Report: West Park Asylum, Epsom - March 2011

[Flyboy]

Where to start! Obviously I won't bore you with history as it is all over this forum. We arrived here a bit late from London after having a nightmare on the trains, so we knew we had a bit of a flying visit due to the lack of daylight - although the clocks going forward helped us out! Managed to see a lot, including the tower and the padded cell. On the way out it got dark very fast, and the walkways and buildings can be very disorienting, especially when there are sagging/nonexistent floors all over the place. We were trying to get into the building we got in through, but we were in the one next to it, so coming back into the covered walkway a security guard who spoke very broken English and carried a large plank of wood caught us. We were walked to the nearest exit and waited with him and his partner until the police arrived. Won't go into that, but we got a lift to Epsom station! So not too bad. This is not a good place to be in the dark, mainly because you need to see where you are going, but also because security tend to be a lot more suspicious, and your torchlight gives you away!

Pictures

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1740.jpg
1.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1749.jpg
2. Grass on the first floor.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1741.jpg
3.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1802.jpg
4.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1796.jpg
5.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1775.jpg
6.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1762.jpg
7.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1761.jpg
8.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1790.jpg
9.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1870.jpg
9.5.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1860.jpg
10.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1865.jpg
10.5.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1838.jpg
11.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1823.jpg
12.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1834.jpg
13.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1837.jpg
14.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1884.jpg
15.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1873.jpg
16.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1885.jpg

17. Oliver GT.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1903.jpg
18.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1905.jpg
19.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1896.jpg
20.

http://i1184.photobucket.com/albums/z330/flyboy747/west%20park%2027-03-11/IMG_1909.jpg
21.