I can't seem to find much information out about it when it was a hospital.
Quite a large site really, something I just stumbled upon on the way home from work late one night.
Access was quite tricky but after many laps of the place we managed to find a way in. it was 2am absolutely pitch black inside. It blowing an absolute gale, doors, windows and roofing constantly slamming about, there were needles everywhere on the grounds before we got in. Adding this to the fact I hadn't been anywhere for a while, I was a little on edge. I thoroughly enjoyed it and deffo need to get back during daylight.
Pictures are pretty shoddy, as said it was black and hard work trying not to use our torches too much.
Anyway the little bit of history I can find.
There are a few buildings of the campus that are Grade II listed, the admin and business building which was built in 1831 and the statue of King Edward VII which stands outside the admin block in the carpark.
It was Huddersfield Infirmary up until 1965 when the new Infirmary opened.
In 1967 it became the Ramsden Technical College and opened in 1968, there were a few new blocks added to the site in 1969, and in 1971 when the college changed to just Huddersfield Technical College. In 2008 the college merged with Dewsbury College to become Kirklees College.
The college closed fully in 2013 when it relocated to a new campus further up the road.
Apparently it has been purchased by Oldham based Wigget group.
If anybody has any more info please feel free to add it to the thread, likewise admins feel free to move it to other sites. Also I couldn't find anything on here about the site
Quite a large site really, something I just stumbled upon on the way home from work late one night.
Access was quite tricky but after many laps of the place we managed to find a way in. it was 2am absolutely pitch black inside. It blowing an absolute gale, doors, windows and roofing constantly slamming about, there were needles everywhere on the grounds before we got in. Adding this to the fact I hadn't been anywhere for a while, I was a little on edge. I thoroughly enjoyed it and deffo need to get back during daylight.
Pictures are pretty shoddy, as said it was black and hard work trying not to use our torches too much.
Anyway the little bit of history I can find.
There are a few buildings of the campus that are Grade II listed, the admin and business building which was built in 1831 and the statue of King Edward VII which stands outside the admin block in the carpark.
It was Huddersfield Infirmary up until 1965 when the new Infirmary opened.
In 1967 it became the Ramsden Technical College and opened in 1968, there were a few new blocks added to the site in 1969, and in 1971 when the college changed to just Huddersfield Technical College. In 2008 the college merged with Dewsbury College to become Kirklees College.
The college closed fully in 2013 when it relocated to a new campus further up the road.
Apparently it has been purchased by Oldham based Wigget group.
If anybody has any more info please feel free to add it to the thread, likewise admins feel free to move it to other sites. Also I couldn't find anything on here about the site
