{"id":5894,"date":"2014-03-10T22:31:53","date_gmt":"2014-03-10T22:31:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/?p=5894"},"modified":"2014-03-10T22:45:46","modified_gmt":"2014-03-10T22:45:46","slug":"urbex-pool-park-hospital-asylum-wales-january-2014","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/2014\/03\/10\/urbex-pool-park-hospital-asylum-wales-january-2014\/","title":{"rendered":"Urbex: Pool Park Hospital \/ Asylum, Wales &#8211; January 2014"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_5899\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5899\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-4.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5899\" alt=\"Pool Park Hospital The Staircase\" src=\"http:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-4-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-4-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-4-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-4.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5899\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pool Park Hospital The Staircase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Forming part of a 16th Century estate the Pool Park Hospital was part of the North Wales Hospital group which was predominantly Denbigh Asylum and other smaller overflow sites. Pool park was purchased and opened as part of the North Wales Hospitals in 1937 and continued to operate until 1991 when it was the first to close before the larger Main Denbigh Hospital which finally closed its doors in 1995.<\/p>\n<p>Visited with Donna. Pretty much all that&#8217;s worth shooting in my eyes is the staircase with he infamous chair which is unfortunately now wrecked. I also enjoyed the externals of the front of the building. Glad I went but cant see me going back \ud83d\ude42 I think there are still talks of it being redeveloped but whether anything will ever come of it who knows.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5901\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5901\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-6.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5901\" alt=\"Pool Park Hospital\" src=\"http:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-6-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-6-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-6-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-6.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5901\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pool Park Hospital<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5897\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5897\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5897\" alt=\"Pool Park Hospital The Staircase\" src=\"http:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-2-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-2-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-2-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-2.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5897\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pool Park Hospital The Staircase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5898\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5898\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-3.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5898\" alt=\"Pool Park Hospital The Staircase\" src=\"http:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-3-682x1024.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"945\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-3-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-3-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-3.jpg 1000w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5898\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pool Park Hospital The Staircase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5896\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5896\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5896\" alt=\"Pool Park Hospital The Staircase\" src=\"http:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-1-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-1-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-1-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-1.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5896\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pool Park Hospital The Staircase<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_5900\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-5900\" style=\"width: 630px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-5.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-5900\" alt=\"Pool Park Hospital\" src=\"http:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-5-1024x682.jpg\" width=\"630\" height=\"419\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-5-1024x682.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-5-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.proj3ctm4yh3m.com\/urbex\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/PoolPark-5.jpg 1500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 630px) 100vw, 630px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-5900\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Pool Park Hospital<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Want to see more photos from Pool Park? Andyk did a report over on behond closed doors here: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bcd-urbex.com\/pool-park-hospital-ruthin-wales\/\" target=\"_blank\">Pool Park Hospital<\/a><\/p>\n<p>If you&#8217;ve\u00a0made it this far\u2026 thanks for reading \/ checking out the pictures. 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