Benenden Hospital, Kent - July 2011

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Benenden Hospital was founded in 1907 as a sanatorium for Post Office employees and developed into the (subscription paying) hospital of the Civil Service & Post Office staff. The name of the organisation is now the Benenden Healthcare Society though the principles of the organiation are as before.

Visited with maniac

The hospital is still very much live with one part now used as a film location. I had heard of this place back in 2008 but after a few attempts with maniac and frosty we had no luck. Today seemed to be our lucky day. We went to check on the place and managed to find access to the building. There was a lot more in there than expected and a nice surprise at the end!

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Previously the attached building was a busy place and a hive of activity but seemed rather quiet today so we thought it would be rude not to push our luck a bit. We entered the live section of the hospital to a lovely air conditioned corridor with power and lighting. Leading on we entered the canteen with working flat screen TV’s and vending machines. Not wanting to push our luck we made a quick exit after grabbing some photos…

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Thanks for looking :thumb