Denbigh's Lunatic Asylum

WEDNESDAY

I nipped over to Denbigh this morning for some petrol and a few bits of shopping.

The North Wales Counties Lunatic Asylum in Denbigh opened in 1848 to provide care for Welsh speaking people with mental illnesses. Up to 1,500 patients, including children with learning disabilities, dementia, epilepsy patients, and people with addictions lived at the sprawling facility which closed its doors in 1995.

In 2008, TV programme Most Haunted broadcast a live ghost investigation from the dilapidated building and since then it has been a popular location for ghost hunters. Apparently several former staff members at the hospital reported seeing a ghost called "lady Grey".

It does look pretty spooky. See extra for the entrance view.