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Abertillery Hospital

I decided to visit this location because a few scenes were filmed here during the making of Doctolr Who. Later I also discovered that other productions had also used thiks location. The Eleventh Hour, the film Skellig and also the third series of Being Human were also partly filmed at this location. 

      After parking up in the street leading to the hospital, I decided that I would try and gain entry via the rear of the hospital. Adjacent to the hospital is a church which I managed to get a few nice shots from as I headed towards the end of the cemetery. I climbed over a barbed wire fence next to an old tree, jumped down and headed towards the rear of the building. Taken a few shots as I walked around the rear I could here the sound of music coming from within. On closer inspection I could see that a light was on and that someone was inside. As you might think , I hastened my explore up considerably, grabbing a few pics before exiting over the front gate and headed back towards the car....

     Not really an exciting exploit but got a few pics fro here and a few from the adjacent church. I have also added some info about the hospital.

Abertillery and District Hospital was a community hospital in Aberbeeg, near Abertillery with approximately 91 full and part-time staff. It was latterly operated by the Aneurin Bevan Local Health Board. It was founded in 1922 and closed in 2008.

It had 52 beds in three ward areas:

  • Gilbert Strachen Ward had 18 beds, providing respite care, long-term inpatient care and interim care to patients waiting to move to residential or nursing homes.

  • John Dunlop Ward had 16 beds managed by local general practitioners and by the nursing staff where no medical intervention is required

  • Cwmnant Ward had 18 beds, providing care for the elderly mentally ill

The NHS hospital was closed in 2008. The hospital building is Grade II listed.

                                https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abertillery_and_District_Hospital

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Abertillery Hospital War Memorial

The gates to Abertillery and District Hospital, Pendarren Road, Aberbeeg, were opened in September 1922. The double gates, each bearing a commemorative plaque, state:

THESE GATES ARE PRESENTED BY THE
ABERTILLERY MUNICIPAL OFFICERS
AS A TRIBUTE TO THEIR COLLEAGUES
WHO SERVED IN THE GREAT WAR 1914-18.

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