Severalls Asylum - Colchester

Severalls Asylum in Colchester opened in 1913 to hold 1800 patients, and is a hospital on a grand scale with a distinctive echelon plan. It closed ten years ago, and has suffered at the hands of thieves, vandals and arsonists ever since. The grand recreation hall was badly fire damaged several years ago, and was then brutally demolished with the demolition equipment literally being driven through the hospital on the way to the hall cutting a path of destruction.

Despite its proximity to the busy A12, Severalls is a remarkably peaceful place to visit on a sunny Spring day.

Category:

Travel & Events

Tags:

• UE
• UrbEx
• Urban
• Exploration
• Derelict
• Severalls
• Asylum

[sammyjade20]

i live in col but dont know where this is can anybody help?

[RAndyVee]

@sammyjade20 It's in the north of Colchester, just south of A12, and to east of Boxted Rd. Have a look on Google Maps and you can't miss it, because like many large asylums it looks like a large symmetrical kidney shape. They've started demo work tho' as I understand it.

[nixieeblossom]

is it haunted at all?xx

[RAndyVee]

@nixieeblossom Absolutely not, because ghosts aren't real :-p.

[FRANKIEE253]

this place fasinates me i would like to visit when im older, arent there guards walking around? if so what would happen if you got caught?

[RAndyVee]

@FRANKIEE253 Yep, there are guards & for the last couple of years access has been much harder. Basically was local BBC news article about Sevs which literally showed how easy it was to get in, & thus embarrassed they invested in extra fencing & razor wire! If you got caught you'd be asked to leave since trespass is a civil matter, unless you've been like some of the numpties who post on here about graffiti & smashing the place up thus committing criminal damage & plod being rightly called.

[Stormtrooper1488]

Every time I see this video, I do think it is a brilliant production and great creative use of an excellent soundtrack.

[RAndyVee]

In the UK, in finest Essex.

[justamick1]

Damn shame about the cameraman who seemed to be in too much of a hurry.

[justamick1]

I cant believe this building has got in such a bad state in such a short time. I worked here for a short time in the sixties, and enjoyed it very much. All the patients in the ballroom dancing and having a whale of a time. Bless em. They thought i was a Doctor, No, i was a carpenter.

Just memories now. Probably be a huge council estate any time now. More overspill from London. There wont be a blade of grass left in Essex to see before long. Rest in peace Essex.

[stevehoob1979]

Put a hi viz vest on and walk straight in in the day time when theres no guards about no one will take notice because of the construction work going on

[NNASTYNATE666]

i think ghost hunters should have a new episode here...now that would rule !!

[NNASTYNATE666]

this is one of the best videos of Severalls Asylum

[NNASTYNATE666]

this video rules !!!

[nixieeblossom]

ok, i won't say no more coz im very interested in poltergeist lol. would be awesome to visit this place, i love old buildings, i live in essex too :)