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Hellingly Asylum

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Now sadly demolished and/or converted place, few years ago a landmark for Asylum explorers, i managed to get there for it's last breath, sadly haven't seen the hall as the place was crawling with workers (two of which actually let us in :) In 2009 The Prodigy shot their last  single to the album Invaders Must Die , called Take Me To The Hospital in here. visited with: Vad. history: Hospital first opened in 1903 and got closed in 1994. Asylum, also known as East Sussex County Asylum or just Hellingly, was opened in 1903. Its architect was GT Hine, one of the great asylum architects of the era. The hospital boasted its own railway line, the Hellingly Hospital Railway, used principally for transport of coal. This branch line led from the main line to the boilerhouse. The hospital also had a vast laundry, ball room, patients' shop, sewing rooms, nurses home, extensive grounds, and an advanced utilities network for its time, including a large boilerhouse and a water ...