Villa at Leybourne Grange Hospital
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Villa at Leybourne Grange Hospital
Image: © Richard Dorrell Taken: 7 Jan 2008
The mental hospital opened in 1936 and closed in 1996. The many villas (like this one) were home to 1200 patients. Demolition of the entire site has just begun, with 700 new homes due to be built here.
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Image Location
Latitude
51.306571
Longitude
0.405085