe patients got roped into that too!

@sarabulanda2363

3 жыл бұрын

Where is this place it’s amazing and all the history behind it too

As a former patient of many years its really strange now too see what we now call the old part of the hospital ... First time I have seen it covered by anyone online .. . Thanks for the video

This video proves that urban exploration is so much different and far more respectful than the idiots that go in and vandalise or steal. It's about experiencing and documenting a glimpse into the past, through architecture and belongings left behind by individuals who worked or lived in those places.

Just let folk know this place isn't abandoned there are still 8 active wards, the rest of the site has been mostly left to disuse.

Really enjoyed your video, nice to see natural deterioration of closed down Hospital not helped along by vandalism ,keep up the good work.

Love the cinematography and think the soundtrack is very appropriate. I particularly like your use of voice-over. I think the vacuum cleaners you saw were actually floor polishers. They looked in quite good condition too despite their age. Great video and well done for your perserverance in getting there! 😀

I have watched a lot of your videos and the music you use really fits the mood well.

Hey man cool video guys . Very well put together

Brilliant, loved this video guys. Thankyou

Very well edited & your voice overs & music are touching. Amazing looking place. Well done. 🐱♏☯️🌌🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

Another great video great information too well edited

Absolutely beautiful video!

Love this explore. Excellent. Subscribed today.

Very good job ,I enjoyed this video immensely..I subscribed for the first time ..

That's a fantastic place to explore, I love it, all the natural decay and stuff left behind. Great that the power still on. Great video

@Urbandoned

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you appreciate it :)

Such a decent video! Well done mate keep them up stay safe x

Amazing!! Can still remember going to work wit my mum when she worked at the laundry there so strange to see the corridor to the then office abandoned when I remembered it so differently.

@Scoopdoggydogg

3 жыл бұрын

What's this place called? I'd love a look round there

Awesome stuff totally fascinating to watch

Striking the contrast between the outside and inside of the building. So rare to see 100% natural decay As usual great narration

@Urbandoned

5 жыл бұрын

Yes it is very strange, perhaps people don’t realise it’s abandoned state. And thank you mate

So apparently I’m subbed but never see any of your videos pop up?.. Enjoyed this. Great work 👌🏻

@Urbandoned

5 жыл бұрын

Hmm very strange, perhaps turn notifications on/follow us on Instagram - urbandoned_ so you see when we upload for sure. And thanks :)

Wow that is very cool to see! Urbex is so much different in California than Scotland, which you can see in my videos. Great job guys, keep it up!

Amazing! Just discovered you and love abandoned buildings. Looking forward to working my way through your films.

Great job lads has always

@Urbandoned

5 жыл бұрын

Cheers man:)

Awesome place mate , subbed to your channel

Excellent video guys 👍👍👍👍🌺💖🌺

Great video guys ! Love the Hoovers in formation ! LOL. I live in Australia and some of the old hospitals, mental hospitals and prisons have been opened to the public for tour groups. Bringing people into these areas is great for tourism and money for the area.

@rossifan7347

5 жыл бұрын

They're rotary floor buffers, used in conjuction with wax for polishing up lino/rubber flooring.

Really enjoyed the video. You're spot on regarding vandals, they absolutely ruin this experience of exploration for the rest of us. We are just back from one in Ayrshire & although from the outside it looked great, the inside was wrecked & torn to pieces by vandals, so frustrating. If you're in Scotland guys, we can guide you to one or two places you might not know of, give me a shout and we'll arrange something 👍

Filmed so well. Especially the stills you take. So sad that people lived in curtained off compartments, almost like they were treated in hospital conditions. Thank goodness we are moving forward now. Institutional is the worst kind of environment for anyone.

Awesome bro!

@Urbandoned

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot man!

What a great find. Wow I need to explore here

Those 'hoovers' are buffers, for shining the floor

Just checked your channel out fantastic EXPLORE dudes

Joined for the Aberdeen exploration videos Stayed for the awesome content

Fantastic video! Is the gartnavel the eat block which was shut in 2006 if I'm correct?

Beautiful building on the outside. 👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

Has deteriorated a bit 2 years on, mostly water damage. Nice camera quality by the way

another great video :) like !

@Urbandoned

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks mate!

nice place, shame it goes to ruin. very nice video, looks more like a documentary with a direction of adventure. nicely done.

Wow what an amazing building g. All left to care in the community now. :/

nice one

Great job ,great music .like to no what music it was..

That Celtic memorabilia is mad, makes you wonder where these people are now...

Psychiatric beds are now in care in the community, and acute beds are less in number too! Many psychiatric hospitals are now left decaying away! By the time they are sold with plans available for housing etc. they are demolished, with many Victorian architecture lost! The nursing is supplied with Community Care Psychiatric Nurses, who do their best to ensure that patients are cared for! My husband suffered from Bi-polar disorder, and had treatment over many years at home. When he was acutely ill, his medication was often doubled, which caused his vital organs to deteriorate and he ended up medically ill as well! On one occasion they could not find a bed for him, and he ended up 50 miles away! I am a retired nurse myself, and luckily I was there to care for him, with contact to the community nurses! This is just my own opinion, but they took away too much from the services, and cannot offer acute care as there are just no beds available!

Does anyone know where this is me and my friend are looking to explore abandoned places. BTW love your video's

Have you been to the Hartwood hospital in Lanarkshire?

Wawaweewa thats insane man, bet you got some mad pictures

@Urbandoned

5 жыл бұрын

Haha yeah, and naturally ;)

@KingOfBongoo

5 жыл бұрын

Most of your photos are 3/10 max

Feedback, watch that the music doesn't drown out the narration. I enjoyed the video, however. Explore away!

@Urbandoned

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you mate we will take into account! Glad you enjoyed nevertheless :)

It's like something out of a dream

Being local & NOT identifying the place I'll use RG as the facility? I may be wrong 'cos there's a few over Scotland. Anyway, keep up the good vids Pal :-)

Visited today, place was very secure, a lot of windows were open but they only open a couple of inches, never mind, it was still enjoyable walking around the outside of the buildings.

@liambell1623

5 жыл бұрын

Where about in Scotland is this? I stay in Scotland and I feel this is close to me.

@michaelflanagan8042

5 жыл бұрын

@@liambell1623 either Bangor which is now closed or gartcosh

@liambell1623

5 жыл бұрын

@@michaelflanagan8042 my guy

@jordancreew4533

5 жыл бұрын

Its roslynlee hospital near penicuik all fenced off and security guard now as they are resorting some parts

I love your videos ... amazing another places ... great job! Greatings from Poland! ;-). +1like, +1 subs ;-).

@Urbandoned

5 жыл бұрын

Hi man! Thanks a lot :)

8:09 I've got one off them lamps.

ABSOLUTELY INSANE

@Urbandoned

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks man:)

Stratheden? That’s about 10 mins away from me :)

@Scoopdoggydogg

3 жыл бұрын

Where is this? I'd love a look round this place

Wow what an amazing place, proud to live in Scotland. Would love to visit this hospital, any chance you could let me know where it is? If not I understand but I can tell you right now if I went there would be no vandalism happening.

@Just_Another_Piece_Of_Toast

5 жыл бұрын

This is stratheden hospital. there is still and active hospital near by that was built recently that houses heavily autistic people. my mum was gonna get a job helping them but it was a bit too much for her. This building is the old building. keep in mind you are trespassing on the grounds of an active facility when doing this as the hospital is still open, just not this building. If you still wanna find it it's just outside the main town of cupar in Fife. watch for asbestos, happy urbexing.

Sadly over the years vandals and light fingered people have damaged or stolen a lot from here, when it became a popular place seen on a lot of social media

Excellent Vid, would be nice if it was a bit longer,

Something like that would never exist in the US. Too many scumbags around here who would vandalize or set fires!

@OldManGripStrength

4 жыл бұрын

B. B. The only reason this place has lasted is due to the working part of the hospital. If it wasn’t for the part of the hospital that’s still open then this place would have been well and truly vandalised and eventually burnt our. However, lately there has been quite a bit of vandalism after people started sharing the hospital’s location on various Facebook pages. I was fortunate enough to be able to visit this place shortly after it closed when it was still in good condition and had much more equipment to see. Sadly, we live in a world where if something is left for even a short amount of time then someone is going to vandalise it, burn it or strip it for scrap metal. It’s my understanding that this place (the closed and open parts of the complex) is to go up for redevelopment soon.

At least there are beautiful little rabbits in the gardens ! What a shame to see so large houses abandonned when we know lot of people are homeless !!!

Wow - I hadn't realised it had had decayed so much inside these wards - all of which were still very much in use when I first became familiar with them in the late 1970s. These mainly housed elderly patients at that time - the adult wards being mainly concentrated within the newer buildings towards the "open" side of the hospital that you describe - though many of their patients would be seen around the corridors, using facilities such as the Occupational Therapy Department, Library and the Main Hall. The large detached building at the start of the film was the Nurses' Home; and when you pan round to the left while standing in that car park, the building that comes into view was until just a couple of years ago the Intensive Care Unit.

That is odd, for an Asylum, no doors separating other just cutains! Is that safe? I imagine the occupants were not violent, to themselves or staff members. Well Frame 7:40 explains, why no doors. They were well sedated, and controlled with antipsychotics.

@faithlesshound5621

4 жыл бұрын

What you see was a stage in de-institutionalisation, when open dormitories were divided up, to separate the beds with wardrobes (so people could have more personal property) and later on partitions so that they would have some privacy. The partitions did not reach the ceiling, for the sake of ventilation and fire safety in the days when patients smoked indoors. Dividing wards or villas up reduced the number of beds.

Such a waste of a building, in another 20 years it will look different altogether, good to see it now though

Where is the location of this video???

Where is this?

The birds got trapped in there. Either they couldn't find their way back out, or they made their way in from an opening that subsequently closed (window/door left open then closed or blown shut). Someone might have left a door/window open on their way in, but then closed it on their way out, sealing the birds in.

Been there

That’ll end up being converted into luxury apartments like most other mental hospitals. No way would I want one 😬😬😬

Asbestos!! That could be the problem!

The grounds are kept up-grass mowed. I wonder why the power was left on?

@bluecanary1note

5 жыл бұрын

The power was left on because it is NOT abandoned. These particular wings of the hospital are no longer used for patients but Stratheden is a functioning hospital. Anyone who breaks in to make sensational videos without permission is breaking the law and showing disrespect for patients and staff.

Can you make a guide to finding these places?

@lynnedellepoore1261

5 жыл бұрын

Combat Evolved 8 They won't because people will vandalize them

@abandonedscotland6558

4 жыл бұрын

Combat Evolved 8 it’s stratheden

👍

been there UrbexSnK

Great you should be allowed to do this without having to climb in

could you tell me where this is, few friends and I would love to go. Good people also no vandalism 💙

@grantventures5725

4 жыл бұрын

Call of memes did you find it? I know where it is lol

@prinestar1223

4 жыл бұрын

Grant Vincent where is it

4:09 Celtic won 10-0 on aggregate in case anyone wondered 😂

@FrielyRFC

3 жыл бұрын

Also abused wains.

OMG what a waste of taxpayers money by NHS Scotland. But on the other hand what a wonderful place

I have been there

@paulharvey9149

4 жыл бұрын

So have I - as a patient!

Good find and intent but you should do a walkthrough explore - it’s all a bit scattergun and you use the same footage over and over - not a negative, just constructive criticism. Keep up the good work

Stratheden asylum is good like

they were not supposed to be PUNISHMENT CENTRES, but the staff hated them. ASYLUM or SANCTUARY?

I recycle disabilities related equipment and say many items which would be used today by those of us needing them. I use an electric wheelchair and many other types of equipment I saw and know the cost of just one piece I saw would be thousands of dollars even second hand. They should at the least offer them free to those in your country needing them, stay safe!

@cjam191

4 жыл бұрын

We have a free health care. If someone needs hoists etc they are given them free of charge. We don't believe someone should pay for a vital piece of equipment that will give someone their independence for daily activities of living.

@faithlesshound5621

4 жыл бұрын

I suppose the reason is, when a hospital downsizes or closes, that organisation has no need elsewhere for the beds and equipment and so nobody sees the need to transfer them to an expensive warehouse. They never seem to move usable equipment to one building from which things could be retrieved. A bit like when people die alone, often their furniture is thrown into a skip as rubbish rather than sold. The public sector does not hold closing down sales like shops would. Often the final closure is brought forward to save money, and the last few staff may be sad about imminent unemployment, if they are not retiring early. Hence the Marie Celeste appearance of some sites - not this one however.

@TheDriftdog

3 жыл бұрын

@@cjam191 which country is that in?

@cjam191

3 жыл бұрын

@@TheDriftdog scotland.

Huh reminds me of Verrückt from COD zombies

So where do all the inmates go? Out on the streets?

Where is this

@abandonedscotland6558

4 жыл бұрын

Stratheden pal

We’re is this ...

Try turning the background music down it makes it impossible to hear for us hard of hearing thanks in advance

وين اهل هاي القصور

No vandalism? Are you sure your in Scotland ?

@babydolphin2423

5 жыл бұрын

Mum to 3 boys not just teens actual adults . People should honestly have a maturity test before becoming a parent

@barbara1904

3 жыл бұрын

Racist stereotype much????

Too bad they couldn’t make into a senior care facility.

Where is Abandoned Asylum in Scotland?

@abandonedscotland6558

4 жыл бұрын

It’s stratheden asylum Dunno why foke don’t help ,selfish

Live literally just along the road 😂 They have pretty much blocked all entrances now since vids where posted X

@Just_Another_Piece_Of_Toast

5 жыл бұрын

you live around cupar? or is it more close to Thornton.

@abandonedscotland6558

4 жыл бұрын

aston nex stratheden

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bluecanary1note 1 second ago The power was left on because it is NOT abandoned. These particular wings of the hospital are no longer used for patients but Stratheden is a functioning hospital. Anyone who breaks in to make sensational videos without permission is breaking the law and showing disrespect for patients and staff.

@Urbandoned

5 жыл бұрын

We are aware of that as we stated in the video that the site is part live. However, the wings we explore in the documentary have clearly been disused/vacant/abandoned for a number of years..just look at the decay. We understand the concern but no serious laws were broken as we didn’t break in to gain entry to the site, we didn’t steal and we didn’t vandalise.

@bluecanary1note

5 жыл бұрын

@@Urbandoned OK, fair enough.

housebreaker gets battered to death ... be more realistic ,,, or it will be if you get caught.

The video wasn’t long enough and didn’t go into enough detail

Too much monologue! Just show the viewer- they put the rest together!