Had recce'd this back in May just as was shutting down, but the site was major busy with bods emptying the building. Then Dicky posted an excellent report on the place and I dropped my bottom lip and forgot about the place until today.
It's such a fucking frustrating explore, the corridors and some adjoining stuff are accessible, but the real Holy Grail, the bed ridden, equipment laden wards lie locked, firmly behind some big fuck off padlocks
Short of blatant B&E the wards cannot be done at the moment, but its worth keeping an eye on cos this can change by the week.
Sec resides in the building and the corridor lights come on as you walk down them, yep thanks PIR's
but this along with the whistling worker that mooches around makes for an adrenaline fueled explore 
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THE HISTORY BIT
West Ham became a county borough in its own right following the Local Government act in 1890 and soon set about providing it's own asylum. Plans were prepared as early as 1894 and a site was chosen at Bluehouse Farm, to the north of Ilford.
Lewis Angell, the borough architect laid out the initial development for an asylum for 600 patients to include admin, stores, hall, laundry, works, boiler house, water tower, with male wards to the west and females to the east. A superintendent's house, isolation hospital, mortuary and chapel for 600 patients were located within the grounds
The Asylum in 1906
As the borough of West Ham developed, pressure for more space for patients led to a major expansion scheme prepared by the borough engineer W. Lionel Jenkins and his assistant Harry Box between 1925-34. This comprised of a new admission hospital, two single storey blocks for semi-infirm patients, five working patients villas forming an arc with two convalescent villas located within the grounds in front.
Under the NationalHealth Service the hospital became known as Goodmayes, with the catchment area eventually being altered to accommodate more of the surrounding area and linking services to Warley hospital. Plans to relocate the King George's general hospital from Newbury Park led to the redevelopment of the area north of the main building and the new hospital opened in 1993. Expansions to this, combined the development of replacement mental health facilities have also led to redevelopment to the east and south east of the site.
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It's such a fucking frustrating explore, the corridors and some adjoining stuff are accessible, but the real Holy Grail, the bed ridden, equipment laden wards lie locked, firmly behind some big fuck off padlocks
Short of blatant B&E the wards cannot be done at the moment, but its worth keeping an eye on cos this can change by the week.
Sec resides in the building and the corridor lights come on as you walk down them, yep thanks PIR's
but this along with the whistling worker that mooches around makes for an adrenaline fueled explore ____________________________________________________________
THE HISTORY BIT
West Ham became a county borough in its own right following the Local Government act in 1890 and soon set about providing it's own asylum. Plans were prepared as early as 1894 and a site was chosen at Bluehouse Farm, to the north of Ilford.
Lewis Angell, the borough architect laid out the initial development for an asylum for 600 patients to include admin, stores, hall, laundry, works, boiler house, water tower, with male wards to the west and females to the east. A superintendent's house, isolation hospital, mortuary and chapel for 600 patients were located within the grounds
The Asylum in 1906
As the borough of West Ham developed, pressure for more space for patients led to a major expansion scheme prepared by the borough engineer W. Lionel Jenkins and his assistant Harry Box between 1925-34. This comprised of a new admission hospital, two single storey blocks for semi-infirm patients, five working patients villas forming an arc with two convalescent villas located within the grounds in front.
Under the NationalHealth Service the hospital became known as Goodmayes, with the catchment area eventually being altered to accommodate more of the surrounding area and linking services to Warley hospital. Plans to relocate the King George's general hospital from Newbury Park led to the redevelopment of the area north of the main building and the new hospital opened in 1993. Expansions to this, combined the development of replacement mental health facilities have also led to redevelopment to the east and south east of the site.
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