Barrow Gurney Psychiatric Hospital
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Planned & built just prior to WW2 to provide the necessary number of beds for Greater Bristol, as Glenside had become increasingly overcrowded, it was not actually used for transferred patients to ease this pressure until after the end of the war.
It is understood that it was 'commandeered' for servicemen who had been injured during the war, especially those suffering from psychological distress and conditions with a stress related component - which we might now term Post-Traumatic Stress, given the horrific nature of conflicts and the harrowing impact such profound experiences had over time.
It is understood that it was 'commandeered' for servicemen who had been injured during the war, especially those suffering from psychological distress and conditions with a stress related component - which we might now term Post-Traumatic Stress, given the horrific nature of conflicts and the harrowing impact such profound experiences had over time.
Nearby cities:
Coordinates: 51°24'58"N 2°39'45"W
- Southmead Hospital 10 km
- Blackberry Hill hospital 11 km
- Frenchay Hospital 13 km
- Royal United Hospital 19 km
- Fountain Way 70 km
- Salisbury District Hospital 73 km
- Royal Bournemouth Hospital 94 km
- Christchurch Hospital 96 km
- Southampton General Hospital 101 km
- Site of new Lymington Hospital 106 km
- Woodspring Golf & Country Club 0.9 km
- Long Ashton Golf Club 2.1 km
- Ashton Court Estate 3.5 km
- Deer Park 3.6 km
- Stancombe Lane Quarry 3.7 km
- Bristol and Clifton Golf Club 3.7 km
- Ashton Court Golf Course 3.8 km
- Leigh Woods National Nature Reserve 5.2 km
- The Avon Gorge 5.3 km
- Somerset 39 km
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