Exploring The Once Abandoned Old Ascot HeatherWood Hospital Now Demolished

The explore
I first saw this location as down the road is there another abandoned location and when I was in my friends car I spotted Harris fencing around the old hospital grounds and look quite promising the location and then a week later I’ve started seeing reports about this location pop-up on social media and knew there was accessibility inside the hospital so I thought I’d go up there a couple days before Christmas and my luck paid off every building is accessible but sadly on site is security wit k9 dogs
HISTORY
Hospital was built in the 1920's and the first patients were admitted in May 1922. The hospital was officially opened in May 1923 by the Duke of Connaught to accommodate 136 patients
The hospital funded by United Services Fund and was built for the benefit of the children of ex-servicemen from the 1914 - 18 war. These children were suffering from surgical tuberculosis and other orthopaedic diseases.
The original hospital had three wards ( currently 1,2,3 ) one for children of both sexes under the age of seven and the other two provided one ward each for older boys & Girls.
Vegetable gardens were developed to produce most of the vegetables and fruit needed for the hospital.
The hospital was handed over to the London county council in 1934 who after two years built additional wards and a new wing to the nurse's home
The hospital
ad 250 beds and was considered a specialist hospital for young people with surgical TB. Patients spent a lot of time outside in the fresh air. It was believed that the pine woods which surrounded Heatherwood had a beneficial effect upon patients
Advances in antibiotics in the 1950's meant a decline in TB cases and a rise in normal orthopaedic patients. After continuing to function as an orthopaedic hospital, it was redeveloped as a district general hospital.
In 1961 the accident and out-patient department was opened along with an enlarged operating suite and improved physiotherapy facilities with a hydrotherapy pool
2019 Work finally gets under way to build a new hospital at the rear of the current premises.A number of video's are posted on the progress of the re-development.
2022 25th March and all but one of the services are closed on the original hospital site in preparation for the opening of the hospital at the rear of the site
On the 28th March visitors to the hospital today were greeted with signs which confirmed the site was closed.
The beginning of the end for Heatherwood original old hospital. It didn't make the 100 years milestone
Now the location is being demolished to build 200 new homes on the old site of the hospital
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[@rachelgervais1971]

Very cool explorer thanks again😊

[@LewisMerrin]

Thanks Rachel glad you enjoyed the video

[@jbrook8087]

great explore thanks 👍👍

[@LewisMerrin]

Thank you

[@PETERLAPPER]

I had a TB hip back in the day, had a couple of falls @ 2 an a half years old, Went in to Heatherwood at 14 for the big opp, Dr Ahern was the surgion in those days.I am just 84 years now an living in Ireland. Sad my second home has gone now ""

[@LewisMerrin]

Jesus and thanks for the information and yeah buildings don’t last long for ever mostly left for years and then demolished for houses or flats or other hospital most likely

[@FionaMu]

As someone who worked on the old site and now working in the new site. This is a weird thing to see. I was also born there! Fun fact. There is a Pokemon Go gym based where the gardens once were. I won't say where I was specifically but as soon as it started to rain heavily the roof leaked, the toilets were always blocked and birds were nesting in the roof (and this was in 2018).

[@LewisMerrin]

Ha ha no way and interesting and it’s ashame it’s gone was a good explore

[@arnolddodd4045]

I just youtube'd the hospital i was born in to see what it looked like and i find this 😂

[@LewisMerrin]

It’s all gone now but hopefully it brings memories back 👍